The Beijing Olympics are just months away and at this year’s London Book Fair RYA Publications, the world renowned publisher of nautical titles, is celebrating the launch of a range of titles which are set to give future Olympic sailing hopefuls the knowledge they need to compete at the highest level.
One of Britain’s top sailors, who will be seeking gold at this summer’s Olympics, is the latest author to share his expertise and knowledge in an RYA title. Paul Goodison’s Laser Handbook is an in-depth look at one of the top Olympic sailing dinghies and a guide to sailing it to optimum performance. Launched in March the book is already selling extremely well.
For those looking to compete at the 2012 Olympics and beyond there is a new DVD on “Speed” and a “Start Racing” handbook. Absolute beginners are also catered for with a new handbook for one of the most popular starter dinghies – the Optimist.
As the popularity of watersports grows RYA Publications are not only expanding their breadth of titles they are also expanding the world wide reach of their expert “How to” publications.
Nations who are just starting to enjoy taking sport and leisure on the water are selecting RYA publications as the first choice in providing off water learning to match their new on water experiences. RYA Publications are delighted to have just concluded sales of rights to a selection of titles for publication in China, Russia and Japan.
Publisher Phil Williams-Ellis is expecting a busy time at this London Book Fair “We had a very successful show last year and expect an even greater level of interest this year. The RYA, and its publications, has a worldwide reputation for nautical expertise and publishers are anxious to offer our expert titles in their own languages.”
