M2 Best Books articles from May 2004

M2 Best Books archives from May 2004

Haynes Publishing denies holding talks to sell Sutton Publishing.(Haynes Publishing Group PLC, Intertec Publishing Corp. Sutton Publishing Co.)(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Haynes Publishing Group has denied reports that it has held talks regarding a sale of Sutton Publishing to Alan Sutton. The publisher stated that it had not had any discussions about the...

Ian Rankin wins Edgar Allan Poe Award.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Scottish author Ian Rankin has been awarded an Edgar Allan Poe Award for his novel 'Resurrection Men'. The book, which is based on Rankin's detective character John Rebus, was named as...

Signed Alexander McCall Smith novel features in Christian Aid auction.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A signed copy of author Alexander McCall Smith's latest novel will be auctioned for charity this week. The book, the first hard-back edition copy of 'The Full Cupboard of Life', will be...

Michael Adams wins 2003 Donner Prize.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Author Michael Adams has been awarded the 2003 Donner Prize in Canada for his book 'Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values'. Adams, who is also...

Clinton memoir already number one on bn.com bestseller list.(Bill Clinton)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Barnes & Noble.com (NASDAQ:BNBN) has announced that former President Bill Clinton's memoir 'My Life' is already the top selling book on its bn.com website. The eagerly anticipated book...

Penguin and BBC Worldwide announce new children's publishing venture.(Penguin Books Ltd.)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Penguin and BBC Worldwide have announced the creation of BBC Children's Books, a new global imprint that combines the BBC's children's portfolio with Penguins worldwide publishing...

Barnes & Noble selects 'Candyfreak' for summer 2004 promotion.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US bookstore chain Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) has announced that 'Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America' by Steve Almond is to be one of its seasonal 'Discover...

GCI Press announces release of 'Overhaul'.(Kris Gebhardt, Angela Gebhardt)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD GCI Press has announced the release of a new book to improve the reader's sex drive. 'Overhaul' by fitness consultant Kris Gebhardt and beauty expert Angela Gebhardt claims to...

Shortlist for 2003 Carnegie Medal announced.(David Almond)(Jennifer Donnelly)(Linda Newbery)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist for the 2003 Carnegie Medal, awarded by a panel of children's and school librarians, has been announced. Awarded to the best children's book of the year, the Carnegie Medal...

Robin Wood leaves BBC Worldwide.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publishing Director at BBC Worldwide Robin Wood has left the publisher to pursue other publishing avenues. Wood joined BBC Worldwide as a chief lifestyle publisher before being promoted....

Headline to launch new Patterson novel with massive campaign.(James Patterson)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Headline is to launch James Patterson's new novel 'London Bridges' with a massive advertising campaign in the autumn of 2004. The publisher said it is to treat the bestselling...

Winner of the 'Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize' announced.(Caroline Adderson )(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Canadian author Caroline Adderson has won British Columbia's 'Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize' for her novel 'Sitting Practice'. It is the second time that Adderson has won the prize after...

'Punch' archive sold to British Library.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The British Library has purchased the 'Punch' magazine archive, which includes letters from Charles Dickens and Anthony Trollope. The satirical magazine was launched in 1841 as a...

Katherine Mansfield Awards prize money doubled.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The prize money for the 2004 Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Awards has been doubled to reflect the importance of the competition. The main Katherine Mansfield Award will now be...

Cricket legend to visit UK to promote new biography.(Dr Ali Bacher)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Penguin has announced that South African cricket official Dr Ali Bacher will visit the UK to promote his official biography 'Ali: The Life of Ali Bacher' by Rodney Hartman. The biography...

Niall Ferguson to visit UK to promote 'In Colossus: The Rise and Fall of America'.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Penguin has announced that author Niall Ferguson will be in the UK from 16 May 2004 until 6 June 2004. Ferguson will be available for interviews about his new book 'In...

'Richard and Judy' producer announces new summer book club.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Amanda Ross, producer of the 'Richard and Judy' television series, has announced that following the success of the 'Richard and Judy Book Club' the program will run a summer 2004 reading...

Mayer Hillman in UK to promote 'How We Can Save The Planet'.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Penguin has announced that environmental author Mayer Hillman is in the UK to promote her new book 'How We Can Save The Planet'. In the book Hillman tackles the issue of...

Penguin acquires 'The Best of Alistair Cooke' for UK and Commonwealth.(Penguin Books Ltd., United Kingdom)(Colin Webb)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Penguin has announced that it has secured the UK, Commonwealth and serial rights to 'The Best of Alistair Cooke', a collection of the late journalist's 'Letters from America'. The book...

Bill Clinton 'working around the clock' to finish memoir.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine former US president Bill Clinton has admitted that he is writing non-stop to finish his eagerly awaited memoir 'My Life'. Clinton told Vanity...

Bertrams utilises new software to push audiobook sales.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book wholesaler Bertrams is aiming to help bookstores improve their audiobook sales by giving its field sales teams BBC Audiobooks' range management software. The software is designed to...

NBN Plymbridge announces return to business.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK-based distributor NBN Plymbridge has announced that it has recovered 95% of the old Plymbridge company's debts and is to start offering sales representation to its distribution clients....

Donald Trump to release second 'get rich quick' book.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Real Estate tycoon Donald Trump is to release a second book on how to get rich to coincide with the second series of his hit US TV show 'The Apprentice'. 'Think Like a Billionaire' will...

Top selling books from small independent publishers in 2003 revealed.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD 'The Summer Book' by Tove Anderson, which was first released in 1972, was the bestselling fiction title from a small independent company in 2003 according to Nielsen BookScan. Anderson's...

'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' pushes Profile into the big league.(Profile Books)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Profile's success with Lynne Truss's 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' has pushed the publisher past the GBP3m turnover, meaning that Profile is no longer considered a small independent publisher by...

Shortlist for 2004 Samuel Johnson Prize announced.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The BBC has announced the shortlist for the 2004 BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. The GBP30,000 first prize makes the award the most valuable non-fiction prize in Britain....

Trillium Book Award winners announced.(Thomas King, Serge Denis, Francois Pareand and Adam Sol)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The winners of the Trillium Book Awards, one of Canada's biggest literary prizes, have been announced at a ceremony in Toronto. The awards were established by the Ontario government in...

Former Bay City Rollers manager to write book about the band.(Tom Paton)(Brief Article)
May 5, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The former manager of 1970s pop stars the Bay City Rollers is to write a book about his time with the band. Tom Paton was reportedly blamed for the breakup of the band and was involved...

REVIEW: The Details of Modern Architecture - Volume 1.(Edward R. Ford)(Book Review)
May 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD This large scale book is really only for those with a serious interest in architecture. Its big, expensive and hard to follow. It is basically a university textbook for architecture students...

Bertelsmann reports 2004 first quarter results.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Media group Bertelsmann, owners of the publisher Random House, has announced group profits of EUR111m for the first quarter of 2004 up from a loss of EURO75m during the same period 12 months...

Cambridge University Press creates global management board.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new global board of directors has been formed by Cambridge University Press, creating a team of 18 executive managers worldwide. The publisher's CEO Stephen Bourne said that the move...

Egmont Books survives Cork International troubles.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Despite the effects of the financial troubles at book wholesaler Cork International children's publisher, Egmont Books has announced encouraging results for the year ending December 2003. ...

Canadian publisher Harlequin suffers difficult 2004 first quarter.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A weak performance by Canadian publisher Harlequin has caused a fall in revenue for its parent company Torstar who saw operating revenue for its first quarter in 2004 fall to CAD352.3m. ...

UK research chief questions move to open access publishing.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The director general of the Research councils Sir Keith O'Nions has told a UK government committee that the government would have to be 'pretty brave' to demand open access publishing for...

Trafford Publishing announces new print-on-demand colour publishing service.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US-based Trafford Publishing has announced that all budding children's authors that could not previously get published now can through its new print-on-demand colour publishing service. ...

Complete 49 years of 'Peanuts' cartoons to be published.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The widow of Charles M. Schulz has given Fantagraphics Books permission to print the first ever complete 'Peanuts' compendium. The 'Peanuts' cartoon strip featuring Charlie Brown and...

Street slang dictionary becomes surprise hit at Tehran Book Fair.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A book which serves as a dictionary of Iranian street slang has become the surprise hit of the Tehran Book Fair. The book's publisher Nashr-e Markaz has already sold out of its sixth...

Children's author sentenced to jail for child abuse.(William Mayne)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The bestselling children's author William Mayne has been sentenced to two and half years in jail and placed on the UK's sex offenders register for life after pleading guilty to a series of...

Open access publisher launches new medical journal.(Public Library of Science)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Online open access publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) has announced that it will launch a new open access medical journal in the Autumn of 2004. PloS Medical will be aimed at...

Barnes & Noble announces date for first quarter results release.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US bookstore chain Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) has announced that it will report its 2004 first quarter results on 18 May 2004 before the start of US trading. The company will hold a...

2004 Lucile Micheels Pannell Award winners announced.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The winners of the 2004 Lucile Micheels Pannell Awards have been announced by the Women's National Book Association (WNBA) in the US. The awards were established in 1983 to honour Lucile...

Caine Prize shortlist revealed.(Brian Chikwava, Parselelelo Kantai, Chika Unigwe)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist for the 2004 Caine Prize for African Writing, worth USD15,000, has been announced. The prize is awarded to a short story by an African writer whose work reflects African...

Shortlists for 2004 British Sports Book Awards announced.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlists for the 2004 British Sports Book Awards have been announced, featuring 25 books in four categories. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Cafe Royal in London...

New UK postal charge system could benefit booksellers - claim.(United Kingdom)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK Booksellers Association has said that the Royal Mail's plan to charge postage by size rather than weight could benefit booksellers. Although it will raise the cost of direct...

Contender Books wound up.(company closed)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Contender Entertainment Group (Contender) has closed its three-year-old pop-culture publishing business. The company had touted Contender Books around several large publishers in...

James Patterson to release children's book.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bestselling thriller writer James Patterson is to release a children's picture book written while he watched his son playing. 'SantaKid' will be published by Little, Brown on 1 November...

Chrysalis appoints new director of publishing.(Roger Huggins promoted)(Chrysalis Books)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Chrysalis Books has promoted Roger Huggins, the former head of its B T Batsford imprint, to the position of director of publications. Huggins will be responsible for publishing...

Bloomsbury and Rowling's agency deny Potter release rumour.(Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD JK Rowling's agency and publisher have denied the rumours that the sixth instalment of the bestselling Harry Potter series will be released in 2004. An Internet gossip site started the...

Court told Brigitte Bardot incited racial hatred in her bestselling book.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Brigitte Bardot, the French film legend turned animal rights activist, has appeared in court on charges of inciting racial hatred in her bestselling book 'Un cri dans le silence' (A cry in...

Footballers recommend favourite books to encourage family reading.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A scheme to promote family reading run by the National Literacy Trust and Arts Council England has won funding for a second year. Premier League Reading Stars gets a footballer from each...

Teen love story becomes biggest selling novel by Japanese author.(Kyoichi Katayama)(Brief Article)
May 7, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD 'Sekai No Chushin De, Ai Wo Sakebu' (Cry Out for Love at the Heart of the World) by Kyoichi Katayama has become the biggest selling novel ever by a Japanese author. The story about two...

Alan Bennett set for Sydney Writers' Festival.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Sydney Writers' Festival has announced that English dramatist and author Alan Bennett will replace V.S. Naipaul as the festival's opening night keynote speaker. Bennett will be...

Taylor & Francis and Informa merger goes through.(Informa Group PLC)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The protracted merger of niche publishers Taylor & Francis and Informa was cleared to go ahead on 7 May 2004. The new merged company T&F Informa will open for business on 10 May 2004,...

Penguin USA overturns injunction on Dorothy Parker poetry collection.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A judge in the US has overturned a copyright ruling that prevented Penguin Group USA (Penguin) from publishing a new collection of poems by Dorothy Parker. Stuart Silverstein, who...

Bryson and Atwood are bookmaker's favourites for Samuel Johnson and Orange awards.(Bill Bryson, Margaret Atwood)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookmaker William Hill is offering odds on the BBC 4 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and the Orange Prize for Fiction. Authors Margaret Atwood and Bill Bryson have been installed as...

British Library displays world's oldest printed book.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The British Library has placed the world's oldest surviving printed book, 'The Diamond Sutra', on public display. Dated 868AD 'The Diamond Sutra' was found in a cave in Dunhuang, China...

Online bookstore Alibris announces share offering.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Alibris, a US-based online bookstore which specialises in out-of-print and hard to find books, has announced that it will sell 2.5m common shares in a public offering on 10 May 2004. The...

Publish And Be Damned offers on-demand publishing for under GBP70.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD On-demand publishing company Publish And Be Damned (PABD) is offering authors the chance to publish their work at what it claims is a lower price than any other self-publishing method. ...

New-style literary readings escape the doldrums.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new style of literary readings has reportedly turned the once dour and boring event into the latest urban entertainment trend. Championed by young writers and taking inspiration from...

Raymond Chandler love letters to be sold at auction.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Love letters sent by the crime author and creator of private investigator Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler, are to be sold at auction in London. The letters were written by Chandler to...

Culture minister aims to turn Iran into wholesale centre for books.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance has said that he hopes Iranian books can gain international exposure and help to turn Iran into a major wholesale centre for books. ...

New Zealand author Mona Anderson dies.(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD New Zealand author Mona Anderson, author of the bestselling novel 'A River Rules My Life', has died aged 94. Much of Anderson's work was inspired by the 33 years she spent in Mt Algidus...

New book marks 100th birthday of Chinese Communist reformer.(Deng Xiaoping)(Brief Article)
May 10, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new book commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Deng Xiaoping, a leading figure in China's Communist revolution, has been released. 'History of Deng Xiaoping Theory'...

REVIEW: American Still Life.(F.Paul Pacult)(Book Review)
May 11, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD F. Paul Pacult's job of writing about Jim Beam bourbon could be seen by some, me included, like a dream job. The temptation to believe that writing the history of Jim Beam would involve the...

Amateur 'Harry Potter' ballet production blocked by JK Rowling's agent.(Christopher Little)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A 10 minute charity ballet production based on the Harry Potter series has had to be scrapped after JK Rowling's agent blocked the plan. In a letter to ballet teacher Valerie Le Serve,...

Chrysalis Books Group announces a cut in losses.(Polly Powell appointed)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Chrysalis Books Group latest results has shown that the company has cut it losses in the six months to the end of February 2004. Before interest, tax and amortisation the company reported...

A&C Black sells its travel guides series.(A. and C. Black PLC, Somerset Books)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bloomsbury-owned A&C Black has sold its two travel series to travel publisher Somerset Books. A&C Black has published the 'Blue Guides' series boasting some 60 titles since 1984 and...

Russia returns to Latin American book market.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The 30th International Buenos Aries Book Fair held 'Russian Day' on 10 May 2004 to mark Russian publishers returning to the fair. Valery Malykh, head of the Argentine office of the...

ESPN launches ESPN Books.(Entertainment and Sports Programming Network new division)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD American sports television network ESPN has announced the launch of a publishing division. ESPN Books will produce up to 15 titles a year with distribution being handled by Hyperion, the...

Winner of the first Cabobble.com Virtual Book Award for Children announced.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet bookseller Cabobble.com has announced the winner of its first Virtual Book Award for Children set up to promote emerging new writers. Illinois writer R.J Apel won the award for...

Chrysalis looking to sell publishing arm.(Chrysalis Group PLC)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Media group Chrysalis is set to sell its loss-making books division after deciding publishing would not become one of its core concerns. Chrysalis CEO Richard Huntingford said it is...

Writer's Digest launches 'The Great American Writing Road Trip Adventure'.(campaign)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Writer's Digest has announced the launch of 'The Great American Writing Road Trip Adventure', a journey to promote writing across the US. Beginning on 5 June 2004 The Road Trip...

Chorion to relaunch another Enid Blyton character.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Chorion, the owners of the 'Noddy' character created by children's author Enid Blyton, is set to relaunch another of the writer's characters into the preschool market place. 'Pip', a...

Edinburgh International Book Festival to get its own fringe.(Edinburgh Festival Fringe)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Edinburgh International Book Festival has given its blessing to a new fringe to take place during the event in August 2004. Organised by the writers' organisation Scottish PEN, the...

Tom Group looks to expand publishing business in mainland China.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Chinese-language media company Tom Group has announced that it is to expand its Chinese publishing business. Ekkehard Rathgeber, CEO of Tom Group's China publishing business and senior...

REVIEW: Knowledge Sharing in Organisations.(Thomas Kalling, Alexander Styhre)(Book Review)
May 12, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Written by Thomas Kalling and Alexander Styhre 'Knowledge Sharing in Organisations' is another book that takes two organisations, a business theory and then examines them in detail after...

Clinton eager to return to normal life after completing 'My Life' memoir.(Bill Clinton)(Brief Article)
May 12, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Former US president Bill Clinton has said he is eager to get his life back after spending the last three months trying to complete his highly anticipated memoir 'My Life'. Speaking at a...

Jordan's autobiography lifts book sales.(Brief Article)
May 12, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD According to Nielsen BookScan 'Being Jordan' the autobiography of glamour model Katie Price has sold over 34,000 copies in its first few days on sale, pushing booksales through the GBP16m...

BBC's Big Read increases sales of top 21 books.(Brief Article)
May 12, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Figures compiled by the producers of the BBC's Big Read series have shown that the sales of the top 21 books in the nationwide poll have increased five-fold thanks to the show and that...

Nielsen BookData allows Ehaus management buy-out.(Brief Article)
May 12, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The management at web services operator Ehaus has bought out the company after a strategic review by its parent company Nielsen BookData. The new company, Ehaus Ltd, will provide website...

Santa Monica independent bookstore to close after 30 years.(Brief Article)
May 12, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The 30 year old Midnight Special Bookstore in Santa Monica, California has closed six months after reopening in a new location. The store was forced out of its previous location due to...

InstaBook launches first in-store on-demand publishing centre.(InstaBook Corporation)(Brief Article)
May 12, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD InstaBook Corporation has announced the launch of its first in-store InstaBook Digital Bookstore and Self-Publishing Centre at the Bookends bookstore in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The...

Doubleday US to issue 30 year anniversary edition of 'Jaws'.( )(Brief Article)
May 12, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Doubleday US is to release a special 30 year anniversary edition of Peter Benchley's classic novel 'Jaws'. The book was made famous by Steven Spielberg's film adaptation which became one...

Atlantic Books appoints Karen Duffy as Publicity Director and Associate Publisher.(Brief Article)
May 12, 2004... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Former HarperCollins Publicity Director Karen Duffy is to join Atlantic Books. Duffy will become Atlantic Books' Publicity Director and an Associate Publisher at the publisher from 21...