M2 Best Books articles from January 2008

M2 Best Books archives from January 2008

Five writers shortlisted for Costa Book of the Year award.
January 3, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Five writers have been shortlisted for the Costa Book of the Year after having been announced winners in the Costa Book Awards' individual categories. The writers - AL Kennedy, Simon...

Christmas surprise bestseller helps parents with slang.
January 4, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Lucy van Amerongen, aged 13, is the author of a surprise Christmas bestseller, "The A-Z of Teen Talk". Lucy said she came up with the idea for the book after complaints from her parents...

Morton writes unauthorised biography on Tom Cruise.(Andrew Morton)(Brief article)
January 7, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Andrew Morton, the biographer of Princess Diana, suggests in a new book that actor Tom Cruise has been promoted to second in command in the Church of Scientology. Morton also suggests...

Publisher to speed up publication of Benazir Bhutto book.
January 8, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto submitted a book to her publisher just before she was killed on 27 December. Publisher HarperCollins said yesterday (7 January) that it...

Author Jon Clinch launches Finn Book Club Menu Contest.
January 9, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Jon Clinch, author of the novel Finn, has announced the Finn Book Club Menu Contest. Clinch's challenge is for contestants to develop a menu based on the food mentioned in his novel and...

Barnes & Nobel posts holiday sales.(Financial report)(Brief article)
January 11, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) on 10 January reported sales for the nine-week holiday period from 4 November 2007 to 5 January 2008. Barnes & Noble store sales totalled...

Partnership to create virtual author series announced by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing and Ball State University.
January 14, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A partnership agreement has been announced between Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing and Ball State University (BSU) which will see authors and illustrators from S&S participating in...

Pan Macmillan not to publish Tom Cruise book - claim.
January 15, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A local edition of a book entitled Tom Cruise, An Unauthorised Biography written by Andrew Morton will not be published in Australia by Pan Macmillan as a result of possible legal issues. ...

Appointments in NZ operations announced by Random House.(appointment of Michael Moynahan at The Random House Group Ltd.)(New Zealand)(Brief article)
January 16, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher The Random House Group has announced that it has made a number of appointments in its New Zealand operations. The company has promoted Michael Moynahan to chairman of Random...

Harry Potter books raise GBP6,960 for rugby club.
January 17, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An auction to raise money for Portobello Rugby Club in Edinburgh, Scotland, after it was destroyed by fire, has sold a set of seven signed Harry Potter books by JK Rowling for GBP6,960. ...

HarperCollins launches digital hymn book.
January 18, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The contents of Mission Praise, an evangelical hymn book, have been placed online by publisher HarperCollins in an attempt to create the UK's first digital hymn book. According to The...

New website launched to create author trail.(Website overview)
January 21, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A partnership has been announced between East Sussex County Council, Medway Council and the Somme region in France in order to create an author trail around East Sussex, Kent and France. ...

Books-A-Million to opennew store in Georgia.
January 22, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Books-A-Million Inc (Nasdaq/NM:BAMM), a book retailer, announced on Monday (21 January) that the company is opening a new store in Statesboro, Georgia, US. The new store is located in...

Online book channel to be launched by Borders.
January 22, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new Internet television channel is to be launched by bookseller Borders at http://www.borders.co.uk. The company said that the new channel will feature interviews with bestselling...

Winner of Costa Book Of the Year announced.
January 23, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The winner of the GBP25,000 Costa Book of the Year Award has been named as Scottish writer Alison Kennedy for her novel entitled 'Day'. Day is Kennedy's fifth novel, with her other works...

Nestle book prize to be discontinued.
January 24, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Literary charity Booktrust has announced that the Nestle book prize is to be abandoned. The children's book prize was divided into three categories for ages five and under, six to eight...

Rowling blocks printing of final Potter book in Finland due to issues regarding FSC certification of paper.
January 25, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Finnish version of JK Rowling's final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has been blocked by the writer due to issues over the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)...

New store opened by Books-A-Million in Meridian.
January 28, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Books-A-Million Inc (Nasdaq:BAMM), a book retailer, announced on Friday (25 January) that the company has opened a new store in Meridian, Mississippi, US. The new store is located in...

BookStore platform completes ACAP pilot scheme.
January 28, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD BookStore, an eBook platform from MPS Technologies, has been successfully deployed as part of the 12 month ACAP pilot scheme. Working with search engines, ACAP is a protocol that helps to...

Writers refuse permission for National Library of Wales to digitise works.(Brief article)
January 28, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Writers are reportedly refusing to allow their works to be scanned for an online archive at the National Library of Wales since a dispute between authors and the library has not been...

W H Smith to stock Polish versions of Mills & Boon novels.(Brief article)
January 29, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK based retailer W H Smith has announced that it is to stock Polish versions of a number of romance novels from Mills & Boon. In addition a number of public libraries in the UK are also...

Competition to find new James Bond track launched by MySpace and Penguin.
January 30, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A competition to find the theme song for a new James Bond audiobook, the Devil May Care, is to be launched by social networking site MySpace and publishing company Penguin. Users of...

Bango technology powers Global Reader for mobile phone users.
January 30, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bango, a mobile web technology provider, has revealed that its billing and digital fingerprint technologies have been used to power the Global Reader, a new service providing access to books,...

Authors to write books to support Amnesty International.(Brief article)
January 31, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A number of authors including Tom Stoppard, JM Coetzee, and Kate Atkinson, are to write new stories to support Amnesty International. A total of thirty authors are taking part in the...