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Man Booker Prize mobile downloads

For the first time, the Man Booker Prize is embracing mobile technology to promote its shortlist when it is announced on 9 September.

21 August 2008

The Man Booker Prize has been at the forefront of literary fiction for four decades.  Now it is striding ahead with an exclusive partnership with the mobile site GoSpoken, launched in April at the London International Book Fair.  For the first time extracts of the shortlisted books will be immediately available via the latest mobile phone technology.

As soon as the shortlist is announced on 9 September avid readers will be able to text MBP to 60300 to listen to or read a free extract of each of the titles. If the reader enjoys the extract, they will also be able to use their mobile phone to purchase the book and have it delivered direct to them. The cost will be added to their mobile phone bill.

GoSpoken.com is a unique mobile platform which can be accessed by anybody with a mobile phone or Internet access.  It allows you to search, try, buy and enjoy books in audio and text.

Jonathan Taylor comments, "After forty years making the headlines in the literary world, it is good that the Man Booker Prize is now also taking a lead in the world of new technology."

Note:  To get free extracts on your mobile text MBP to 60300 if you are in the UK

For mobiles outside of the UK enter gospoken.com/a/mbp08 into your mobile web browser

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