A BEER guide launched at the Talbot Hotel in Ledbury is the number one paperback seller at a Hereford shop.

The Paperback Exchange sold 13 out of its 17 copies of A CAMRA Guide to the County's Real Ale and Cider last month.

At this one outlet at least, the book outsold paperbacks from notable authors including JK Rowling of Harry Potter fame.

Mark Haslam of Herefordshire CAMRA said: "To be ahead of JK Rowling is almost too good to be true. The book was only published on August 7, and it was entirely researched, written and published by unpaid volunteers."