M2 Best Books articles from October 2005

M2 Best Books archives from October 2005

Shortlist announced for 2005 Nestle Children's Book Prize.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist for this year's Nestle Children's Book Prize, formerly known as the Nestle Smarties Book Prize, was announced on Monday (3 October). The prize is administered by Booktrust, an...

New online book project launched by Yahoo.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet company Yahoo Inc has announced that on Monday (3 October) it is to reveal the Open Content Alliance (OCA), a new consortium that will offer books, audio and video online. ...

WH Smith angers Penguin with early release of Jamie's Italy.(WH Smith Group PLC book release)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Despite strict guidelines imposing a launch date of Monday 3 October for chef Jamie Oliver's new book Jamie's Italy, bookseller WH Smith placed the book on sale in its stores across the UK...

Bidding war underway for Eric Clapton's memoirs.(bids for publishing Eric Clapton stories )(Brief Article)
October 3, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The agent for guitarist Eric Clapton is to auction the worldwide rights to the musician's life story. UK-based publishing houses have until the deadline of Wednesday 5 October to submit their...

Bookplace Internet bookstores acquired by Foyles.(Bookplace.com)(Computerbooks.co.uk)(Brief Article)
October 4, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bookseller Foyles has announced that it has acquired the parent company of Internet-based bookstores The Bookplace.com and Computerbooks.co.uk, Bookplace Limited. According to reports,...

Orange's "best of the best" fiction award goes to Andrea Levy.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Andrea Levy's novel Small Island was announced on Monday (3 October) as the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction's "best of the best" award at an awards ceremony in London, UK. Levy's...

Worldwide sales of 300m for Potter books.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Harry Potter series of books from JK Rowling have now sold in excess of 300 million copies around the world, according to the novelist's agent. The Harry Potter series currently...

HarperCollins secures new Vikram Chandra novel.(Brief Article)
October 4, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new novel from Vikram Chandra set in India is to be published by HarperCollins in 2006 after the publisher won a bidding war involving six rival publishing firms. The novel, which is...

Shortlist for Dagger Awards announced.
October 5, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist for this year's Daggers Awards has been announced and includes authors such as Carl Hiaasen and Karin Fossum. The Dagger Awards recognise the year's best crime novels, with the...

Welsh publishing award goes to Sexy Shorts.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Accent Press' Sexy Shorts for Summer has been named as the Most Borrowed Library Book and Best Selling Fiction Title at the Publishing Trade Awards ceremony held at the Aberystwyth Arts...

Book on Bill and Hillary Clinton to be written by Kathleen Willey.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Former White House employee Kathleen Willey has revealed that she is to write a book regarding the threats she allegedly received from former US President Bill Clinton's operatives. ...

Australia's top diet book set to launch in the UK.(CSIRO's Total Wellbeing Diet )(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new diet book devised by government scientists in Australia entitled the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet is set to launch in the UK. The book has previously ousted The Da Vinci Code and...

Publishers call for Ottakar's bid to be referred to the Competition Commission.(Macmillan Publishers Ltd. to be acquired)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A meeting has reportedly taken place this week between the chief executive of Macmillan and president of the Publishers Association Richard Charkin and the UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT)...

Management changes announced at Random House UK.(Simon Master retired, Richard Cable and Ian Hudson promoted)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD In a statement made on Tuesday (4 October) publishing company Random House UK revealed that it is to make further changes to its top management. According to the company, deputy chair of...

Barnes is favourite for the Booker, says William Hill.(Julian Barnes, Booker Prize)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD According to bookmaker William Hill, Julian Barnes is currently the odds-on favourite to win this year's Man Booker Prize. With odds of 5/4 for his novel Arthur & George, Barnes is...

Sigrid Rausing acquires Granta Publications.
October 7, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD In a deal announced on Thursday (6 October) Granta Publications, encompassing Granta Books and Granta magazine, has revealed that it has been acquired by UK-based publisher Sigrid Rausing....

Forward poetry prize goes to crime novelist.(David Harsent award winner)(Brief Article)
October 7, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Crime novelist David Harsent was named on Thursday (6 October) as the winner of a GBP10,000 poetry prize. Harsent took the Forward Prize for best collection for his collection of poems...

Author of Shadowmancer thrown out of Truro school.(Brief Article)
October 7, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A school in Truro, UK, was forced to halt a talk being given by the author of the children's novel Shadowmancer, Reverend Graham Taylor, after Taylor used inappropriate language in front of...

Bible translated into text messages.(The Bible Society in Australia Bible message dissemination )(Brief Article)
October 7, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Bible has been translated into text message 'speak' by The Bible Society in Australia, in an attempt to enable an easier dissemination of its lessons. The translation begins "In da...

Publishing deals offered for Kate Moss' rehab diaries.(diaries publication contracts)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Millions of pounds are reportedly already being offered to model Kate Moss by US publishing houses, including Simon & Schuster, for the publication of her diaries. Moss is currently...

HMV has ownership or acceptances for 63.95% of Ottakar's.(HMV Group Plc)(Brief Article)
October 11, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Valid acceptances have reportedly been received by UK-based retailer HMV Group Plc for 53.95% of the shares in Ottakar's Plc, a UK bookseller. HMV, the owner of the Waterstone's book...

Banville scoops Booker Prize.(Brief Article)
October 11, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The winner of this year's Man Booker Prize was announced at an awards ceremony on Monday evening (10 October), with Irish novelist John Banville taking the prize for his novel The Sea. ...

Thefts of Potter novel admitted by security guard.(Brief Article)
October 11, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Aaron Lambert, a security guard at a UK-based book distribution centre in Corby, Northamptonshire, has admitted to Northampton Crown Court that he tried to steal two copies of JK Rowling's...

Whitehall investigates guidelines on memoirs of special advisers.(united kingdom)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD In a statement made on Tuesday (11 October) the UK Government cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell informed MPs that Whitehall is currently looking into new guidelines to prevent senior civil...

Winners of the Quill Book Awards announced.(best authors honoured)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The winners of the first Quill Book Awards were announced on Tuesday (11 October), with authors including JK Rowling and Bob Dylan taking prizes. The award for book of the year and best...

Resignation of Nobel judge announced.(Knut Ahnlund resigns from the Swedish Academy)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Knut Ahnlund, a member of the Swedish Academy responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature, has announced that he has resigned due to the fact that the 2004 award was presented to...

New children's book from Gloria Estefan published.(The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle The Bulldog)(Brief Article)
October 12, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Musician and singer Gloria Estefan has launched her new children's book entitled The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle The Bulldog, which was released by Rayo/HarperCollins on Tuesday...

Publishing rights to Eric Clapton's autobiography acquired by Random House.
October 13, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Random House Group and Random House Inc announced on Thursday (13 October) that Richard Cable and Oliver Johnson on behalf of The Random House Group in the UK and Stephen Rubin and...

Shortlist for 2005 National Book Awards announced.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist for the 2005 National Book Awards (NBA) in the US was announced on Wednesday (12 October) by author John Grisham at William Faulkner's former home Rowan Oak in Oxford,...

Support your local independent bookseller, says Alan Bennett.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD British author Alan Bennett has encouraged consumers to boycott high street and Internet bookselling chains such as Waterstone's and Amazon in a bid to encourage shoppers to visit local...

Harold Pinter awarded Nobel Prize for Literature.(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Swedish Academy announced on Thursday (13 October) that the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to British playwright Harold Pinter. The announcement came as a shock to...

Publishing of English-language titles tops 375,000.(Brief Article)
October 14, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD New figures released by bibliographic information provider Bowker have revealed that the total number of new English-language books published by domestic publishers in the UK, US, Canada,...

Anthony Cheetham launches new publishing house.(Quercus Books)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new trade publishing house named Quercus Books has been formed by Anthony Cheetham together with the managing director of Orion's Custom Publishing Division, Mark Smith. According to...

Sales of The Sea soar after Booker victory.(John Banville's book gets Booker prize for 2005 A.D.)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sales of John Banville's Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Sea have increased dramatically, according to reports, since the Irish author was named as the 2005 winner of the award earlier...

Macmillan purchases new Tess Stimson novel.(Macmillan Publishers Ltd. buys The Adultery Club)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Friedmann Literary Agency announced on Friday (14 October) that Tess Stimson's new novel The Adultery Club has been purchased by Imogen Taylor at Macmillan in the UK on the strength of its...

More embargoes necessary to reinforce launch dates, says BA/PA Liaison Group.(Booksellers Association)(Publishers Association)(Brief Article)
October 17, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A meeting of the BA/PA Liaison Group, which involves the UK-based Booksellers Association and Publishers Association, has called for separate embargoes to be sent out for Launch Date titles....

Steimatzky book chain acquired by Markstone Capital Partners Fund.
October 17, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Ari Steimatzky's Israeli-based Steimatzky bookstore chain is to be acquired by strategic investment fund Markstone Capital Partners Fund. The chain, which has over 150 stores throughout...

Pullman labels The Chronicles of Narnia as racist.(Philip Pullman )(Brief Article)
October 17, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD CS Lewis' tales of The Chronicles of Narnia, which are to be turned into a series of movies, have been labelled by UK author Philip Pullman as "racist" and "misogynistic". The author of...

Frankfurt's annual book fair to take place next week.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Next week sees the start of Frankfurt's annual book fair with more than 7,000 publishers from over 100 countries around the globe taking part. The fair, which runs from 19-23 October,...

Andrew Morton fined for defamation.(Evan Gicheru to be paid )(Brief Article)
October 18, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A defamation fine of KES6m (GBP45,700) is to be paid by British biographer Andrew Morton to Kenya's Chief Justice Evan Gicheru after the author allegedly claimed in Moi: The Making of an...

Turkish author refutes his earlier claims of genocide.(Orhan Pamuk )(Brief Article)
October 18, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD In an interview with CNN-Turk television on Saturday (15 October) Turkish author Orhan Pamuk played down his controversial remarks made earlier this year that could lead to him facing a...

Google Print launches 8 new European sites.(France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain)(Brief Article)
October 18, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD In a statement made on Monday (17 October) Internet search engine provider Google revealed that it has launched operations as part of its Google Print project across local-language sites in...

Borders set to report greater losses than expected.(Borders Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 18, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book retail chain Borders Group (NYSE:BGP) has announced that it has withdrawn its financial guidance for the rest of 2005 amidst fears that its loss for the third quarter could be greater...

New Barbara Taylor Bradford trilogy acquired by HarperCollins.(HarperCollins Publishers Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 19, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK publisher HarperCollins has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with author Barbara Taylor Bradford, for her new trilogy The Ravenscar Dynasty. Under the terms of the...

Bertram Books announces full-year operating profit of GBP4.1m.
October 19, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bertram Books, a book wholesaler based in Norfolk, UK, announced on Tuesday (18 October) that it has recorded group operating profit for the year ending July 2005 of GBP4.1m, up from GBP2.7m...

Chinese author Ba Jin dies, aged 101.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
October 19, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Chinese author Ba Jin died at a hospital in Shanghai on Monday (17 October), aged 101, after losing his battle with cancer. Born in 1905 in the city of Chengdu, in the southwestern...

Q3 guidance reaffirmed by Barnes & Noble.(loss is predicted)(Brief Article)
October 19, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US-based bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc reaffirmed its third-quarter guidance on Tuesday (18 October). According to the company, a net loss of between USD0.01 and USD0.04 is expected for...

Sodoku books set to hit the pre-Christmas market.(Japanese puzzle craze sudoku)(Brief Article)
October 20, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A range of new book titles featuring the Japanese puzzle craze sudoku are set to hit the shelves in the UK before Christmas as publishers try to maximise sales before the game loses its...

Bantam Dell Publishing secures deal for Warren Buffett's biography.(Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 20, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Bantam Dell Publishing, a division of Random House Inc, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to secure the biography of billionaire Warren Buffet in a deal said to be worth...

Digital repository to be launched by Holtzbrinck Group.(Holtzbrinck Publishers bring online services)(Brief Article)
October 20, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher of scientific and business journals, Macmillan, has revealed that its German-based parent company Holtzbrinck Group is to develop a new searchable online repository for digital book...

Google to face second lawsuit over Google Print project.
October 20, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The filing of a lawsuit was announced on Wednesday (19 October) by the Association of American Publishers against Internet company Google, over its plans to scan copyrighted books for its...

Authors file lawsuit over Da Vinci Code.(Richard Leigh and Michael Baigent file case against Dan Brown)(Brief Article)
October 21, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A high court action has been filed by authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, a non-fiction book published in 1982, against The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown. A two-week trial is...

Number of publishers selling titles online is on the increase - report.(Penguin Books USA Inc., Random House Inc. and Simon & Schuster Inc. )(Brief Article)
October 21, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publishers including Simon & Schuster, Random House and Penguin have begun using the Internet to sell their books directly to consumers in a move that could threaten the trade of online...

New novel from Booker winner to be written under a pseudonym.(Quirke by John Banville)(Brief Article)
October 21, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The winner of this year's Man Booker Prize, Irish novelist John Banville, is to write his next novel, Quirke, under the pseudonym of Benjamin Black. Banville, former literary editor of...

Harry Potter film awarded 12A classification in the UK.(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire given adult certificate by British Board of Film Classification )(Brief Article)
October 21, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has awarded the film version of JK Rowling's book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire a 12A certificate. The film, which is scheduled for...

Online book network to be built by German publishers.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publishers in Germany have announced that they are to create their own online book repository in an attempt to defend their copyrights from companies such as Google with its Google Print...

Narnia movie previews to be seen online.(The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to be previewed by Walt Disney Studios and America Online Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 24, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Walt Disney Studios and America Online (AOL) announced on Friday (21 October) that they have entered into a content partnership to offer previews of the new movie The Chronicles of Narnia:...

French bookstore chain acquired by Bertelsmann.(Alsatia Group)(Brief Article)
October 24, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD German media company Bertelsmann announced on Friday (21 October) that it is to purchase the Alsatia Group, a bookshop chain based in France, in its second French bookshop chain acquisition...

Campaign to keep literary papers in the UK launched by poet laureate.(archives of well known writers to be preserved, Andrew Motion )(Brief Article)
October 24, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A campaign has been launched in the UK by former culture secretary Lord Smith and poet laureate Andrew Motion to provide British institutions with government funding and tax breaks to enable...

Orhan Pamuk reiterates massacre remarks.(Ottoman Turks)(Brief Article)
October 24, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Orhan Pamuk, the Turkish novelist facing charges for insulting Turkey's character, told a conference in Frankfurt, Germany on Saturday (22 October) that he stands by his remarks concerning...

Penguin attempts to recoup fees for Waugh autobiography.(Steve Waugh, Penguin Books Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A marketing campaign has been announced by Penguin in Australia in an attempt to regain some of the AUD1.3m paid by the company for the autobiography of Steve Waugh, the retired cricket...

Film budget for fourth Potter movie led to rows - report.(Mike Newell tells about less finance for the movie)(Brief Article)
October 25, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Mike Newell, the director of the film version of JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, stated in an interview given at the weekend that the project lacked the appropriate funding....

Amazon's profits affected by tax charges.(Amazon.com Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A tax payout has reportedly cut into the third-quarter net profit of online bookseller Amazon. According to the Evening Standard, Amazon's third quarter net profit was down by 32% at...

Online book search facility to be launched by Microsoft.
October 26, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Software company Microsoft Corporation has announced that it is to launch a new service offering online searches of books and writings. Working in conjunction with the Open Content...

Henson smoothes things over with WRU after book launch.(Gavin Henson criticises Welsh Rugby Union's management)(Brief Article)
October 26, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Welsh rugby star Gavin Henson has reportedly smoothed things over with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) after the launch of his new book My Grand Slam Year at the Millennium Stadium on Monday (24...

Pre-orders of Complete Calvin and Hobbes cannot be delivered by publisher - report.(Brief Article)
October 26, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Many of the pre-orders placed by booksellers for the three-volume, USD150 set of Bill Waterson's The Complete Calvin and Hobbes have apparently failed to be provided by the book's publisher...

Century/Arrow acquire rights to If I Am Missing Or Dead.(Arrow Publishing Co. )(Brief Article)
October 27, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Arrow Publishing has announced that it has acquired both the UK and Commonwealth rights from Verias for Janine Latus' memoir If I Am Missing Or Dead. If I Am Missing Or Dead tells the...

Google's Print project faces opposition from German author group.
October 27, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The PEN Centre, the main association of authors in Germany, announced on Tuesday (25 October) that it is to join the protests against Google's Print project. As part of the project,...

Sales of In Cold Blood Increase as Capote biopic is released.(Truman Capote)(Brief Article)
October 27, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Screenings being shown across US movie theatres of a biopic detailing Truman Capote's writing of his novel In Cold Blood are already having a positive impact on sales of the book throughout...

Samuel Pepys award goes to Frances Harris.(Brief Article)
October 28, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Frances Harris, a senior curator of manuscripts at the British Library, was named on Wednesday (26 October) as this year's winner of the Samuel Pepys award for her book Transformations of...

Trial date fixed for Da Vinci Code legal action.(Richard Leigh and Michael Baigent file suit against Random House)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A trial date of 27 February 2006 has been set for the high court action filed by authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, a non-fiction book published in 1982, against The Da Vinci Code...

Eri Steimatzky questioned over alleged merger violation.(Israel's Antitrust Authority investigates Steimatzky bookstore chain)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Israel's Antitrust Authority has revealed that it has questioned the chief executive officer of the Israeli-based Steimatzky bookstore chain, Eri Steimatzky, regarding an alleged violation of...

William Hill Sports Book of the Year shortlist announced.(Brief Article)
October 31, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist for the annual William Hill Sports Book of the Year award has been announced and this year it includes three football titles as well as entries from the world of boxing, cycling...

Arrow announces new deal with Katie Fforde.(AM Heath, contract)(Brief Article)
October 31, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publishing company Arrow has announced that it has acquired two new books by Katie Fforde under a new contract agreed with Sarah Molloy of AM Heath. Fforde's most recent trade paperback...

The Guardian Book Of Kakuro to be released on 19 November.(Arrow Books gets the world rights)(Brief Article)
October 31, 2005... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Guardian newspaper's new Japanese number puzzle book, the Book of Kakuro, has been acquired by Arrow Books with world rights, excluding Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Korea. The...