Top Ten non-Blyton series

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That's such a shame. I wonder how they judge interest, as I would be interested and yet haven't seen any way to register interest apart from emailing them completely out of the blue to mention it!
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Fiona, I receive a weekly e-letter from GGB every Friday as I signed up for it some time ago. It was mentioned in one of them last year asking people to e-mail them if they would be interested which I was.
As you rightly say, if you don't receive the e-letter, you have no way of knowing about their intentions.
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I absolutely loved the Willard Price Adventure books.
Our local library had a great selection of the original hardbacks and I supplemented that supply by buying the paperbacks with my pocket money.

I think Willard Price lived to a great old age. I've been after his own autobiography for ages, but it's always been a bit too pricey.
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When I was at primary school I read Willard Price’s Underwater Adventure. I thought it was great but I have never read any of his other books. Perhaps it is time that I did.
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John Pickup wrote:Fiona, I receive a weekly e-letter from GGB every Friday as I signed up for it some time ago. It was mentioned in one of them last year asking people to e-mail them if they would be interested which I was.
As you rightly say, if you don't receive the e-letter, you have no way of knowing about their intentions.
I don't get emails from them but I do follow them on Facebook so it's a shame they didn't ask there as well.
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John Pickup wrote:Fiona, I receive a weekly e-letter from GGB every Friday as I signed up for it some time ago. It was mentioned in one of them last year asking people to e-mail them if they would be interested which I was.
As you rightly say, if you don't receive the e-letter, you have no way of knowing about their intentions.
Thanks for the information about GGB, John. I have just signed up for the Friday newsletter and look forward to receiving my first one this week. :D
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Thanks from me too, John. Like Eddie, I've now signed up for GGB's weekly e-letter.
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I've been getting the GGBP emails for a couple of years or so. I'm waiting for the next Mabel Esther Allan title to be announced, I believe it's going to be The Adventurous Summer. It's a shame they are not doing the Cherrys, I emailed Clarissa to say I would be interested when she asked in the Friday email.
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