Market Tip Chicken Soup Creators Seek Authors for Series NEW YORK, NY/11/30/2006—The creators of the New York Times bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series are looking for stories about relationships or events that include chocolate, coffee, tea or wine. The...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 30 - December 7, 2006 Edition DC Comics’ New Graphic Novel Line Aimed at Young Girls NEW YORK, NY/11/30/06—DC Comics will introduce MINX, a new line of graphic novels for teenaged girls in May 2007. The line is aimed at smart,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 30 - December 7, 2006 Edition BISAC Okays New Bar Code Placement As ISBN-13 Nears NEW YORK, NY/11/30/06—The Book Industry Study Group’s Standards and Communications(BISAC) forum, the main standards setting group for the U.S....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 30 - December 7, 2006 Edition Borders Announces 2006 Original Voices Award Nominees ANN ARBOR, MI/11/22/06—Borders Inc., a subsidiary of Borders Group, Inc., a global retailer of books, music and movies, has announced the nominees...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 30 - December 7, 2006 Edition Final Volume Of Eugene O’Neill Biography Due in ‘08 NEW YORK, NY/11/28/06—Arthur Gelb, long associated with The New York Times and its former managing editor, as well as author of the critically...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition News Corp Kills O.J. Simpson’s Book; What of Advance? NEW YORK, NY/11/20/06—News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch has killed the publication of O.J. Simpson’s “confession” story, IF I DID IT, HERE’S HOW IT HAPPENED,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition New Grant Links Journalism To the Fine Arts COLUMBIA, MO/11/22/06—Journalists write about not only arrests, court proceedings, scandals and murders, but also about music, art and theater. However, few...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition Books-A-Million 3rd Quarter Sales Inch Up; Losses Cut BIRMINGHAM, AL/11/17/06—Books-A-Million, Inc. reported a third-quarter sales increase of 3.2% to $110.7 million from sales of $107.3 million in the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports Preliminary 3rd Quarter Results NEW YORK, NY/11/16/06—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller showed a small overall sales increase of 3% for...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition Investor Group Agrees to Acquire Reader's Digest PLEASANTVILLE, NY/11/16/06—The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE: RDA) has agreed to a $2.4 billion merger with an investment group led by...