LPC Group, which distributes comic and manga trade paperbacks and hardcovers to the book trade,has outsourced its logistics to Client Distribution Services (CDS) and is closing its Chicago warehouse.

The American Booksellers Association has settled its lawsuit against Barnes & Noble and Borders for $4.7 million. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of independent bookstore owners who felt that the big chains received illegal discounts and promotional subsidies from publishers. The paltry settlement from Borders and Barnes & Noble does not even begin to pay the legal fees for the suit against the chains.

Breathed will write and direct a cartoon version of Bloom County featuring Opus the Penguin, one of the funniest comic strip talking animal creations since Charles M. Schulz's Snoopy.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.

Random House Publishing Group has entered into an agreement to acquire BOOM! Studios in a blockbuster deal on the eve of San Diego Comic-Con.

News was coming fast and furious last week in the run-up to the summer shows, and I took a closer look at some of the big business stories of the week.

With visions of sugar plums already dancing in our heads, here are a few items of the page-turning variety that might look good under the tree.