M2 Best Books articles from November 2006

M2 Best Books archives from November 2006

Borders to open new store in North Carolina.(Book Inventory Systems Inc.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Borders has announced that it is to open a new store in Apex, North Carolina, located in the Beaver Creek Crossing South shopping complex. The new 23,000-square-foot store...

McGraw-Hill Construction Book Series announced.(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD McGraw-Hill Construction and McGraw-Hill Professional, both businesses of The McGraw-Hill Companies, have announced the forthcoming launch of the McGraw-Hill Construction Book Series. ...

Used Textbook Association launched in the US.(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Used Textbook Association, an organisation which advocates the role and value of used textbooks in the marketplace, has announced that it is working towards a solution to the problem of...

About.com and Adams Media introduce four books in the About.com book series.(Brief article)
November 2, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD About.com, a provider of original content on the web and a division of The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT), and Adams Media on Wednesday (1 November) announced the introduction of the first...

William Styron dies, aged 81.(Obituary)(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 2, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD William Styron, the US author of novels including Sophie's Choice, has died of pneumonia in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, US. Styron, who was a Polish Holocaust survivor, was 81. ...

IDPF releases new digital book standard.(International Digital Publishing Forum)(Brief article)
November 2, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The release of a new technical standard to facilitate digital content creation, distribution and use by consumers has been announced by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), a...

Three possibles titles for final Potter book, says Rowling.(Brief article)
November 2, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD JK Rowling has stated on her website that she now has a shortlist of three possible titles for the seventh novel in the Harry Potter series. Rowling reportedly wrote: "I've now got a...

Borders and Waldenbooks stores to sell CARE calendar.(Brief article)
November 3, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The 2007 'I am Powerful' CARE calendar is to be sold by Borders Inc and Walden Book Company Inc, subsidiaries of book, music and movie retailer Borders Group Inc (NYSE:BGP). The calendar...

Gorillaz release official autobiography.(Brief article)
November 3, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre, the official autobiography of "virtual" band Gorillaz, has been released. The book is published by Riverhead Books, part of Penguin Group USA. The band,...

gameXplore introduces The Book of Games Volume 1.(gameXplore)(Brief article)
November 3, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Book of Games Volume 1 has been released by gameXplore, a company that provides game analysis, game meta-data and information services for interactive games. The book will be...

Guardian First Book award shortlist announced.(Guardian First Book award)(Brief article)
November 3, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist for the GBP10,000 Guardian First Book award, which aims to recognise and reward new fiction and non-fiction writing, has been announced and it includes four novels and a short...

Joyo.com opens new facility in Suzhou, Eastern China.
November 6, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Joyo.com, an online Chinese bookstore and a unit of Amazon.com Inc (Nasdaq:AMZN), on Friday (3 November) announced the opening of the company's new operation centre in Suzhou Industrial Park,...

National Library of Australia displays Patrick White manuscripts.(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Private papers written by Australian author Patrick White, who died in 1990, have been put on public display following their sale by his agent Barbara Mobbs to the National Library of...

Longlist for Impac book award revealed.(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Libraries in 49 countries have nominated a total of 138 novels for the 2007 International Impac Dublin Literary Award, which offers a prize of EUR100,000. Authors nominated on the...

Indigo reports fall in sales with no new Potter release.(Brief article)
November 6, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Indigo Books & Music, a Canadian bookstore chain, has revealed that its second quarter sales have declined in comparison with last year's. The company said the figures are lower because...

Canongate announces fall in profit.(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Scottish-based publisher Canongate has reported a decline in profit for the calendar year 2005. The company posted a pre-tax profit of just under GBP118,000 for the year, a decrease from...

Anthony McGowan wins Book Trust Teenage Prize.(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The GBP2,500 Book Trust Teenage Prize has been awarded to Anthony McGowan for his teenage fiction novel entitled Henry Tumour. The novel has previously received criticism from reviewers...

Winner of Goncourt literary prize announced.(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The French-based Goncourt literary prize has been awarded to US-born writer Jonathan Littell for his novel Les Bienveillantes (The Kindly Ones). The 900-page novel, which is written in...

Ken Siman to run US office of Virgin Books.(appointment of Ken Siman)(Brief article)
November 7, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British publisher Virgin Books has announced that it has appointed Ken Siman to run its US office headquartered in New York. Siman has previously held the roles of vice president, editor...

Xlibris releases co-authored 'Why Men Die Before Women and How to Prevent It'.(Brief article)
November 8, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new book called 'Why Men Die Before Women and How to Prevent It' co-authored by Al J. Scaglione and Philip S. Shore, M.D., Ph.D., has been released by Xlibris, a print-on-demand online book...

Paramount Vantage acquires Wilson's 'A Jealous Ghost'.
November 8, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The novel 'A Jealous Ghost' by A.N. Wilson has been acquired by Paramount Vantage, a film division of Paramount Pictures, for a movie which Kirsten Dunst will star in and produce. The...

Lonelyplanet.com wins Silver in SATW's Lowell Thomas competition.(Society of American Travel Writers Foundation )(Brief article)
November 8, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Lonelyplanet.com, a provider of independent travel information and advice, has won Silver in the Internet Publications/Web sites category of the 2006 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism...

Dial-A-Book creates Publishers Portal service.(http://www.publishersportal.com)(Brief article)
November 9, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new Publishers Portal service has been created by Dial-A-Book, which operates the Chapter One database of excerpts from around 100,000 books, The service, which has been created in...

Adult book to be released by Lemony Snicket author.(Brief article)
November 9, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Children's author Daniel Handler, who writes under the pseudonym of Lemony Snicket, is to release a book for adults and the book will also be made into a film. The book, entitled...

Canadian doctor wins Giller Prize.(Scotiabank Giller Prize)(Brief article)
November 9, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The CAD40,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize has been awarded to Toronto-based doctor Vincent Lam for his book of short stories entitled Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures. The award recognises...

World Book Inc extends contract with RR Donnelley.
November 9, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NYSE: RRD), a provider of print and related services, has announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract extension to produce both domestic and...

Atria Books and Telemundo jointly publish El Deseo Ajeno.(Brief article)
November 9, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Simon & Schuster Inc imprint Atria Books and Spanish language television network Telemundo have announced that they have entered into an agreement for the publication of El Deseo Ajeno, a...

Small Island to be distributed free of charge in four UK cities.(Brief article)
November 10, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Libraries and schools in four cities in the UK are to distribute 50,000 free copies of Andrea Levy's novel Small Island next year. The community-based reading project in Bristol,...

Book expansion on ScienceDirect announced by Elsevier.(Elsevier introducing scientific and technical books online in 2007)(Brief article)
November 10, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Elsevier, a publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced that it expects to launch 4,000 scientific and technical books online in 2007. ...

Online publisher YzGuide Inc opens for business.
November 10, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new online publisher called YzGuide Inc (pronounced "Wise Guide") has been launched, and has said that it is committed to supporting organisations that feed the hungry and provide...

Barnes & Noble Inc and Court TV together promote new TV series, Murder by the Book.
November 10, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book chain Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) announced on 9 November that it had joined forces with Court TV, a Turner Broadcasting System company, to promote the television network's new...

Walker Books selects Community Internet's RedKite wireless connectivity.(Community Internet plc)(Brief article)
November 10, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RedKite wireless connectivity from Community Internet plc, a UK Business-to-Business Internet Service Provider, has been selected by Walker Books, an independent children's publisher in the...

China to publish DIY travel guidebooks.(do-it-yourself books to promote tourism)(Brief article)
November 13, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A set of guidebooks relating to do-it-yourself travel overseas are to be published in China by publishing house China Travel & Tourism Press and Beijing Times Overseas Affairs Service Co Ltd....

The New Oxford American Dictionary selects carbon neutral as Word of the Year.(Brief article)
November 14, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The term 'carbon neutral' has been selected as the Word of the Year for 2006 by The New Oxford American Dictionary, and will be added to the next update of the dictionary, which is expected...

Houghton Mifflin reveals 1.4% fall in total revenue in third quarter.
November 14, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin has revealed that its total revenue fell 1.4% in the third quarter, from USD610.1m to USD601.0m. Net income from continuing operations increased by...

Benacquista Galleries (OTC Bulletin Board: BAQG).(Benacquista Galleries deal with BookMasters Inc )(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Benacquista Galleries (OTCBB: BAQG), a development stage company offering collectable artwork and accessories through retail galleries and web sites, confirmed that it has signed a deal with...

JetBlue and Nickelodeon book promotion awards 50,000 children's books to Long Beach.(Brief article)
November 16, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Long Beach has been chosen by JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq:JBLU) and Nickelodeon, an entertainment brand for children, to receive 50,000 new books for children in need, donated by independent...

Half Price Books opens stores in Palatine and Bloomingdale, Chicago.(Brief article)
November 17, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Half Price Books, a new and used bookstore chain, announced this week that it has opened two new stores in the Chicago area, in Palatine and Bloomingdale. The new stores, which opened on...

Pearson Education announces launch of new book publishing project.(Brief article)
November 17, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Pearson Education, a publisher, on 16 November announced the launch of a new book publishing project that could potentially involve tens of thousands of authors and editors. The...

Norwegian trading group NorgesGruppen ASA signs letter of intent to acquire majority stake in bookstores and office supplies retail operator.(Bok og Kontorkjedene Norge AS)(Brief article)
November 17, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Norwegian grocery retail and wholesale group NorgesGruppen ASA said on Friday (17 November) that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire a majority holding in the retail operator Bok og...

New Borders store to open in Houston, Texas.(Brief article)
November 17, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Borders Group Inc (NYSE:BGP), a retailer of books, music, movies, and gift and stationery items, reported on 16 November that it will be opening a new store in Houston, Texas in the middle of...

Preliminary Q3 2006 results reported by Barnes and Noble; declares quarterly dividend.(Brief article)
November 17, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE:BKS) on 16 November reported preliminary financial results for the third quarter of 2006 ended 28 October 2006. The company reported a 3% increase in...

Blackwell Publishing to be acquired by Wiley.
November 20, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD John Wiley & Sons Inc (NYSE: JWa, JWb) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the outstanding shares of academic and professional publisher Blackwell...

GBP12m book deal signed by Jeffrey Archer - report.(Macmillan deal with Jeffrey Archer )(Brief article)
November 20, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Jeffrey Archer has reportedly entered into a new book deal with publisher Macmillan valued at approximately GBP12m for a book of short stories and three novels, which are to be published over...

Book event cancelled due to hooligan fears.(Brief article)
November 20, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Concerns over trouble with a rival football hooligan gang led to the cancellation of Aston Villa's book launch of Villains, a book about a hooligan group based in Birmingham. The launch...

Net proceeds from new O.J. Simpson book to be donated to charity by Borders and Waldenbooks.(Brief article)
November 20, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Borders Inc and Walden Book Company Inc, subsidiaries of Borders Group Inc (NYSE:BGP), have announced that they will donate the net proceeds from the sale of O.J. Simpson's latest book,...

Lagardere to acquire Sportfive.(Lagardere SCA acquired Sportfive sport rights marketing company )(Brief article)
November 21, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Lagardere SCA, a French media, publishing and aerospace group, has announced that on 19 November it entered into an agreement for the acquisition of Sportfive, a European football marketing...

SAG Foundation launches children's writing contest.(Screen Actors Guild Foundation)(Brief article)
November 21, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The first annual children's writing contest has been launched by sponsored by The Screen Actors Guild Foundation to help promote literacy amongst children in Los Angeles, US. The...

1936 Centennial Edition to be reproduced by Texas Almanac.(William P. Clements School of Southwest Studies )(Brief article)
November 21, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Texas Almanac has entered into an agreement with the William P. Clements School of Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University for the reproduction of the 1936 Centennial Edition....

Swiss boy becomes world's youngest author.(youngest author in the world)(Brief article)
November 21, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A Swiss boy aged six has apparently beaten the previous Guinness World Record to become the youngest author in the world. Christopher Beale from Zug in Switzerland reportedly broke the...

Borders Group reports increased loss for Q3.
November 22, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US-based book chain Borders Group Inc (NYSE: BGP) reported on Tuesday (21 November) financial results for its third quarter ended 28 October 2006. Consolidated sales for the quarter...

Original Voices nominees announced by Borders.(2006 Original Voices Award)(Brief article)
November 23, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The nominees for the 2006 Original Voices Award have been announced by book chain Borders. There are six nominees in each of the categories of fiction, non-fiction, children's, young...

Carnegie longlist announced.(2006 Carnegie)(Brief article)
November 23, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The longlist for the 2006 Carnegie medal, a children's literary award in the UK, has been revealed. The nominations are comprised of 38 titles including Jeanette Winterson's novel...

Book to be published by Pope Benedict.(book about Jesus of Nazareth)(Brief article)
November 23, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The first volume of a book entitled Jesus of Nazareth, about the life of Jesus Christ, has reportedly been completed by Pope Benedict. According to Reuters, the Pope will publish what he...

Rare Thomas Hardy works sold at auction.(Dorset UK)(Brief article)
November 23, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A sale of approximately 3,000 books held in Dorset, UK, including works written by Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy and Anthony Trollope, has raised GBP100,000. According to auctioneer...

Winner of Russia's first Book Big award announced.(Big Book award)(Brief article)
November 24, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Journalist and novelist Dmitry Bykov has been awarded the first Big Book award, a new national book prize in Russia, for his biography entitled. Boris Pasternak. The award was made on...

Winners announced at British Book Design and Production Awards.(The Fleece Press for The Inward Laugh)(Brief article)
November 24, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The winner of the Book of the Year at this year's British Book Design and Production Awards has been awarded to Yorkshire based The Fleece Press for The Inward Laugh. The event, which...

Wendy Cooling wins the Eleanor Farjeon award.(Bookstart)(Brief article)
November 24, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Wendy Cooling, the founder of Bookstart, a programme which provides children in the UK with access to free books, has been awarded the Eleanor Farjeon award, which recognises contributions to...

Madonna scheduled to promote her children's book on HSN.(The English Roses)(Home Shopping Network)(Brief article)
November 24, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Pop singer Madonna has revealed that she is working in conjunction with the Home Shopping Network (HSN), an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (Nasdaq:IACI), to promote books from her...

Courtney Love arrives in London to promote new book.(Brief article)
November 27, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD American rock singer and widow of Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, has arrived in London, UK in order to promote her new book entitled Dirty Blonde. According to Independent Television News,...

Haynes announces closure of French division.(Brief article)
November 27, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The French operations of Haynes Publishing, a publisher of car manuals, is to close effective from 30 November, the company has announced. The French company will be put into liquidation...

Free e-book offered by ModernSage.com.(Brief article)
November 27, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The latest e-book from ModernSage.com, an online women's magazine for healthy living, entitled Holiday Family Fun, is being offered by the company for free distribution on other websites. ...

Winner of William Hill Sports Book of the Year award announced.(Jack Johnson)(Brief article)
November 28, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Geoffrey C Ward's biography of boxer Jack Johnson entitled Unforgivable Blackness has been named as the winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award from a shortlist of six...

Charity cookbook produced by youngsters in Scotland.(Brief article)
November 28, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD More than GBP3,000 has been raised for charity through the production of a cookery book by children in Midlothian, Scotland. The book, which was produced as part of a healthy eating...

New range of graphic novels to be launched by DC Comics.(Brief article)
November 28, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD DC Comics has announced that it is to launch a new range of graphic novels called Minx. The range, which is being aimed at a readership of teenage girls, is scheduled to launch in May...

P.G. Wodehouse titles to be published in paperback by Arrow.(Brief article)
November 28, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Arrow Books is to publish 43 P.G. Wodehouse titles in paperback upon the expiration of the Penguin licences in 2008. The books will reportedly be published in new editions over a single...

Nominees for Costa Book Awards announced.(Costa Book Awards)(Brief article)
November 29, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The nominees for this year's GBP25,000 Costa Book Awards, previously known as the Whitbread Prize, have been announced. Nominees for the novel of the year category reportedly include Neil...

Canongate Books announces departure of Andy Miller.(resgination of Andy Miller)(Brief article)
November 29, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The editorial director of the non-fiction list at Canongate, Andy Miller, has announced his departure from the publishing house, effective at the end of 2006. According to...

Philip K. Dick novels to be issued by the Library of America.(Brief article)
November 29, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Library of America has announced that it is to publish four novels by Philip K. Dick in the summer of 2007. The four novels will include Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which...

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince named as best Scottish children's book.(Royal Mail Awards for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince )(Brief article)
November 29, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD JK Rowling's book Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince has been voted as best Scottish children's book for readers aged between eight and 12, at the Royal Mail Awards for Scottish...

Self-published authors to be featured at Indigo.(Brief article)
November 30, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Canadian book chain Indigo Books & Music has announced that it is to sell books by self-published Canadian authors as part of an agreement with US-based self-publishing company iUniverse. ...

New imprint at Sterling to be led by Philip Turner.(appointment of Philip Turner)(Brief article)
November 30, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new imprint at Sterling Publishing, called Union Square Press, is to be headed up by Philip Turner from Avalon Publishing Group, effective from 15 January 2007. The new imprint will...

Winner of Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction Award 2006 announced.(Brief article)
November 30, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction Award 2006 has been awarded to Iain Hollingshead for his debut novel entitled Twenty Something. At 26 years of age Hollingshead, who is scheduled...

Yahoo rejects request from Google for provision of book-scanning details.(Brief article)
November 30, 2006... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet search provider Yahoo Inc (Nasdaq:YHOO) has rejected a request from Google Inc to research the company's work in creating digital copies of books. Google reportedly made the...