M2 Best Books articles from April 2004

M2 Best Books archives from April 2004

Ian McEwan refused entry to US.(visa issue)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British author Ian McEwan, the winner of the 2004 American National Book Prize for his novel 'Atonement', has been refused entry to the US to give a talk about his work. The author was...

Book character auction raises money for torture victims.(The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bestselling authors have auctioned off the names of characters in their next books in aid of charity. One bidder at the London, UK auction secured roles in two books, paying GBP950 to...

CanWest announces book publishing ambition.(CanWest Global Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Canadian communications company CanWest has announced that it is planning to expand into book publishing and is seeking a general manager for 'CanWest Books'. A spokesperson for the...

South African publishers urge action over book pirating.(Publishing Association of South Africa )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A report by the Publishing Association of South Africa (Pasa) has revealed that small scale local publishers are being driven out of business by photocopying pirates. The report claims...

Waterstone's appoints new managing director.(David Gilbert, retailer)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookstore chain Waterstone's has appointed David Gilbert, former chief operating officer of the electrical retailer Dixons Group, as their new managing director. A spokesperson for...

Publishers urged to use public libraries and mass media to expand market.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Speakers at the annual 'Books and the Consumer' conference run by Book Marketing Ltd have called for the publishing industry to embrace public libraries and the mass media to engage...

Man Booker Prize dates announced.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Organisers of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2004 have confirmed the key dates for this year's competition. The longlist will be announced on Thursday 26 August 2004, followed by the...

'Spiderwick Chronicles' set for film adaptation.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The 'Spiderwick Chronicles' is set to become the latest children's series from Britain to be made into a Hollywood film. The books, written and illustrated by Holly Black and Tony...

Shortlist for Trillium Book Awards announced.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist for Ontario, USA's 17th Annual Trillium Book Awards has been announced. Five French and six English language books were selected along with five works for the Trillium Book...

Rare Tolkien volumes double valuation at auction.('The Fellowship of the Ring', 'The Two Towers' and 'The Return of the King')(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A rare collection of the three 'Lord of the Rings' books has been sold at auction for twice its estimated value. The signed second editions of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' and 'The Two...

Chinese authorities save ancient language texts.(Shuishu language)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Chinese authorities have retrieved over 400 rare books written in 'Shuishu' a pictographic language of the Shui people, a small Chinese ethnic group from the Guizho province. The books...

REVIEW: How to Write a Resume if you Didn't go to College.(Richard H. Beatty)(Book Review)
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD As the title suggests, the average job seeker that did not go to college can use this book to compile a very professional-looking resume. Inside are hints and tips on how to make the most of...

REVIEW: Jetliner Cabins.(Jennifer Coutts Clay)(Book Review)
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Jennifer Coutts Clay's book on the history and development of jetliner cabins makes you dream of first class luxury instead of the agony of economy class, of better food and maybe a better...

BCA chief urges better communication with consumers.(BCA Corp.'s Christian Friege)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Christian Friege chief executive of the book club company BCA has urged the Books Marketing Ltd conference to reiterate the value of book club deals to consumers. Friege presented data...

Penguin to re-release Cheney's wild west sex novel.(Lynne Cheney's Sisters, Penguin Group USA )
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Penguin Group USA is set to re-release 'Sisters', a novel about feminism in the American old west written by the wife of the Vice President Dick Cheney. Lynne Cheney wrote the novel in...

Phaidon appoints new art and photography editorial director.(Kate Bush, Phaidon Press)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Phaidon has appointed Kate Bush to be senior programmer of the Photographers' Gallery in London, UK as editorial director of contemporary art and photography. Phaidon said the...

WH Smith launches its 'Welsh Book of the Month' promotion.(WH Smith Group PLC, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK bookseller WH Smith has announced that the English and Welsh language publisher Gwasg Carreg Gwalch (GCC) will be the first beneficiary of its Welsh Book of the Month scheme. 'Coast...

BookExpo America to host 'Religion and Spirituality Day'.(Brief Article)
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD BookExpo America has announced that a special Religion and Spirituality Day will be held during the show which runs from 2 to 6 June 2004. The focused educational and author event will...

2004 Book Sense Awards finalists announced.
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The finalists for the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards have been announced. All the finalists were nominated by members of the American Booksellers Association over the past 12...

British author refused permission to board flight to the US from Canada.(Ian McEwan)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British author Ian McEwan was refused permission by immigration officers at Vancouver airport to board a flight to the US. The Booker Prize winner was travelling to a lecture tour on...

Hodder Headline appoints new deputy m.d.(Steve Robinson as deputy managing director)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Hodder Headline has appointed Steve Robinson as its deputy managing director and finance director. Robinson had previously worked with Kate Swann, chief executive of Hodder headline's...

Borders, O'Reilly and T-Mobile USA team up to offer book lovers wireless internet access.(Brief Article)
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US-based bookseller Borders, publisher O'Reilly and communications company T-Mobile USA have teamed up to offer Borders customers a free guide to the T-Mobile HotSpot WiFi internet service...

US literary groups concern over author's visa problems.(Ian McEwan)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD American literary groups are worried that costly legal processes may prevent them from booking foreign authors for events after the British novelist Ian McEwan was initially refused entry to...

Danish government reduces subsidies for writers' association.(PEN association)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Danish government will reportedly sanction the writers' association PEN for denying membership to an anti-Islamic writer and historian. Denmark's culture minister Brian Mikkelsen...

German booksellers angry with newspaper book offer.(Suddeutsch Zeitung)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD German booksellers have reacted angrily to a daily newspapers plans to offer readers hardcover classic 20th century novels at a third of the regular price in an attempt to boost sales. ...

Penguin pulls re-issue of book by US Vice President's wife.(Penguin Group USA, Lynne Cheney's Sisters)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Penguin Group (USA) has pulled the scheduled re-release of Lynne Cheney's racy historical romance 'Sisters'. The book, first published in 1981, was due to be re-released by Penguin Group...

Nabokov's family deny 'Lolita' plagiarism claims.(Vladimir Nabokov, cases)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The family of Vladimir Nabokov, author of the controversial literary classic 'Lolita', has denied claims that the title character and basis of the novel were plagiarised from a German...

Russian novelist finds inspiration in jailed oligarch.(Tatyana Ustinova)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bestselling Russian pulp fiction author Tatyana Ustinova has chosen an unusual hero for her latest book 'The Oligarch and the Great Bear'. Ustinova has based her hero on Mikhail...

Belfast community centre launches two books.(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A community centre in Northern Ireland has launched two books about growing up on the mixed Catholic and Protestant Springfield Road in Belfast. Members of the Forthspring Community...

Publishers organisations call for textbook piracy clampdown.(American Association of Publishers, International Intellectual Property Association)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The American Association of Publishers (AAP) and the International Intellectual Property Association (IIPA) have renewed calls for a clamp down on textbook piracy in certain countries. ...

Copies of Sikh holy book arrive in Canada.(Saroopa of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD One hundred and fifty copies of the 'Saroopa of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji' Sikhism holy book have arrived in Canada from Amritsar, India. The books, which are only printed in Amritsar...

China reaches publishing reform milestone.(China Publishing Group, China Publishing Corp,transformation)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Chinese State Council has approved the transformation of China Publishing Group into China Publishing Corp, a major milestone in the reform of China's publishing industry. Comprising...

Rare portrait of Virginia Woolf goes on display.(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A rare portrait of author Virginia Woolf has gone on display at a museum in the UK. The picture of Woolf, who hated sitting for portraits and even turned down a request from the National...

SriLankan Airlines distributes 30,000 school books.(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD SriLankan Airlines has distributed 30,000 exercise books to children in 14 rural schools in Sri Lanka. The airline's latest contribution follows on from a similar project in 2003 when it...

Waterstone's founder buys Early Learning Centre.(Tim Waterstone)(Brief Article)
April 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Tim Waterstone, founder of the eponymous bookstore chain, has bought children's retailer Early Learning Centre for GBP62m from venture capital group 3i. Waterstone's investment group...

Hans Christian Andersen's birthday celebrated.(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The International Board on Books for Young People (Ibby) celebrated the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen on 2 April 2004 with an International Children's Book Day. Countries belonging...

New translation of Bible to be launched in April 2004.(Broadman & Holman)(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new translation of the Bible is to be released on 15 April 2004 by publisher Broadman & Holman, a division of LifeWay Christian Resources. The publisher claims that the 'Holman...

Agatha Christie mysteries to be turned into video games.(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The mystery novels of Agatha Christie are set to become video games after the author's grandson granted permission for her work to be used. Intellectual property group Chorion will...

Anthony Minghella to film single mum's novel.(The Ninth Life of Louis Drax, Liz Jensen)(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Oscar winning director Anthony Minghella has chosen an as yet unpublished novel by a British single mum as his next project. 'The Ninth Life of Louis Drax' by Liz Jensen is a dark comic...

Blackwell's appoints new academic sales chief.(Sharon Murray)(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Blackwell's has appointed Sharon Murray - the former manager of its Mappin Street, Sheffield and London Oxford Street stores - as its academic sales manager. Murray left Blackwell's for...

Hodder searching for new sales and marketing director.(Honor Wilson Fletche retired)(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Hodder Children's is looking for a new sales and marketing director after Honor Wilson-Fletcher stepped down to join the British Museum as head of marketing. Wilson-Fletcher...

Shortlist for Ondaatje prize announced.(Hearing Birds Fly, Mountains of the Kind, Gulag: A History)(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist for the inaugural Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Ondaatje Prize has been announced. The GBP10,000 prize for books which best evoke 'a spirit of place' incorporates the...

Gallery to consult King's family over unpublished work.(New Zealand gallery, Dr Michael King)(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A New Zealand gallery is to consult the family of Dr Michael King before publishing a new manuscript by the eminent historian who died in a car crash in March 2004. The 35 page...

2004 Pulitzer Prize winners announced.(Doug Wright, William Taubman, Edward P. Jones)(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Edward P. Jones' story of a black slave owner, 'The Known World', has won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Jones' novel also won the 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award. It is...

Puffin and Charlie Higson to release tales of James Bond's school days.(Ian Fleming Publications)(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Comedian Charlie Higson is writing two books about Ian Fleming's spy character James Bond's school days at the British school, Eton. The two prequels came about after Puffin Books, an...

Electronic dictionaries look set to topple paper versions in Japan.(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Figures from Japan seem to show that electronic dictionaries are dramatically cutting into the sales of the paper versions. The market for the electronic devices, some of which can hold...

Rare Joyce letter to be sold at auction.(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The very first letter sent to a publisher by James Joyce is expected to fetch around GBP30,000 when it goes to auction. The letter to the publishers William Heinemann by the then 23 year...

Gunter Grass engravings to go on display in Korea.(Brief Article)
April 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Engravings by German Nobel Prize winning writer Gunter Grass are to go on display in Korea from 7 April 2004. The exhibition at the Godo Gallery in Seoul, South Korea, will combine...

REVIEW: Haynes Build Your Own Computer.(Kyle MacRae)(Book Review)
April 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Haynes manual, it used to be the one stop guide to locating the carburettor on a Ford Cortina, but now Haynes has a manual for everything including sex (I kid you not!). This guide to...

REVIEW: Nature's Robots.(Charles Tanford, Jacqueline Reynolds)(Book Review)
April 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD With the recent high-profile advancements in the field of protein research it is often hard for us to remember how we got to the current environment with DNA sequencers and supercomputers...

Premier Direct doubles turnover.(Premier Direct Group, sales)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Direct sales bookselling company Premier Direct Group has announced that its turnover has doubled in the six months to the end of January 2004 to GBP20m. Driven by its acquisition of...

Simon & Schuster reshuffle non-fiction team.(Angela Herlihy appointed)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Simon & Schuster has appointed Angela Herlihy as senior non-fiction commissioner in a reshuffle of its entire non-fiction team. Herlihy will focus on mass-market non-fiction...

Children's author signs deal with Warner Bros Pictures.(Julia Donaldson)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Children's author Julia Donaldson has signed a deal with Warner Bros Pictures to turn her upcoming book into a film. 'The Giants and the Joneses' which is to be published by Egmont Books...

John Smith & Son reports another year of growth.(earnings)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Scotland-based academic bookseller John Smith & Son has reported sales of GBP12.2m in the year ending May 2003, a rise of 35% on 2002 when it returned to profit after being acquired by Coutts...

Simenon sales in Europe rise 130%.(Georges Simenon, books)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sales of books by the prolific 20th century Belgian author Georges Simenon have risen by 130% in European markets according to Chorion, the company that owns the rights to the author's work....

Amazon.ca discounts another 250,000 books.(marketing)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Amazon.ca, the Canadian branch of the online bookseller Amazon, has added 250,000 books to its 30% discount promotion. The move to include books priced CAD25 and over - as well as those...

Historians puzzled over missing skull of poet.(Francesco Petrarch)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An attempt to create the definitive portrait of the 14th century Italian poet Francesco Petrarch, who is credited as the first modern, Western poet, has hit a gruesome problem. The...

Random House secures organised crime book.(sales, McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Random House has bought the UK publishing rights to 'McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime', a survey of organised crime around the world, after an auction with other publishers. ...

Chinese government continues publishing reforms.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Chinese central government has decided to turn all state publishing houses into enterprise businesses, according to the deputy director of China's State Press and Publication...

Hillary Clinton adds new reflection to 'Living History' paperback.(new edition)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Hillary Clinton has written a new afterword for the paperback edition of her bestselling memoir 'Living History'. The former first lady's four-page addition to the book discusses the...

Book Sense announces the best books of its first five years.(publishing industry, new book)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book Sense, the campaign to promote independent bookstores in the US, has released a list of the best of its Best Book 76 lists of the last five years. 'Best Books: The Best of Book...

Thomas Nelson revealed as number one Christian publisher.(publishing industry)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Thomas Nelson Inc has announced that figures from the Sales Tracking Analysis Trends Summary (STATS) Program report have made it the top Christian publisher for 2003. The...

UK National Book Award winners announced.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD 'Eats, Shoot and Leaves' by Lynne Truss took home the book of the year award at the UK's National Book Awards on 7 April 2004. The book on punctuation became a surprise bestseller in...

Hodder Headline denies sale talk.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kate Swann, the chief executive of chain store WH Smith, is not planning to sell Hodder Headline, according to the publishing group's CEO Tim Hely Hutchinson. Hodder Headline's parent...

Abu Dhabi's Cultural Foundation calls for more Arabic translations.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Secretary General of Abu Dhabi's Cultural Foundation, Mohammed Ahmed Al Suwaidi, has announced a new project to translate English and French books into Arabic. Speaking at the Abu...

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair opens.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The 14th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair has opened in the United Arab Emirates. The exhibition - which runs for one week from 7 April 2004 - has attracted over 800 local and foreign...

China's National Library opens to minors.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Chinese students and minors will be allowed to use the country's National Library outside of the holidays for the first time. The library will be open to minors during the first week of...

Remains of author's aircraft found by French salvage team.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A French salvage team has found the remains of the aircraft piloted by the author of the children's classic 'The Little Prince', Antoine de Saint-Exupery, when he disappeared. St-Exupery...

Random House reports strong growth in 2003.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Random House Group has announced solid growth in 2003 helped by strong sales from diet books, new authors and modern classics. Sales including the publisher Transworld were GBP212.2m...

New consultant appointed to e4books project.(Book Industry Commission, Simon Edwards)(Brief Article)
April 8, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Book Industry Commission (BIC) has appointed former WH Smith book development manager Simon Edwards as a consultant on its new e4books project. Set up by the Publishers Association,...

Vintage launches Hidden Gems imprint.(Brief Article)
April 9, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Vintage has launched a new imprint dedicated to books that didn't get the 'recognition they deserved' when first released. According to Vintage the new imprint, called Hidden...

Dylan Thomas love letters to be auctioned.(Brief Article)
April 9, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Love letters from the poet Dylan Thomas to his wife-to-be Caitlin Macnamara are to be auctioned in the US. The collection of correspondence is expected to fetch thousands of US dollars...

CSFB says investors should not worry about Amazon.com's margins.(Credit Suisse First Boston)(Brief Article)
April 9, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Global investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) has reportedly said that investors should not get unduly concerned over gross margins at online bookseller Amazon.com. CSFB said...

Micronix releases display driver IC that enables high resolution e-book.(Brief Article)
April 9, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Micronix, a division of IXYS Corp, has introduced its new display driver IC, the MX834, targeted at emerging markets that value ultra-low power, easy-to-read displays for use in portable...

James Joyce letter sold at auction.(Brief Article)
April 12, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A letter written by author James Joyce has sold at auction for GBP32,265. The letter was written by Joyce to publisher Heinemann in 1905, when he was 23, in an effort to get his first...

New book explains Microsoft Excel techniques.(O'Reilly, new book)(Brief Article)
April 12, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher O'Reilly has released a new book that aims to show how to get the most out of Microsoft Excel. 'Excel Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools', written by David and Raina...

Sony Pictures options Richard Clarke bestseller.(Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror)(Brief Article)
April 13, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sony Pictures has optioned the film rights to former White House official Richard Clarke's controversial bestselling book 'Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror'. The book...

New book claims there is a real difference between Celts and English.(Stephen Oppenheimer)(Brief Article)
April 13, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new book by an Oxford University professor claims that the Celts are indeed different from their old rivals, the English. 'The Real Eve: Modern Man's Journey Out of Africa' claims that...

AuthorHouse announces writer appearances at LA Times Festival of Books 2004.(Brief Article)
April 13, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Self publishing company AuthorHouse has announced that some of the Californian authors it has helped to get published will be appearing at the 2004 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. ...

No Starch Press announces the release of 'The Spam Letters'.(Brief Article)
April 13, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD No Starch Press has announced the release of 'The Spam Letters', a collection of replies and correspondence sent to people who distribute junk e-mails known as spam. Author Jonathan Land...

Pelican Publishing releases 'The Pearl of Anton'.(by Gene Del Vecchio)(Brief Article)
April 13, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Pelican Publishing Company has announced the release of a new fantasy novel, 'The Pearl of Anton', backed by a web-based marketing campaign. Aimed at the Harry Potter audience, Gene Del...

Indigo Books & Music appoints new president and COO.(David Margolis)(Brief Article)
April 13, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Canada's largest bookseller, Indigo Books & Music, has appointed David Margolis as president and chief operating officer. Margolis, former head of retailers Winners Apparel and Home...

McCall Smith's 'daily novel' attracts international interest.(Alexander McCall Smith, 44 Scotland Street)(Brief Article)
April 13, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The screen rights to Alexander McCall Smith's daily serial '44 Scotland Street', published in Scotland's The Scotsman newspaper, has been bought by a major British film and TV company after...

Korea prepares for Frankfurt Book Fair honour.(named Guest of Honour at 2005 fair)(Brief Article)
April 13, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Korea is preparing to launch itself onto the international publishing stage after being invited as Guest of Honour to the 2005 Frankfurt Book Fair. Korea has the seventh largest...