MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Perkins Award Goes to Fisketjon For Top Fiction NEW YORK, NY/8/23/06—Gary Fisketjon, vice president and editor-at-large of Knopf/Random House, has been awarded the 2006 Maxwell E. Perkins Award for...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Bestselling Author Thor Signs New Book Deal with Atria Books NEW YORK, NY/8/28/06—Brad Thor, New York Times best-selling author of Blowback and Takedown, has signed a new deal with Atria Books for another...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Healy Appointed New BISG Executive Director New York, NY/8/29/06—Michael Healy, Editorial Director of Nielsen Book Services, has been appointed Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Children’s Book Council Names New Director NEW YORK, NY/8/28/06—The Children’s Book Council Inc., nonprofit trade association of publishers and packagers of trade books for children and young...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Pocket To Publish Blokhedz Graphic Novels in 2007 NEW YORK, NY/08/23/06—Louise Burke, Executive Vice President and Publisher of Pocket Books, has announced that Pocket Books has acquired world rights from...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Amazon Approves Stock Repurchase To Boost Performance NEW YORK, NY/8/25/06—Amazon.com’s board of directors has approved the repurchase of up to $500 million of its common stock during the next two...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Kids Can Press Names Boersma As Publisher TORONTO/NEW YORK/8/28/06—Kids Can Press, a major children’s publisher with offices in both Toronto and New York, has promoted vice president and associate...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Market Tip: Hyperion to Launch New Women’s Imprint in April NEW YORK, NY/8/29/2006—In April 2007, Hyperion will launch a new imprint aimed at women in their mid 30’s and older. Named Voice, the imprint was...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition The Book Sense National Bestseller List Published Thursday, August 31, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 27, 2006).Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24 - August 31, 2006 Edition BREAKING NEWS SEC Subpoenas Barnes & Noble For Options Inquiry NEW YORK, NY/8/29/2006—The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has subpoenaed Barnes & Noble Inc. to inquire into its stock option...