M2 Best Books articles from July 2008

M2 Best Books archives from July 2008

Poetical side to Flashman author is revealed - report.
July 1, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The memorial service for the author of the Flashman novels, George MacDonald Fraser, takes place in Westminster next month when he will also be revealed as a writer of poems. The author...

Auction of signed Harry Potter books.
July 2, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD It was reported on 2 June that a set of Harry Potter books by the author JK Rowling has been sold at auction, realising the sum of GBP17,800. Each of the first edition books was signed...

New historical novelist's prize to be funded by Poldark author's legacy.
July 3, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD It was reported on 3 June that the Royal Institution of Cornwall (RIC) has launched the Winston Graham Historical Prize to celebrate the life of the author of the 12 Poldark novels, which...

New range of travel guides to India published.
July 4, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new series of travel guides to India by Fiona Caulfield have been published. According to Creative Review, the Love Travel Guides are practical guidebooks to Indian cities. Each book...

CORRECTION Playwright James MacDonald publishes his latest volume of work, 'Russia, Freaks and Foreigners'.(Correction notice)
July 7, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD [CORRECTION - James MacDonald is not an asylum seeker] Information Intellect, an academic publishing company, announced on 23 June that the disabled playwright James MacDonald has...

Sir Sean Connery scraps deal with publishers Canongate.
July 7, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD It was reported on 7 July that Sir Sean Connery's book, entitled Being A Scot, will not now be published by Canongate, as the publisher said the book deal officially collapsed due to...

F+W Publication Inc assigns multi million book and magazine production contract to RR Donnelley.
July 8, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RR Donnelley & Sons (NYSE:RRD), a provider of print and related services, announced on 8 June that it has won a multi-year contract of over USD80m to produce a significant portion of the book...

GBP10,000 Caine prize won by Henrietta Rose-Innes.(Brief article)
July 9, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes has won the 2008 GBP10,000 Caine prize for the best short story in English by an African writer. The prize for African creative writing is...

Franz Kafka documents to be released - report.
July 10, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Documents belonging to the writer Franz Kafka, which have been hidden away for 40 years, are to be examined by experts. According to BBC News, the documents have been kept in the home of...

Midnight's children by Sir Salman Rushdie is declared the best Booker Prize winner of all time.
July 11, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sir Salman Rushdie's book Midnight's Children has been voted the Best Booker of all time from a shortlist of six titles. It is the 40th anniversary of the literary award and, in...

Waterstone's to launch its first electronic book reader - report.
July 14, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Waterstone's, a UK chain of bookshops, could be preparing for the launch of its first electronic book reader device later this year. Waterstone's, which is part of HMV Group, has...

Winner of BBC National Short Story Award announced.
July 15, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A short story entitled The Numbers, by Clare Wigfall, has won the 2008 BBC National Short Story Award. Wigfall will reportedly receive GBP15,000 for her 5,600 word story, which was...

Former Telegraph literary editor wins non fiction award.
July 16, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kate Summerscale, a former literary editor of The Daily Telegraph, has won the GBP30,000 BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize with a non-fiction story entitled The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. The...

English version of Solzhenitsyn's novel to be released.
July 17, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A complete English version of a novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle, is to be released by Harper Perennial, a paperback imprint of HarperCollins. The novel, set in a Soviet...

Alan Bleasdale to write new TV drama.
July 18, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new BBC drama is to be written by 'The Boys from the Blackstuff' dramatist Alan Bleasdale. The author will write a two-part dramatisation of how the armed British vessel, RMS Laconia,...

Biography of Olympic Champion Eric Liddell to be published in China.
July 21, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The biography of 1924 Olympic 400 yards champion and missionary Eric Liddell is to be available in China by August this year. The book by John Keddie, which is entitled Running the Race,...

Encyclopedia of German Wikipedia entries soon to be launched.
July 22, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The planned launch of a published encyclopedia of German Wikipedia entries, which will catalogue the 50,000 most commonly visited topics on the German Wikipedia website over the last two...

GMTV 's Penny Smith publishes new book.
July 23, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD GMTV presenter Penny Smith has published a new book entitled Coming Up Next. The novel is based on Smith's 15 years of experience as a breakfast TV presenter. According to the...

Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize to meet the Queen.
July 24, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Canadian author Lawrence Hill is reportedly preparing to meet the Queen as part of the prize for winning the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Overall Best Book. Hill was also presented...

Scholastic reports fiscal 2008 results and provides fiscal 2009 outlook.(Financial report)
July 25, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Scholastic Corporation (Nasdaq:SCHL), a children's publishing, education and media company, on 24 July reported results for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal 2008, ended 31 May 2008....

David Blunkett to launch new history book in Harrogate.
July 28, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British MP David Blunkett is to be launch a new book, to which he has written the foreword, in Harrogate at the Knaresborough Bookshop on the High street, on Friday 1 August 2008, Yorkshire...

Penguin to launch 1,500 e-book titles by September.
July 29, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Penguin has announced that it is to offer 1,500 titles in e-book format by September 2008 in readiness for the launch of the Sony Reader. The company revealed that it will...

Barnes & Noble to open new store in New Jersey.
July 30, 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 Towne Place at Garden State Park, 911 Haddonfield Road, Cherry Hill, New Jersey on 13 August. ...

Document imaging technology from Version One deployed by the British Library.
July 30, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD In excess of 3,000 purchase invoices are being electronically stored and approved each month by the British Library with Version One's document imaging technology, DbArchive. The British...

EPUB format supported by Sony's Reader Digital Book.
July 31, 2008... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The new Reader Digital Book from Sony is to be the first e-book reading device to support the EPUB format. The EPUB format is the International Digital Publishing Forum's XML-based...