Columbia University Libraries Acquires Ballantine Book Archive
Betty Ballantine has donated a nearly complete run of Penguin, Ballantine, and Bantam books to Columbia University...
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Tag Archives: North America
VIZ Media announces Shonen Jump Alpha trivia sweepstakes
Everyone is invited to enter VIZ Media's Shonen Jump Alpha trivia contest for a chance to win a pair of 4-day passes to 2012 San Diego Comic-Con...
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DUFF Nominations Open
Nominations for the 2012 Down Under Fan Fund race are now open, but the nominating/voting schedule this year is short...
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VIZ Media names Ken Sasaki president and CEO; Hidemi Fukuhara elevated to vice chairman
After four years with the company, Ken Sasaki is being promoted to President and CEO of VIZ Media. He'll be replacing Hidemi Fukuhara, who is being promoted to Vice Chairman, and opting out of day-to-day operations...
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Special Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha Launch Event, Jan 28th, in Los Angeles
VIZ Media announces a special launch event for new Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha digital manga magazine in West Hollywood on January 28. Free event in Los Angeles gives fans a sneak peek of upcoming debut of North America's first digital weekly manga anthology...
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Simon & Schuster publishes Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 as an e-book
Simon & Schuster is publishing the first electronic version of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, to be followed by The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man...
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Four candidates for 2011 westward TAFF
The four candidates for the 2011 westward TAFF are Graham Charnock, John Coxon, Liam Proven, and Paul Treadaway...
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ChiZine Publications unlimited their e-book editions
ChiZine Publications, publishers of limited edition hardcovers and trade paperbacks, is further expanding its distribution of electronic versions of its books...
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Print run for Mockingjay increased north of one million
The third book in Suzanne Collins's "Hunger Games" postapocalyptic YA trilogy, Mockingjay will debut in late August with a 1.2 million-copy press run...
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The concluding volume of Suzanne Collins's YA Hunger Games trilogy will be published this August...
Read more [...] Actor Lou Jacobi Dies
Actor Lou Jacobi (1913-2009) debuted on the stage in Toronto at age 11, and appeared in film, television, and on the stage on both sides of the Atlantic...
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GUFF 2010 nominations now open
Nominations for the Going Under Fan Fund, which will send a European fan to next year's WorldCon in Australia, are now open...
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Attendance at the World Science Fiction Convention
Attendance at the World Science Fiction Conventions, graphed over time...
Read more [...] Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee follows messengers across a dark steampunk landscape
VIZ Media will publish Horoyuki Asada's Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee in North America. In the steampunk/action manga storyline, messenger risk their lives crossing a pitch-black wilderness infested with Gaichuu...
Read more [...] World Horror Convention going to Texas in 2011
Following next year's first-ever British World Horror Convention, the 2011 con will be in Austin, Texas...
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