M2 Best Books articles from August 2007

M2 Best Books archives from August 2007

Six UK reading groups shortlisted for Penguin/Orange prize.
August 1, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Six UK reading groups have been shortlisted for the 2007 Penguin/Orange Broadband Readers' Group Prize, with the winning group to be announced on 28 August 2007. The groups shortlisted...

New Writing Ventures Award shortlist announced.
August 1, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist for the third New Writing Ventures Award has been announced, with the overall winners to be revealed on 11 September 2007. Mir Mahfuz Ali is the only man to be included in...

Penguin India appoints Mike Bryan as new CEO.
August 1, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publishing house Penguin India has announced that Mike Bryan will be its new chief executive officer and president from 1 September 2007. Bryan has served with Penguin for 27 years, most...

UK publishers added to Trafalgar Square Publishing's distribution list.
August 1, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK-based publishers Netribution, Michael O'Mara Books and Korero Books have been added to the distribution list of Trafalgar Square Publishing, part of Independent Publishers Group. ...

US writer to pay legal fees to film company.
August 2, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A US author is to pay USD349,500 in legal fees to a film company after it was discovered that she was behind a number of novels that were thought to have been written by a male prostitute....

Harlequin announces launch of Spice Briefs series.
August 2, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher of women's fiction Harlequin Enterprises Limited has announced the launch of Spice Briefs, erotic short stories available exclusively in the eBook format. These sexually...

Indigo Books & Music Inc reports financial results.(Financial report)(Brief article)
August 2, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Toronto based Indigo Books & Music Inc (TSX: IDG) has announced its financial results for the quarter ended 30 June 2007. The company reported a net loss of CAD2.8m for the quarter, a...

Scholastic announces 11.5m copies of final Harry Potter book sold in first ten days.
August 3, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Scholastic Corporation (Nasdaq:SCHL), a publisher and distributor of children's books, has announced that sales of JK Rowling's final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,...

BookCrossing and Eset Co launch Japanese project.
August 3, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A collaborative project supporting Japan's nationwide movement to promote literacy has been launched by BookCrossing Inc, a free book club, and Eset Corporation Eset Co Ltd, a media...

Harlequin announces second quarter results.(Harlequin Ltd.)(Financial report)
August 3, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Harlequin has announced results for the second quarter of 2007 ended 30 June 2007, with total revenue increasing to CAD116m, representing a 1.2% increase compared to the same...

Waterstone's Wood Green store to close.
August 6, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Waterstone's has announced that its book store located in The Mall, Wood Green High Road, UK, is to be closed on 11 August 2007. The Waterstone's store closure is part of the...

Borders UK announces new buying team appointments.(Borders (UK) Ltd. promotes Kim Mackay an appoints Graeme Eaves and Emma Carter)(Brief article)
August 6, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Three new buying team appointments have been announced by Borders UK, a bookstore chain, as part of its commitment to genre titles. Borders UK has promoted non-fiction buyer Kim Mackay to...

A&R Whitcoulls working on new online bookstore - report.
August 6, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A&R Whitcoulls Group, an Australasian book chain, has revealed it is working on a new online bookstore intended to extend its reach. The new site represents the company's second attempt...

Hachette Book Group USA names Beth Ford as COO.
August 7, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publishing company Hachette Book Group USA has announced that Beth Ford has been appointed chief operating officer, reporting directly to chairman and chief executive officer David Young,...

Amazon launches Flexible Payment Service.
August 7, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Amazon Flexible Payment Service has been launched by online retailer Amazon.com Inc, in an initial testing period, opening its payment system to other websites. The payment system...

Disney gains film rights for Dangerous Book For Boys.(Disney Entertainment Productions)(Brief article)
August 7, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Entertainment company Disney is to turn the Dangerous Book For Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden into a film, after gaining the rights to the book. The book, which presents a 'how-to' guide...

Heinemann-Raintree launches new USD5,000 grant programme.
August 7, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new 'Making the Nonfiction Connection' Grant programme for educators has been launched by educational publisher Heinemann-Raintree. Heinemann-Raintree said the grant gives schools the...

Edinburgh International Book Festival selects Fujitsu PCs.
August 8, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD IT provider Fujitsu Siemens Computers (Fujitsu) has revealed it has been selected by the Edinburgh International Book Festival, which runs from 11-27 August 2007, to supply a range of...

Laura and Jenna Bush sign book deal with HarperCollins Publishers.
August 10, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD HarperCollins Publishers reported on 9 August that it has acquired world rights to an as yet untitled children's book, written by Laura and Jenna Bush, the US President's wife and daughter....

BISG and GPI to study book industry's environmental impact.
August 13, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and the Green Press Initiative (GPI) have announced that they are working together to study the book industry's impact and progress, with environmental...

Granta Books to join Independent Alliance publisher group.
August 13, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Granta Books, a book publisher, has announced that it is joining the Independent Alliance group of publishers and will be represented by Faber on all its titles from January next year,...

ProQuest signs agreement for Mandela's No Easy Walk to Freedom.
August 13, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An agreement to digitise No Easy Walk to Freedom, a collection of articles, speeches, letters and trial transcripts documenting Nelson Mandela's life and imprisonment, has been signed with...

Top-Kniga selects Oracle Retail applications.
August 13, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Oracle Retail merchandising, planning and data warehousing applications from software solutions provider Oracle have been selected by Top-Kniga, a wholesaler/retailer of books in Russia, to...

Profile Books announces GBP9m turnover for 2006-7.(Financial report)
August 14, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK book publisher Profile Books has announced a GBP9m turnover for the 2006-7 year, representing a 9% increase compared to 2005-6. The company reported a 56% increase in operating profit...

HarperCollins launches new book excerpts link for iPhone users.
August 15, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new link enabling users of the iPhone device from computer company Apple to view excerpts from over 12 new releases, has been launched by publisher HarperCollins. HarperCollins said...

Beaufort Books to publish If I Did It.
August 16, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Beaufort Books, a publisher based in New York, USA, has revealed it is to publish 'If I Did It', originally written by O.J. Simpson. The book's rights were awarded previously to Ron...

Booktrust's Booked Up programme to distribute over 500,000 free books.(Brief article)
August 19, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD More than 500,000 books will be despatched from distribution centres in England next month with the launch of the new 'Booked Up' programme from Booktrust, an independent charity, supported...

Kirsty Gunn wins Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year award.
August 20, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year award has been won by New Zealand author Kirsty Gunn, a professor of creative writing at Dundee University, for her novel, The Boy and The...

DH Lawrence collection of private papers donated to University of Nottingham.(Brief article)
August 21, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A collection of private papers once owned by author DH Lawrence have been donated to the University of Nottingham, UK which means that the papers will be made available for the public to see,...

Jennifer Daniels named as VP, general counsel and secretary of board of Barnes and Noble.
August 22, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) on Tuesday (21 August) announced that the company has appointed Jennifer Daniels as vice president, general counsel and secretary of the board of...

Barnes & Noble to offer new OJ Simpson book by special or online order.
August 22, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble has revealed that the new edition of OJ Simpson's 'If I Did It' from New York-based publisher Beaufort, will only be available by special order or via its website,...

Countrybookshop launches online booksconnect social networking initiative.
August 23, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Booksconnect, an online social networking initiative for the book community, has been launched by Countrybookshop, an independent bookseller based in the Peak District, UK. ...

Barnes and Nobles declares Q2 2007 results.(Financial report)(Brief article)
August 24, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) announced on Thursday (23 August) financial results for the second quarter of 2007 ended 4 August 2007. Sales for the quarter were up by 7.6% to...

Floras Group creates new olabooks.com e-bookshop.(http://www.olabooks.com)(Brief article)
August 24, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new e-bookshop has been created by Floras Group, a bookshop chain in Greece with 12 Floras bookshops, due for launch at http://www.olabooks.com at the end of November 2007. Floras said...

James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction awarded to Cormac McCarthy.
August 27, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The winner has been announced for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, the oldest UK literary award. Cormac McCarthy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning US author, has won the award for his...

Random House makes donation to First Book.
August 28, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Random House Inc has announced that it is to make a donation to First Book, a non-profit organisation that distributes books to children from low income families, of USD1m. ...

Second quarter results announced by Borders Group.(Financial report)(Brief article)
August 29, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Borders Group Inc (NYSE: BGP) has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2007, ended 4 August 2007. Second quarter consolidated sales grew by 10.4% to...

New bilingual website launched by Penguin China.(Website overview)
August 30, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new bilingual website has been launched by publisher Penguin China in both Chinese and English. According to The Book Standard, the new website will provide readers with details...

OJ Simpson book will be sold in store by Barnes & Noble - report.
August 31, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble has announced that it is revising an earlier decision not to offer OJ Simpson's book entitled 'If I Did It' in its stores. The company had previously stated...