M2 Best Books articles from August 2008

M2 Best Books archives from August 2008

JK Rowling's Tales of Beedle the Bard to be published.
August 1, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A book of fairy tales entitled The Tales of Beedle the Bard is to be published on 4 December by JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series of books, to raise money for charity. ...

Amazon.com in agreement to acquire AbeBooks.
August 4, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Online retailer Amazon.com Inc (Nasdaq:AMZN) announced on Friday (1 August) that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire AbeBooks, an online marketplace for books, including...

Amazon announces exclusive collector's edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
August 4, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Online retailer Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN) announced on Friday (1 August) that the company will be offering a collector's edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling, exclusively on...

Over 250,000 copies of 'Breaking Dawn' sold by Borders and Waldenbooks on first day of release.
August 4, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Borders Group Inc (NYSE: BGP) has revealed that, at its approximately 1,000 Borders and Waldenbooks stores in the US and its Borders.com website, it has sold in excess of a 250,000...

Nobel prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn dies aged 89.
August 5, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The son of Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn confirmed on Monday (4 August) that the writer died of heart failure on Sunday (3 August) at the age of 89. Solzhenitsyn, a winner of the...

Lease for store in San Antonio, Texas signed by Barnes & Noble.
August 6, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) has revealed that it has signed a lease agreement to open a new Barnes & Noble bookstore in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The new store will be...

Joanna Trollope signs with Random House Canada.
August 7, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Random House Canada has announced that it has entered into an agreement with author Joanna Trollope. The publisher has reportedly acquired Canadian rights to Trollope's next...

What's Your Story? becomes UK's fastest selling short-story collection of all time.
August 8, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD What's Your Story?, a collection of 13 short stories by authors including JK Rowling, Sebastian Faulks, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, was released yesterday (7 August), selling more copies...

New survey reveals MPs' favourite summer reads.
August 11, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A survey commissioned by bookseller Waterstone's that questioned 150 MPs in the UK has revealed that Ffion Hague's The Pain and the Privilege: The Women in Lloyd George's Life is the top...

Barnes & Noble to open new store in Augusta, Georgia.
August 12, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) has revealed that it has signed a lease agreement to open a new bookstore in Augusta, Georgia, USA. The new store, which is scheduled to open on...

Final manuscript of Vladimir Nabokov to be published next month - claim.
August 13, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The final manuscript written by Russian author Vladimir Nabokov is to be published by the author's son, Dimitri Nabokov. The author, who died in 1977, reportedly requested of his wife,...

New store to be opened in Texas by Barnes & Noble.
August 14, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE:BKS) has announced that it is to open a new bookstore in Market Heights at 201 East Central Texas Expressway, Harker Heights, Texas, USA. The store,...

Random House of Canada announces retirement of John Neale.
August 15, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book publisher Random House of Canada has announced that its chairman, John Neale, is to retire at the end of 2008. Canada Newswire reported that Neale has been chairman of Random House...

Lyon Municipal Library joins Google Book Search project.
August 18, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet company Google has revealed that it has entered into an agreement with the Lyon Municipal Library for its Google Book Search project. Lyon Municipal Library is Google's 29th...

Two new Barnes & Noble Studio series launched.
August 19, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) has revealed that it has expanded the Barnes & Noble Studio, http://www.bn.com/studio. The Studio is a multimedia destination on Barnes &...

Barnes & Noble announces resignation of CEO of online business.
August 20, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) announced on Tuesday (19 August) that Marie J. Toulantis, chief executive officer of its online business Barnes & Noble.com, has resigned. No...

Borders announces launch of 'Be a Duchess for a Day' sweepstakes.
August 20, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Borders has revealed that it is to act as the exclusive retail partner for the "Be a Duchess for a Day" giveaway. The company said that the giveaway is a sweepstakes sponsored...

TeleScope solution selected by Chronicle Books.
August 21, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD North Plains Systems, a provider of video and digital asset management (VAM and DAM) software and solutions, has revealed that Chronicle Books, a publisher of art, architecture, photography...

Amazon Web Services announces launch of Amazon Elastic Block Store.
August 21, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Amazon Web Services LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), has launched the Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), a new persistent storage feature for the Amazon Elastic...

Barnes & Noble declares Q2 2008 results and quarterly dividend.(Financial report)(Brief article)
August 22, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) on Thursday (21 August) reported results for the second quarter of 2008 ended 2 August 2008. Sales for the quarter were down by 1.6% to...

3M's SelfCheck systems deployed by Seoul National University.
August 22, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Diversified technology company 3M (NYSE:MMM) announced on Thursday (21 August) that Seoul National University (SNU), an institution of higher education in South Korea, will install the...

Eight Books Etc shops to be acquired by Waterstone's.
August 22, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Eight Books Etc stores in London in the UK are to be acquired from Borders UK by Waterstone's. The branches involved in the transaction are London Wall, Holborn, Fleet Street,...

Borders to open new concept store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
August 25, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Borders Group Inc (NYSE:BGP), a retailer of books, music and movies under the Borders and Waldenbooks brand of retail stores, announced on Friday (22 August) that the company has opened a new...

Young Bond computer game combines gaming with reading.
August 26, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The author of the Young Bond series, Charlie Higson, has launched The Shadow War, a free online reality game developed by game creator Six to Start, at the Edinburgh International Book...

Travel writer Dave Freeman dies, aged 47.
August 27, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD It has been announced that Dave Freeman, co-author of the best-selling travel guide 100 Things to Do Before You Die, has died after falling and hitting his head. Freeman, aged 47, had...

Charles Wesley's diary deciphered by professor at Liverpool Hope University.
August 28, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The 270 year old diary of Charles Wesley, the Methodist pioneer and author of classic hymns, has been deciphered by Reverend Professor Kenneth Newport, Liverpool Hope University's pro...

Cheeta the Chimp's autobiography included on longlist for Guardian first book award.
August 29, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The autobiography of the acting chimpanzee known as Cheeta has been included on the long list of ten books for the Guardian's 10th first book award. The book, entitled Me Cheeta: the...