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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24 - August 31, 2006 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports Sluggish Second Quarter Sales NEW YORK, NY/8/17/06—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) has reported sales and earnings for the second quarter ended July 29, 2006. Sales for the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24- August 31, 2006 Edition Quill Awards Announces 2006 Nominees NEW YORK, NY/8/22/2006—NBC Universal Television Stations and Reed Business Information (RBI) have announced the five nominees in each of 19 categories for the 2006 Quill...

PEOPLE August 17 - August 24, 2006 Edition Drugan to Step Down as NEBA Director 8/14/2006—The New England Booksellers Association is losing its longtime executive director, Rusty Drugan, who is stepping down due to illness. Drugan, who has held the post since 1992,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 17 - August 24, 2006 Edition Houghton Mifflin Reports ’06 Second Quarter Results BOSTON/8/10/2006—Houghton Mifflin Company, together with its parent, HM Publishing Corp. (“the Company”), reported consolidated results for the second quarter...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 17 - August 24, 2006 Edition Jane Brody to Join Random House for Major Book on the End of Life NEW YORK, NY/8/16/2006—Nancy Miller, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor of Random House, has pre-empted North American rights for the...