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Beautiful Books has teamed up with digital company Amazing Media to produce a musical soundtrack to the debut novel of actress Abigail Tarttelin.
The album and novel, both titled Flick, will be published on 7th April. The album, compiled by Amazing Media's website http://amazingtunes.com%3E" target="_blank">www.amazingtunes.com with help from Tarttelin, features music by young British bands chosen to reflect the music taste of the eponymous heroine, a disaffected 15-year-old girl from the north-east of England. It will be available as a free download.
Beautiful Books publisher Simon Petherick said: "This is a fantastic opportunity for both of us to excite and intrigue our respective audiences with really inspiring and stimulating contemporary words and music."Bands Let's Buy Happiness, Tantrums, The Stereo Shutdown and Michael Reeve are among the acts chosen to appear on the album, which will be promoted on the jacket of the novel via a QR code enabling readers to download the album from the amazingtunes website. The e-book will also enable readers to access the album.
Amazing Media's digital radio station, Amazing Radio, will also promote the novel via a poll of users, with the musician behind the most popular album track performing at a Flick gig in the summer.
John Williams, m.d. of music at Amazing Media, said: "The demographic of Abigail's novel sits perfectly with the fanbase of the music we promote. We are evangelical about pushing amazing new music by today's bands, and Flick is the perfect partner for that."