M2 Best Books articles from November 2007

M2 Best Books archives from November 2007

JK Rowling to complete handwritten fairytales.(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A set of handwritten fairytales, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, are to be produced by JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series of books. The stories were reportedly mentioned in...

Harry Potter author completes "The Tales of Beedle the Bard".(J K Rowlig)(Brief article)
November 2, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The author of the best-selling Harry Potter books, J K Rowling, has completed the first book she has written after the Harry Potter series. The new book is an illustrated collection of...

Direct marketing company takes advertising to library books.
November 5, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Direct marketing company Jackson Howse is running a scheme that will see advertisements inserted into library books in Essex, Somerset, Bromley, Leeds and Southend. The scheme could see...

Blog to become book - new mother secures book deal.
November 6, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A blog about motherhood is about to become a book. Online newspaper scotsman.com wrote that Helen Fowler's online blog has secured her a national book deal. The blog, titled "Mother At...

Winner of the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize announced.
November 7, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The CAD40,000 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize, a prize awarded in Canada for fiction, has been presented to Elizabeth Hay for her novel entitled 'Late Nights on Air'. Hay's novel tells the...

Books returned to Chile by Peru.
November 8, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A total of 3,778 books have been returned to Peru by Chile after the country's military removed them from the national library in Peru in 1881 during the 1879-1883 War of the Pacific. ...

CyberSource selected by Borders for eCommerce payment management.
November 9, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD CyberSource Corporation (Nasdaq: CYBS), announced on Thursday (8 November) that it has entered into an agreement with Borders Direct LLC, the eCommerce platform of bookseller Borders Group...

US author Norman Mailer dies - report.(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US author Norman Mailer has died at the age of 84 of renal failure. Mailer, who was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his works The Armies of the Night and The Executioner's Song, had...

New store to be opened by Borders in Lone Tree, Colorado.
November 13, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Borders Inc has announced that it is to open a new 29,981 square-foot store at Park Meadows Mall in Lone Tree, Colorado, US in April 2008. The company said that the new store...

Allurent selected by Borders to enhance Magic Shelf feature on forthcoming Borders.com.
November 14, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Allurent, a software company powering online shopping experiences, has been selected by Borders Direct LLC, the e-commerce platform of Borders Group Inc (NYSE:BGP), a global retailer of...

Ira Levin, author of Rosemary's Baby, dies aged 78.(Obituary)(Brief article)
November 14, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Ira Levin, author of Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives, The Boys From Brazil, A Kiss Before Dying and Sliver, has died, aged 78. The BBC News said that the author's agent, Phyllis...

US publishing company to be launched by Egmont UK.
November 15, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A US publishing company is to be launched in January 2008 by Egmont UK, a publisher of children's book in the UK. The new company, Egmont USA, will employ a publishing team based in New...

Select Borders stores in the US to host appearances of The 'Grinch'.
November 16, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Borders has announced that, in order to celebrate the 50th birthday of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss, it is to feature a storytime reading and book signing with the...

Winner of Not Yet Published Competition announced.(Waterstone's Booksellers Ltd)(Robert William)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD National Book Tokens' Not Yet Published competition has been won by Robert Williams, a bookseller from Manchester, UK, for his unfinished first novel entitled Luke and Jon. Williams, who...

First online bookstore launched by Borders UK & Ireland with Tangent.
November 20, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book retailer Borders UK & Ireland has announced that it has commissioned Tangent Labs, an online communications specialist, to build and run a new transactional website, allowing customers...

Barnes & Noble posts Q3 2007 results and declares dividends.(Financial report)(Brief article)
November 21, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) on 20 November reported financial results for the third quarter of 2007 ended 3 November 2007. Sales for the quarter were up by 5.7% to...

Shortlists for Costa Book Awards announced.
November 21, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist has been announced for the 2007 Costa Book Awards, which was previously known as the Whitbread Prize. The awards are comprised of five categories and this year's nominees...

Three Captain Pugwash titles to be relaunched.
November 22, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Three original Captain Pugwash titles are to be relaunched this November in Rye, Suffolk. The original Captain Pugwash character, who was created by Rye author and illustrator John Ryan,...

PRS-505 Reader Digital Book launched by Sony.
November 23, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sony has announced the launch of its new PRS-505 Reader Digital Book, offering users faster response and contrast ratio. The PRS-505 reportedly improves on the earlier Sony Reader, which...

Acquisition of Borders New Zealand by Whitcoulls cleared by Commerce Commission - report.(Brief article)
November 23, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book retailing chain Whitcoulls has been given the go ahead for its acquisition bid of bookseller Borders New Zealand by the Commerce Commission. According to tv3.co.nz, Whitcoulls made...

MSN competition offers part in next Potter movie.
November 23, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The opportunity to win a part in the next film based on JK Rowling's series of Harry Potter books is being offered in a competition run by MSN. According to the BBC, the winner of the...

Alcatel-Lucent deploys third-generation UMTS/HSPA network for Uganda Telecom.
November 26, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Communications solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU) announced on Friday (23 November) that it has deployed the first third-generation UMTS/HSPA network for...

Philip Pullman named honorary professor at Bangor University.
November 26, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bangor University in Wales, UK, has announced that it has named Philip Pullman, the author of the His Dark Materials trilogy as an honorary professor. According to the BBC, Pullman will...

Amazon announces launch of Kindle.
November 26, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet retailer Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced the launch of Amazon Kindle, a portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, blogs, magazines and newspapers to a high-resolution...

Senator Edward M Kennedy makes agreement to write memoirs.
November 27, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD United States Senator Edward M Kennedy is to write his memoirs, making a multimillion dollar agreement with Hachette Book Group USA. The Boston Globe reported that neither Kennedy's...

Barnes and Nobles begins holiday shopping season.
November 28, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) on Tuesday (27 November) announced the start of the on-line holiday shopping season, beginning with Cyber Monday on 26 November 2007. Cyber...

Former shipyard workers write book about Hall Russell.(Adam Leipe)(Sandy Henderson)(Brief article)
November 29, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The role of a Granite City shipbuilders in Britain's maritime history has been detailed in a book by two former Aberdeen shipyard workers. The book was written by Adam Leiper and Sandy...

Winner of John Llewellyn Rhys Prize announced.
November 30, 2007... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The GBP5,000 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2006/07 has been awarded to Sarah Hall for her book entitled The Carhullan Army. The award was set up to honour writer John Llewellyn Rhys, who was...