The Book Club News
Richard and Judy’s first ever podcast exceeds 100,000 hits
Tuesday 26 July 2011
For the first time ever, Richard and Judy have released a series of exclusive podcasts to accompany their eight Summer Book Club selected titles, exclusive to WHSmith and the retailer has today announced that the podcasts have already received over 100,000 hits on iTunes.
The duo have released six episodes of the Book Club podcast with a new episode available for download from iTunes each fortnight. The podcasts, which rank highly in the iTunes Literature chart, feature exclusive interviews between Richard and Judy and the authors plus a great half price offer code on the review title. The next podcast will be available for download on Thursday 21 July and will feature Elizabeth Speller, author of The Return of Captain John Emmett.
Richard Madeley commented, “We’re absolutely thrilled that so many people have downloaded our podcast. It’s great to be able to share the Book Club with a digital audience and we hope that through the podcast we’re bringing our love of books to a whole host of new people and encouraging more people to read”.
Judy Finnigan added, “There really is something for everyone in our Summer Book Club and I think the podcast is a great way to share more detail about each book and the authors and help people choose titles which are just right for them”.
The Podcasts can be downloaded from http://bit.ly/rjbooks