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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition John Wiley to Acquire Blackwell Publishing In United Kingdom HOBOKEN, NJ and OXFORD UK/11/17/06—John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) has agreed to Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd., one...