M2 Best Books articles from July 2007

M2 Best Books archives from July 2007

New store to be opened in Holyoke by Borders.(Brief article)
July 2, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Borders Inc has announced that it is to open a 24,540 square foot store in Holyoke Mall in Holyoke, Massachusetts in November this year. The company said that the store will...

Mercat Press acquired by Birlinn.(Brief article)
July 2, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Edinburgh-based Mercat Press has been acquired by Birlinn, the publisher that released the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of books by Alexander McCall Smith. According to The...

Spanish-language children's book wins in two categories at Latino Book Awards.
July 2, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Two prizes in the 9th Annual International Latino Book Awards have been awarded to Leah Ann adopta un perico, a Spanish-language children's book by Connie Reza. The book was published in...

Year-end results announced by Franklin Electronic Publishers.(Financial report)
July 2, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc (Amex: FEP), a publisher of electronic books, has reported its financial results for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2007. The company made a net loss...

OJ Simpson book rights awarded to the family of Ron Goldman.(Brief article)
July 3, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The rights to OJ Simpson's unpublished book If I Did It have been acquired by the family of Ron Goldman from a US court-appointed bankruptcy trustee. The lawyer acting for the family...

MP calls for investigation into Harry Potter pricing.
July 3, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Charles Walker, a Conservative MP in the UK, has called for an inquiry to take place into the prices charged by supermarkets for JK Rowling's final instalment in the Harry Potter series,...

Amazon.com announces increased pre-orders for final Potter book.
July 3, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc revealed on Monday (2 July) that it has received almost 1.6 million pre-orders worldwide for JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This...

New entries added to the Oxford English Dictionary Online.
July 4, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Oxford University Press has said that the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary Online have updated the Internet version of the 20-volume edition to include 2,700 new entries. The web...

Harry Potter premiere takes place in London.(Brief article)
July 4, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Stars of the latest Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, as well as the book's author JK Rowling, attended the film's London premiere in Leicester Square on Tuesday...

Elsevier announces introduction of Elsevier Engineering School Edition.
July 5, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Elsevier, a publisher of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information and a division of Reed Elsevier (LSE:REL; NYSE:RUK; ENL), announced on Wednesday (4 July) the introduction of the...

New Irish subsidiary to be launched by Transworld.(Brief article)
July 5, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK-based publisher Transworld has announced that it is to create a new subsidiary company, Transworld Ireland, which will publish its first list in 2008. The company has appointed Eoin...

Range of travel accessories to be launched by Rough Guides.(Rough Guides Publishing)(Brief article)
July 5, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A range of branded equipment for the independent traveller is being launched by Rough Guides, a publisher of travel books. A Survival Kit accompanied by a Rough Guide to Adventure Travel,...

Austrian writer publishes novel on the Internet.
July 5, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Austrian writer and Nobel literature laureate Elfriede Jelinek has chosen to debut her most recent novel, entitled Neid, on the Internet. According to The Associated Press, Jelinek has...

Children's author enlists help of school pupils.(Nicola Morgan )(Brief article)
July 6, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Children's author Nicola Morgan has enlisted the help of pupils at The Mary Erskine School in Scotland in writing her latest book. The author has reportedly asked a group of 14 girls...

Blackwell UK nominated in three categories for Bookseller Retail Awards.(Darrel Thrush-Denning)(Brief article)
July 6, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Darrel Thrush-Denning, the Edinburgh South Bridge store manager of academic and professional bookseller Blackwell UK, has been nominated in the Reader's Digest Manager of the Year category at...

Microsoft Press publishes new edition of Take Back Your Life!
July 6, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Microsoft Press has published a new book entitled Take Back Your Life! Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to Get Organized and Stay Organized. The book, which is 368 pages in length,...

Space for customer book reviews cut by Amazon - report.
July 9, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet bookseller Amazon.com is reportedly planning to reduce space on its website for customer book reviews. According to Weber Books, Amazon.com will cut down its one-column display...

Amazon.com announces order deadline for release-date delivery of Harry Potter book.
July 9, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet book retailer Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced the deadline for release-date delivery of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in the US. For all orders placed by Tuesday...

Papa Murphy's announces partnership with Borders to promote children's literacy.
July 9, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US-based pizza chain Papa Murphy's has announced that its Seattle franchisees have partnered with Borders bookstores and the radio broadcaster Entercom Communications Corporation in Seattle...

Winner of Duncan Lawrie Dagger announced.(Brief article)
July 9, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The winners of this year's Daggers for crime and thriller writing have been announced by the Crime Writers' Association. The GBP20,000 Duncan Lawrie Dagger was awarded to Peter Temple for...

Wal-Mart to help fans enjoy the ending of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
July 10, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Wal-Mart (NYSE-WMT), the operator of Wal-Mart Stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets, and Sam's Club, announced on Monday (9 July) that, in conjunction with the release of JK Rowling's...

Borders to offer content on mobile phones.(Bookseller Borders )(Brief article)
July 10, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Borders is to distribute content to mobile phones as part of a deal with publishers in the UK. According to Marketing Week, Borders will send sample chapters of forthcoming...

Winner of Wales Book of the Year announced.
July 10, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Wales Book of the Year award has been given to Lloyd Jones for his second novel, entitled Mr Cassini. At the same time Llwyd Owen was named as the winner of the Welsh Book of the...

Ugandan author wins Caine Prize for African Writing for 2007.(Brief article)
July 10, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The 2007 Caine Prize for African Writing has been awarded to Ugandan author Monica Arac de Nyeko for Jambula Tree, from African Love Stories. Other authors shortlisted for this year's...

New James Bond novel written by Sebastian Faulks.(Brief article)
July 11, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new and official James Bond story, entitled Devil May Care, has been written by author Sebastian Faulks. Faulks is best known for his novels including Birdsong and Charlotte Gray. ...

New Shelfari Facebook application announced.(Brief article)
July 11, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Social media websites Shelfari and Facebook have announced that they are to launch a new Shelfari Facebook application. The new application will reportedly allow users to put all their...

Jeremy Clarkson book is first Polish translation sold by Borders UK.(The World According to Clarkson)(Brief article)
July 11, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Borders has revealed that a translated version of The World According to Clarkson by Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has become the first Polish language book to be purchased in...

Memoir to be released by Valerie Bertinelli.(Simon & Schuster Inc.)(Brief article)
July 11, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Simon and Schuster imprint Free Press has announced that it is to publish a new book by actress Valerie Bertinelli in April 2008. Bertinelli is best known for her role in US television...

New online book club launched by former teacher.(Website overview)
July 12, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new Internet-based book club has been launched by former teacher Maggie Humphreys and her business partner Les Snowdon to help children improve their literacy skills. The new website,...

Borders announces release of The Hammer.(Brief article)
July 12, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book retailer Borders has published The Hammer, a collection of Sports Illustrated magazine columns that chronicle the baseball career of Hank Aaron. The book, which will be available...

Potter book could be sold early by some retailers - claim.
July 12, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A written agreement relating to the official 21 July release date of the final Harry Potter novel by JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, could be broken by some shops. The...

Waterstone's starts Harry Potter petition.(Waterstone's Booksellers Ltd.)(Brief article)
July 12, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK-based book retailer Waterstone's has organised an online petition asking JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series of books, not to kill off Harry. The petition at...

Barnes & Noble reports pre-orders of over 1.2 million for new Harry Potter book.
July 13, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE:BKS), announced on Thursday (12 July) that pre-orders for 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows', the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series by...

New graphic novel short story prize launched.(Brief article)
July 13, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new GBP1,000 graphic novel short story prize is being launched by Jonathan Cape in association with the Observer and the annual ICA Comica Festival. The winner of the competition will...

Commission for Racial Equality calls for Tintin book to be pulled from shelves.
July 13, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD High street booksellers are being asked by the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), a racism watchdog in the UK, to withdraw copies of Tintin and the Congo by Belgian author and illustrator...

Deal for vampire trilogy signed by Ballantine.(Ballantine Books Inc.)(Brief article)
July 13, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Ballantine Books has reportedly entered into a contract valued at USD3.75m for the North American rights to a postapocalyptic vampire trilogy by Jordan Ainsley, a pseudonym for Justin Cronin....

Bloomsbury issues statement regarding Potter embargo.(Bloomsbury Group)(Brief article)
July 13, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bloomsbury, the publisher of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books, has issued a statement addressing speculation that the embargo on the release date of the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter...

Feature film rights to Septimus Heap books acquired by Warner Bros.
July 16, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The feature film rights to a seven-book fantasy series, Septimus Heap by UK writer Angie Sage, have been acquired by Warner Bros Pictures from HarperCollins Publishers. The first book in...

Hudson Group to sell final Potter book at airport stores.
July 16, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Hudson Group has announced that JK Rowling's final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be available at Hudson News and Hudson Booksellers stores in airports and rail...

Bertrams announces resignation of CEO.
July 16, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book wholesaler Bertrams has announced that its chief executive officer, Terry Reilly, is to leave the company at the end of July, and is to be replaced by commercial director Michael Neil,...

Bloomsbury to prevent Asda from selling final Potter book - report.
July 17, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publishers Bloomsbury are to prevent supermarket chain Asda from stocking the final book in the JK Rowling's Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, due to a statement from...

Increased sales reported for Tintin book dubbed 'racist'.(Tintin and the Congo)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sales of Tintin and the Congo by Belgian author and illustrator Herge have risen by almost 4000% after being termed as "racist" by the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), a racism watchdog...

Harcourt to be acquired by Houghton Mifflin.(Reed Elsevier PLC, Houghton Mifflin Co.)(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Reed Elsevier, an Anglo-Dutch publisher, has announced that it is to sell its education division Harcourt to Houghton Mifflin. According to Reuters, Houghton said is paying USD3.7bn in...

Resignation of Cedric J. Vanzura announced by Borders Group.(Brief article)
July 17, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Borders Group has announced that Cedric J. Vanzura, the company's executive vice president, emerging business and technology, chief strategy officer, has resigned as an executive officer of...

Hope for Henry Foundation to deliver final Potter book to hospitalised children.(Brief article)
July 18, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Hope for Henry Foundation (HFHF), an organisation established to honour the legacy of Henry Strongin Goldberg, who died at the age of seven from Fanconi anemia, has announced that it is to...

Final Potter book appears on the Internet - report.(Harry Potter)(Brief article)
July 18, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The contents of the final Harry Potter book by JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, may have been divulged over the Internet. According to The Globe and Mail, photographs of...

Harry Potter stamps launched by Royal Mail.
July 18, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK's Royal Mail on Tuesday (17 July) released seven postage stamps detailing the covers of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books. In addition five stamps depicting the crests of the school...

Charter Hall Group purchases office building from book retailer.
July 18, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Australia based property developer Charter Hall Group has revealed that it is to purchase an office building in the centre of Sydney, located at 34 Hunter Street, from book retailer Dymocks...

Royal Mail to deliver 600,000 Potter books on 21 July.
July 19, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Royal Mail has revealed that it will be delivering 600,000 copies of JK Rowling's final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, on Saturday (21 July). According to...

Scholastic to take action over early release of Potter book in US.(Levy Home Entertainment)(Brief article)
July 19, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Scholastic, the US publisher of the Harry Potter books, has revealed that, as a result of a breach of the on-sale agreement by the distributor, Levy Home Entertainment, and shipments made by...

Publishers unable to spot plagiarised Austen novels.
July 19, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD David Lassman, the director of the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, has revealed that he sent off opening chapters and plot information from Austen's novels, with only minor changes, to 18...

Asda will stock final Potter book - report.
July 19, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury has accepted an apology from supermarket chain Asda and will now provide the retailer with 500,000 copies of the seventh and final Harry Potter book by JK...

Scholastic reports results for fiscal 2007 and provides 2008 outlook.(Financial report)
July 20, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Scholastic Corporation (Nasdaq:SCHL), a publisher and distributor of children's books, on 19 July announced results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2007, ended 31 May 2007. For...

Hawthornden Prize awarded to M.J. Hyland for Carry Me Down.(The Hawthornden Prize 2007)(Brief article)
July 20, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Hawthornden Prize 2007 has been awarded to M.J. Hyland for Carry Me Down, presented on 19 July at the London Library by Dr Theodore Dalrymple. The Hawthornden Prize was established...

Orion Group rationalises hardback publishing into trade division and confirms promotions.
July 20, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Orion Group has announced that it has rationalised its hardback publishing into a trade division and has confirmed a number of promotions. The company said its new trade division,...

Asda to sell final Potter book for GBP5.
July 20, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK supermarket chain Asda revealed last night (19 July) that it is to charge GBP5 for JK Rowling's final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In addition rival...

Sales figures for final Potter book released.(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)(Brief article)
July 23, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD JK Rowling's seventh and final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has reportedly sold three million copies over the weekend (21-22 July). Supermarket retailer Asda...

Longlist for Inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize announced.
July 23, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The longlist has been announced for the Man Asian Literary Prize, sponsored by Man Group plc. The Man Asian Literary Prize is reportedly for works of Asian fiction that are not yet...

Final Potter book sells 8.3m copies in first 24 hours, says US publisher Scholastic.
July 23, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Scholastic has announced that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling's final Harry Potter book has sold approximately 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the US....

1.2m copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold by Borders on first day of release.(Borders Group Inc)(Brief article)
July 23, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Borders Group Inc (NYSE: BGP) has announced that its Borders and Waldenbooks stores around the world sold approximately 1.2 million copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...

Latest Harry Potter books breaks sales record at Barnes & Noble.
July 24, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) on Monday (23 July) announced that the company had sold a record 1.8 million copies of JK Rowling's seventh and final book in the Harry Potter...

Online IT bookshop launched by Global Knowledge.(Website overview)
July 24, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new website has been launched by Global Knowledge, a provider of learning services for IT and management professionals, enabling customers to buy business and IT books. Global...

Malaysian book chains end Potter boycott over price reductions.
July 24, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A boycott of Harry Potter book sales by MPH Bookstores, Popular Book and Times The Bookshop, three book chains in Malaysia, intended to demonstrate how book price reductions from supermarkets...

Frank O'Connor shortlist announced.
July 24, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist has been announced for this year's Frank O'Connor prize for a best collection of stories, established in 2005 in memory of Irish author Frank O'Connor. This year's...

Martha Stewart announces 10-book deal.(Clarkson Potter)(Brief article)
July 25, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A deal for 10 books has been signed between lifestyle expert and cookery writer Martha Stewart and publisher Clarkson Potter. According to Publishers Weekly, the first two titles planned...

Woolworths/Bertram merger provisionally cleared by Competition Commission.(Bertram Group Limited, Woolworths Group )(Brief article)
July 25, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The completed acquisition of book wholesaler Bertram Group Limited by high street retailer Woolworths Group plc has been provisionally cleared by the Competition Commission (CC). The CC...

First acquisition announced by Samedaybooks.(samedaybooks.co.uk PLC acquires Country Bookshop Ltd )(Brief article)
July 25, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Samedaybooks has announced that it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of certain assets of online bookselling business and community website Country Bookshop Ltd for GBP0.5m in...

Charles Whiting dies aged 80.
July 26, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Charles Whiting, a British author who also wrote under the pseudonyms Leo Kessler, Duncan Harding and John Kerrigan, has died, aged 80, in his native city of York, UK. Whiting wrote over...

Rowling to write Potter encyclopedia.(JK Rowling)(Brief article)
July 26, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British author JK Rowling is reportedly planning to write an encyclopedia about the seven Harry Potter books and the movie franchise. Rowling, who has just released the seventh and final...

Collector Books publishes 4th edition The Star Wars Super Collector's Wish Book.(Brief article)
July 26, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Star Wars Super Collector's Wish Book (4th edition; 2007) by author Geoffrey Carlton has been published by Collector Books, Paducah, Kentucky, USA, in hardcover, incorporating 16,000...

Italian author writes first book by mobile phone.
July 26, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Robert Bernocco, an Italian author, has published his science fiction novel Compagni di Viaggo, the world's first book to be written via mobile phone. Compagni di Viaggo, or Fellow...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows nominated for Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award.(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final Harry Potter book by JK Rowling, has been nominated in the Best Book category at the first Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards UK, to take place in...

J.K. Rowling Open Book Tour Sweepstakes announced by Scholastic.
July 31, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Children's publisher Scholastic has announced the launch of the J.K. Rowling and the Open Book Tour Sweepstakes on 30 July 2007. The company said that one thousand fans will be selected...

The Book Depository announces third year sales of GBP24m.(The Book Depository)(Financial report)(Brief article)
July 31, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK bookseller The Book Depository has announced third year sales of GBP24m, representing an increase of GBP12m on sales for 2005/2006 and a 100% increase for the second year running. The...

Penguin Group announces GBP367m sales for first half of 2007.(Financial report)
July 31, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Penguin Group has announced GBP367m in sales for the first half of 2007, representing a 1% increase over the first six months of 2006, based on underlying growth, or a 5% decrease...

Preface Publishing confirmed as name for Random House-backed imprint.
July 31, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The name Preface Publishing has been confirmed as the new independent imprint from Trevor Dolby and Rosie de Courcy, backed by Random House. Preface Publishing also announced the first...

Rights to OJ Simpson book passed to Goldman family.(If I Did It )(Brief article)
July 31, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The rights to OJ Simpson's unpublished book If I Did It were handed over to the family of Ron Goldman on Monday (30 July) from a US court-appointed bankruptcy trustee. The book is...