According to a post from Adam Arnold in the Seven Seas forum, the launch date of Seven Seas' new Light Novel imprint has been pushed back to the Fall of 2007:

Adam Arnold:
Yes, the launch of Seven Seas' new Light Novel imprint has been pushed back to the Fall '07 so we have a better chance to promote the titles and ensure the line's success. We have some very exciting things in the works, so pushing the Light Novels back was the right choice. We know everyone is dying to read these books, so we hope you can hold out a little longer!

Via: ActiveAnime

According to a press release posted on MangaCast, Broccoli Books will be releasing Koge-Donbo's latest manga Kon Kon Kokon on June 13th, 2007.

The new comic release list for March 28 2007 from ComicList, compiled by MangaCast.

Manga Jouhou has posted a reply from Libre Publishing regarding the CPM/Be Beautiful incident. According to Libre, the license agreement CPM had with Biblos became invalid after Biblos filed for bankruptcy. CPM has since failed to establish a new license agreements with Libre Publishing:

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Manga top 10 according to Tohan.

1. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol.16
2. Fruits Baskek Vol.23
3. Nana Vol.17
4. Vagabond Vol.25
5. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE Vol.18
6. Lovely Complex Vol.16
7. Ahiru no Sora Vol.15
8. Cross Game Vol.7
9. Konjiki no Gash Vol.28
10. Fruits Basket Fan Book Utage

Two new manga series will start in the June issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Shonen Ace:

• Deadman-Wonderland by Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou (Eureka 7)
• Teru Teru Tenjindoori by Miki Kodama (Canvas2 ~Niji-iro no Sketch~)

Aurora Publishing, a U.S. manga publisher founded in March 2006 by Japanese publisher Ohzora Shuppan, has signed a booktrade agreement with Diamond Book Distributors, who will be the distributor of its English-language graphic novels:

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From Newsarama's Michael Lorah comes an interview with Vertical's Editorial Director Yani Mentzas, who talks about Vertical's manga-publishing history, and its plans for the future.

Via: MangaBlog

According to a notice on their website, Seirindo Net Communications is currently in the process of digitalizing comic strip Garo for distributino through the internet, mobile phones and more:

We are digitalizing the comic strip Garo for distribution on the Internet, PDAs, mobile phones and other communications networks. Comic strips are attracting interest as a valuable resource in the broadband contents business but we were already experimenting with various attempts at the digital expression of paper-based comic strips five or six years ago.

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MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking (03/24) in Japan according to Toranoana, and the weekly BL Doujinshi ranking (03/24) in Japan according to Toranoana's BL specialty store Princess Side.