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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24 - August 31, 2006 Edition Harlequin Launches New Online eBook Entertainment Boutique TORONTO/8/22/06—Harlequin Enterprises Limited (www.Harlequin.com), the global leader in series romance and one of the world's leading...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24 - August 31, 2006 Edition Vintage/Anchor Sends Science Writer on 19-City Tour for New Book, 1491 NEW YORK, NY/8/23/06—Vintage/Anchor/Random House is sending award-winning science writer Charles Mann on a 19-city author tour to...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24 - August 31, 2006 Edition LibreDigital Service Delivers Breakthrough Browser For Publishers AUSTIN, TX/8/22/06—LibreDigital, a new division of NewsStand, Inc., has announced it has launched the first service that allows book...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24 - August 31, 2006 Edition Market Tip Penguin’s Perigee Imprint to Start Self-Help Line NEW YORK, NY/8/23/06—Penguin's nonfiction imprint, Perigee, is launching a line of self-help books together with Infinite Ideas, the UK publisher...