One Potato Two reports that Yen Press is currently looking for an intern:

Internship opportunity to work in the Yen Editorial Department at Hachette Book Group USA in our New York office.

Candidate will provide support to members of the Yen Editorial Department.

Del Rey Manga has announced the official launch of its blog on Active Anime. Del Rey Manga Blog, which has been completely redesigned, was originally hosted on Active Anime has a temporary SDCC blog:

Active Anime is please to announce the launch of the official blog of Del Rey Manga at Active Anime. Please visit the official blog at http://www.activeanime.com/delreyblog. Associate Publisher of Del Rey Manga, Dallas Middaugh, has made his first post at the blog, and other associates of Del Rey Manga soon make their own posting.

ANN reports that Frenchy Lunning, a professor from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) who organizes the Schoolgirls and Mobilesuits academic conference on anime and manga, has been awarded a fellowship from the Fulbright Program sponsored by the U.S. government, and will be traveling to Japan to conduct manga-related research:

In the spring of 2008, she will be working in Tokyo and Kyoto, studying the origins and development of manga. She plans to use her research as a basis for a book on the relationship between manga and traditional Japanese art.

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending November 4th:

• #112 - Naruto, Volume 24 - Viz - (Last week: #0)
• #119 - Naruto, Volume 21 - Viz - (Last week: #66)
• #126 - Naruto, Volume 22 - Viz - (Last week: #0)
• #147 - Naruto, Volume 23 - Viz - (Last week: #0)

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A round up of the new comic release list for the week of November 7th 2007:

• ComicList: ComicList for 11/07/2007
• MangaCast: New Manga Release List ~ Nov 7, 2007
• Manga Recon: Weekly Recon, 11/7/07
• theOtaku: New Manga Releases
• Precocious Curmudgeon: Upcoming 11/7/2007
• Comicsnob: Watch List: Manga et al. for the week of 4 November

Top 10 manga (11/07) according to Tohan:

1. Naruto (40)
2. Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (17)
3. Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu (9)
4. Oishimbo (100)
5. Eyeshield 21 (27)
6. Renai Catalog (34)
7. Detective Conan (59)
8. B.O.D.Y. (11)
9. Mx0 (6)
10. Uwasa no Midori-kun!! (5)

Additional Rankings:

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November comics top 10 in the U.S. according to PWCW.

1. Naruto, Volume 21
2. Naruto, Volume 20
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
4. Naruto, Volume 19
5. Bleach, Volume 21
6. Naruto, Volume 18
7. Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness
8. Naruto, Volume 17
9. Naruto, Volume 16
10. I'm Ready For My Movie Contract: A Get Fuzzy Collection

From YaoiSuki comes an interview with Yen Press' Kurt Hassler.

Newsarama's Benjamin Ong Pang Kean interviews Emma Hayley, director of Self Made Hero, the graphic novel and manga division of Metro Media UK.

The Star Online talks with Captain Tsubasa creator Youichi Takahashi.

The UK Times talks to Hataraki Man mangaka Moyoco Anno.

Via: MangaBlog

Canned Dogs is reporting that the first issue of Jump Square, released on 11/2, has sold out in numerous stores in Akihabara and Nipponbashi:

Akibablog and Otaroad blog reports that the newly launched monthly manga magazine Jump Square is sold out in most shops across Akihabara and Nipponbashi.

Japanese mobile communications and media group Index Holdings has announced a new partnership with Chinese telephone carrier, China Mobile, to provide content such as manga, games, and animation to the mobile market in China:

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