M2 Best Books articles from February 2005

M2 Best Books archives from February 2005

South Africa to host new international book fair.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new international book fair is to be held in South Africa in June 2006. The Cape Town Book Fair, planned as part of a joint venture agreement between the Frankfurt Book Fair and the...

Collection of cricket books to be auctioned.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A private library of cricket books, including some rare early editions, is to be sold at auction by Christie's in London. The collection of 400 books was assembled by cricket player and...

Indigo Books & Music reports Q3 profit up 17%.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Canadian book retailer Indigo Books & Music Inc has reported a 17% increase in its third-quarter profit. The company made a profit of CAD33.8m, or CAD1.40 per share, in the 13-week...

JK Rowling urges readers not to buy owls.(Brief Article)
February 2, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series of children's books, has said that readers should not try to copy the hero of her novels and keep an owl as a pet. Rowling said that the...

Change of sponsors at British Book Awards.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK high street retailer WH Smith has announced that it will sponsor a second prize at the British Book Awards, which this year will be held on 20 April. The chain is to sponsor the Book...

Harry Potter "phishing" scam revealed.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new "phishing" scam has been identified in which electronic copies of the latest Harry Potter book are said to be on offer. However, fans have been asked to disclose their bank and...

New interactive product features children's books on DVDs.(digital video disk)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Scholastic Corp has formed an agreement with toy maker Fisher-Price to offer interactive DVD toys using classic children's books. The 'Read With Me DVD!' products are books on...

New book helps readers solve online annoyances.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new book published by O'Reilly aims to help readers fix the most annoying things about going online. 'Internet Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things about Going Online' by...

Distribution company formed by Ingram Book Group.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book and magazine wholesaler Ingram Book Group is to establish a new distribution services company, called Ingram Publisher Services. The new company will handle distribution services for...

McGraw-Hill Ryerson reports 2004 profit up 15%.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Canadian book publisher McGraw-Hill Ryerson (TSX:MHR), which specialises in textbooks, has announced its financial results for the year 2004. The company reported a 15% improvement in...

Australian author rejects plagiarism allegation.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An Australian author has been accused of plagiarism over a short story that was published in The Big Issue magazine. Jessica Adams has denied claims that her story 'The Circle' is based...

JK Rowling may act over US Army cartoon strip.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Lawyers acting for Harry Potter author JK Rowling are considering copyright infringement action over a cartoon strip printed in a US Army monthly training publication. The cartoon...

BBC to launch new book show.(British Broadcasting Corporation)(Brief Article)
February 11, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new television book club is to appear on British television with the launch of Page Turners, a BBC1 daytime show hosted by Jeremy Vine. The first series, starting in March, will feature...

Penguin UK chief executive leaves the company.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The chief executive of Penguin UK, Anthony Forbes Watson, has resigned from the publisher. Watson left the company following differences of view on the way forward for the Penguin and...

Borders Group adjusts earnings expectations.(Brief Article)
February 11, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US book chain Borders Group Inc has adjusted its outlook for the fourth quarter of 2004 after its international sales increased by 28%. The company said that it now expects quarterly...

Jane Austen novel named most romantic of all time.(Romantic Novelists' Association)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Romantic Novelists' Association has revealed that Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' was voted the most romantic novel of all time in a poll of contemporary romance authors. The...

Penguin USA offers "premium" paperback format.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Penguin Group (USA) is reportedly to introduce a new paperback format called Penguin Premium. The books will be larger in size and will use higher-quality paper, with wider margins and...

Ottakar's loses three executives.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK book chain Ottakar's has announced the resignations of three of its executives. Following a reorganisation of the promotional buying functions, the range department and new product...

World's best hikes detailed in new book.(Brief Article)
February 15, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new book details 23 of the world's best hikes, including maps, photographs, descriptions and practical information to help readers follow the routes. To research 'Classic Hikes of the...

P. Diddy sued over advance for autobiography.(Brief Article)
February 16, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US hip-hop star Sean "P. Diddy" Combs is facing a lawsuit over an advance that he was paid in 1998 to write his autobiography. Publisher Random House has filed papers at the state Supreme...

Naked celebrities appear in new charity book.(Elton John Aids Foundation)(Brief Article)
February 18, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new book featuring nude photographs of famous women is to be published in aid of the Elton John Aids Foundation. The book, titled 'Four Inches', will include pictures of Victoria...

Pope's new book due for release this month.(Brief Article)
February 18, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new book by Pope John Paul is to be published later this month. 'Memory and Identity: Conversations Between Millenniums' is the Pope's fifth book and it is in question-and-answer...

Reed Elsevier reports 1.7% rise in profit.(Brief Article)
February 18, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Anglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier (LSE: REL.L) has announced its financial results for 2004. The company reported adjusted pre-tax profit for the year of GBP1.03bn, up 1.7% from...

Amit Chaudhuri releases first book of poems.(Brief Article)
February 18, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Indian author Amit Chaudhuri is to release his first book of poems on 21 February. 'St Cyril Road and Other Poems' is a collection of verse written by Chaudhuri over the last two...

Hunter S Thompson dies, aged 67.(Obituary)
February 22, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD American counter-culture writer Hunter S Thompson has died at the age of 67 in an apparent suicide. The author of 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' was found dead at his home in Colorado...

Author Taslima Nasreen hopes to live in India.(Brief Article)
February 22, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, who currently lives in exile in Sweden, has said that she would like to live in India. The writer was forced to leave Bangladesh in 1994 after her work...

Cuban writer dies in exile.(Obituary)
February 23, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Exiled Cuban writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante, who had lived in London for 40 years, has died aged 75. The author died of a staphylococci infection caught in a hospital, according to his...

HarperCollins to close Fourth Estate in the US.(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher HarperCollins has revealed plans to close its Fourth Estate imprint in the United States. The Fourth Estate US titles will be transferred to HarperCollins in 2006, while the...

Polish publisher faces challenge to 'Mein Kampf' release.(XXL plans faces challenge)(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A Polish publisher's plan to release a new edition of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' is being challenged by the German state of Bavaria, which reportedly holds the rights to the book. ...

Inaugural Man Booker International Prize to be presented in Edinburgh.(Brief Article)
February 28, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The new Man Booker International Prize will be awarded at a ceremony in Edinburgh, Scotland, in June this year. The first winner of the GBP60,000 prize will be announced by the judges in...