http://www.m2.com/m2/web/rss/m2bb.xml Latest stories for M2 Best Books. en-us Copyright 2008 M2 Communications Wednesday, 27 Aug 2008 12:50:04 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008E53333FC8D671F6D802574B20035B2A7/text/m2bb It has been announced that Dave Freeman, co-author of the best-selling travel guide 100 Things to Do Before You Die, has died after falling and hitting his head. Wednesday, 27 Aug 2008 12:41:08 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008E53333FC8D671F6D802574B20035B2A7/text/m2bb http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008AC53DEF948837E0F802574B1003A3096/text/m2bb The author of the Young Bond series, Charlie Higson, has launched The Shadow War, a free online reality game developed by game creator Six to Start, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Tuesday, 26 Aug 2008 16:53:23 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008AC53DEF948837E0F802574B1003A3096/text/m2bb http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008FF71E8C925328FFB802574B00028E1A7/text/m2bb Borders Group Inc (NYSE:BGP), a retailer of books, music and movies under the Borders and Waldenbooks brand of retail stores, announced on Friday (22 August) that the company has opened a new Borders concept store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA on 21 Augu Monday, 25 Aug 2008 11:32:02 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008FF71E8C925328FFB802574B00028E1A7/text/m2bb http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008B1767425EE2CB283802574AD0036DCEB/text/m2bb Eight Books Etc stores in London in the UK are to be acquired from Borders UK by Waterstone's. Friday, 22 Aug 2008 14:49:53 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008B1767425EE2CB283802574AD0036DCEB/text/m2bb http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20083BC494F859FDDB26802574AD0026727F/text/m2bb Diversified technology company 3M (NYSE:MMM) announced on Thursday (21 August) that Seoul National University (SNU), an institution of higher education in South Korea, will install the company's detection and SelfCheck systems from 3M Library Systems. Friday, 22 Aug 2008 09:13:06 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20083BC494F859FDDB26802574AD0026727F/text/m2bb http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/200887799D1571A2402D802574AD00267234/text/m2bb Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) on Thursday (21 August) reported results for the second quarter of 2008 ended 2 August 2008. Friday, 22 Aug 2008 08:12:23 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/200887799D1571A2402D802574AD00267234/text/m2bb http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008B44653917634A318802574AC00302F0A/text/m2bb Amazon Web Services LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), has launched the Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), a new persistent storage feature for the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), a web service interface that enables busin Thursday, 21 Aug 2008 11:42:47 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008B44653917634A318802574AC00302F0A/text/m2bb http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20085C0A29751E02CD2C802574AC0036190C/text/m2bb North Plains Systems, a provider of video and digital asset management (VAM and DAM) software and solutions, has revealed that Chronicle Books, a publisher of art, architecture, photography and children's books, has selected TeleScope, a scalable digital Thursday, 21 Aug 2008 11:15:12 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20085C0A29751E02CD2C802574AC0036190C/text/m2bb http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008C97537D712B1A3D3802574AB00397B42/text/m2bb Bookseller Borders has revealed that it is to act as the exclusive retail partner for the "Be a Duchess for a Day" giveaway. Wednesday, 20 Aug 2008 12:17:12 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008C97537D712B1A3D3802574AB00397B42/text/m2bb http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20085D26CD1FC2F6738A802574AB00281846/text/m2bb Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) announced on Tuesday (19 August) that Marie J. Toulantis, chief executive officer of its online business Barnes & Noble.com, has resigned. Wednesday, 20 Aug 2008 09:23:39 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20085D26CD1FC2F6738A802574AB00281846/text/m2bb