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 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 Borders Group Reports 4% Dip In Second Quarter ANN ARBOR, MICH/8/22/06—Borders Group, Inc. reported a 4% decline in sales for the second quarter ended July 29, 2006, compared to the same period in 2005....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Norman Mailer To Publish Another Novel After 10 Years NEW YORK, NY/8/28/06—Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer will publish his first new novel in ten years, it was announced by publisher Random...

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...

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 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 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 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 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...