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Wednesday 21 July 2010

Luxury books take on a new look


Ten special edition copies of Indian cricket player, Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography will go on sale priced at £49,000 ($75,000) by publishers Kraken Opus. Each of the ten special edition copies will contain a signature page made of the author's blood mixed with paper resin.

With over 1,500 images, each book will weigh 37kg with gold leaf on each of the 852 pages.

As India's most popular personality, the cricket star is worshipped as a god by millions.

An additional 1,000 regular copies will also be sold for between $2,000 and $3,000.