Austin Osueke, the CEO of eigoMANGA, will be delivering a presentation on eigoMANGA's latest publishing and media projects at MACWORLD on the 10th of January at Noon (PST).

Source: ActiveAnime

On the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending December 31, volume 12 of VIZ Media's Naruto ranked #77, while volume 15 of Tokyopop's Fruits Basket ranked #82.

CMX has posted a Happy New Year message on the AoD forum, and made some comments regarding what's to expect in 2007:

Minasan, Akemashite Omedeto-gozaimasu. (Happy New Year to all!)

2006 was a good year for us at CMX; thanks to everyone for the support. We had some great titles released, and some of our older titles got reprinted with new cover designs! (Like this)

2007 is looking good, too. Starting off with GO GO HEAVEN!! GGH, we will introduce more titles this year. Tune in to our future announcements/Press Releases for the brand new series!

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The American Anime Awards is now open for public voting. MangaCast has a list of the entries in the Best Manga category:

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The American Library Association and Go! Comi announced today that the poster and bookmark based on You Higuri's manga series "Cantarella" are now available on the ALA Graphics website. This is the first time a Japanese manga artist has created a poster for the ALA Graphics program. All sales will benefit the programs and initiatives of the American Library Association. For more information, see the ALA Graphics website:

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In the latest issue of PWCW, Calvin Reid looks at the upcoming NY Comic-Con in "NYCC's Topalian Plans for Big Crowds." Also included is a brief interview with show organizer Greg Topalian.

Sunyoung Lee talks about the popularity of Korean Manhwa in "The Koreans Are Coming: Manhwa in America."

MangaBlog's Brigid interviews Kurt Hassler, the former Graphic Novel Buyer at Borders and the most powerful person in American manga publishing who went on to establish Yen Press.

The Star looks at some of the upcoming manga in 2007 from major U.S. publishers in "Manga Bounty."

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The new comic release list from ComicList, compiled by MangaCast.

Publishers Weekly reports that Advanced Marketing Services, which owns distributor Publishers Group West, has filed for bankruptcy.

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