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[zencat]

Thrillers4u.com looks like it might be an excellent new website for us thriller fans. Webmaster is also a big Fleming fan - of course! Below is their launch press release. Worth a looksee.

PRESS RELEASE

THRILLER enthusiast Mike Norman has launched a David versus Goliath-style battle against some of the biggest sites on the internet.

He’s taking on the big boys after spotting a niche in the highly competitive on-line books market. His new venture, thrillers4u.com, is the only one of its kind and caters exclusively for one of the most popular elements of the literary world. It’s a serious attempt to make sense of the internet marketplace and is intended to be as much fun to browse as reading the books themselves.

York-based Mike is a writer with a love of the thriller genre and comes from a high-profile background in IT.

“This is about putting the reader centre stage, giving them enough information to make their own minds up without having to rely on the publishers’ blurb”, he said.

The site showcases new titles as well as overlooked books and undiscovered writers and allows readers, as it were, to sit alongside the authors, get the inside story and whet their appetite for more. They can discover the characters, enjoy the storyline, sample some of the reviews and even read extracts - without a spoiler in sight.

And it is already causing a stir in the literary world. RJ Ellory, prize-winning author of ‘A Simple Act Of Violence’, described it as: “A complete breath of fresh air.”
The acclaimed writer added: “In the already-overcrowded crime fiction market, here we have a website that gives a clear, uncomplicated overview of what’s available.
No longer limited simply to those books that top the bestseller lists, thrillers4u presents us with those books that possess something a little different, a little special, a little out-of-the-ordinary. Here I think we will find those previously-unheard-ofs that will become the books that we remember and recommend for many years to come. Very highly recommended for all thriller readers!”

The number of titles on offer is deliberately limited so as not to overwhelm visitors and the selection at thrillers4u.com is updated frequently. Designed to allow fellow enthusiasts to browse in detail or simply skim through, the easily-navigable and illustrated site also offers each title for sale at discounted prices.

The result is a one-stop shop dedicated to readers of thrillers, allowing them to find what they need without trawling through huge unwieldy sites with hundreds, if not thousands, of diverse titles.

“The decision to launch thrillers4u”, says Mike, “has been driven by a real need for the web to work with and for the readers - to showcase exciting, thrilling and engaging story-telling without leaving people overwhelmed”.

[OmarB]

I'll bookmark. Site needs work though.