James Caan releases autobiography and reads the audiobook version for Silksoundbooks.

Over the past couple of months, James Caan, one of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs and an extremely busy man, managed to find time in his packed schedule to record the audio book version of his autobiography - The Real Deal, from Brick Lane to Dragons' Den. James became a regular visitor to the Silk Sound recording studios in the evenings and weekends and as someone who is not a classically trained actor like our other artists, performed brilliantly behind the microphone and has produced a fascinating rag-trade to riches story! James is a thoroughly pleasant man, and we found it was a joy to work with him… we wish him every success with the audio book.

'First, I'd like to say 'thank you' to all of you who have already read 'The Real Deal' and given it such wonderful reviews. They are very much appreciated..' James Caan.

The Real Deal audio book is available for immediate download from Silksoundbooks.

Congratulations to one of our star performers – Margaret Tyzack - for her award at last night's Evening Standard Theatre Awards, winning a joint award for best actress with Penelope Wilton. The judges were bowled over by their performances in "The Chalk Garden" at The Donmar.

The evening also saw Kevin Spacey receive a special award for his major effort and tireless work in bringing The Old Vic back to life, and winning much deserved praise from fellow actors Dame Judi Dench & Kenneth Branagh for his achievement.

“His energy is paramount… he’s a totally committed man of the theatre, I think”, said Dame Judi.

All of us at Silksoundbooks congratulate Margaret on her fantastic achievement, and wish her many more awards and successes in the future.

Of course – both Margaret Tyzack and Dame Judi Dench can be heard in their very own Silksoundbooks audio book recordings of "The Railway Children" and "Evelina" .

Now we just have to try and find a time in Kevin Spacey’s busy schedule to record his favourite novel too!

Happy Listening

Robbie
Silksoundbooks

Over the last amazing year or so we've learned so much about our customers and what they want.
So - after a year or more of listening - we've launched the new silksoundbooks.com website which incorporates the suggestions that you've sent to us.

There's a great new Download Manager that re-starts if a glitch interrupts your download.
We've put in a neat audio player to play the audiobook samples.
And now all our books are available in audiobook format that remembers where you stopped listening on your iPod.

There are lots of other improvements, big and small. We hope you like it!

As always, we love to hear from our listeners - so if you've any suggestions or observations - or if you pick up on something that has slipped through our quality control net, let us know!!

Happy listening

Robbie
Silksoundbooks