This is page 71 of the book publishing news archives.

Mike Myers to Star in The Cat in the Hat (2002-03-08): Mike Myers has been signed to star in the title role of Dr.

Handheld Media Group Acquires PDABuzz.com (2002-03-08): Handheld Media Group announced it has acquired the website PDABuzz.

Bonus Books is Acquired By Publishing Executive Jeffrey Stern (2002-03-08): Bonus Books, a 30-year-old Chicago book publisher, has been acquired by Jeffrey Stern, a publishing executive based in Los Angeles, California.

Random House Children's Books to Relaunch Seussville (2002-03-01): Random House Children's Books has announced the relaunch of Seussville, the official website of Dr.

NBCC Announces Book Award Nominees (2002-02-27): The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) has announced the nominees for its annual book awards.

Don Cheadle To Direct Tishomingo Blues Film (2002-02-27): Bestselling author Elmore Leonard is thrilled that Don Cheadle will be making his directorial debut with Tishomingo Blues (William Morrow).

2002 Edgar Award Nominees Announced (2002-02-18): The Mystery Writers of America, Inc.

2002 Children's Book Awards Announced (2002-02-18): Winners of the 2002 Coretta Scott King Awards, John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals were recently announced by the American Library Association.

New Line and Scholastic To Film Philip Pullman Trilogy (2002-02-15): New Line Cinema and Scholastic Entertainment have joined forces to bring Philip Pullman's Whitbread Award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy to the screen, it was announced by Toby Emmerich, New Line Cinema's president of production and Deborah Forte, producer of the project and executive vice president of Scholastic Entertainment.

Simon & Schuster to Publish Eloise Sequel (2002-02-15): Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing announced that they have negotiated an agreement with the estate of the late Kay Thompson and with illustrator Hilary Knight to publish Eloise Takes a Bawth.

Stephen Riggio Named CEO of Barnes & Noble (2002-02-15): Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Hearst Magazines and Chic Simple Announce Partnership (2002-02-07): Hearst Magazines and Chic Simple Ltd.

Cokesbury.com Partners With Lightning Source For Religious Ebooks (2002-02-07): Cokesbury.

Del Rey To Publish Books Based on Xbox Games (2002-02-07): Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc, announced the creation of a major new joint book development agreement with Microsoft's Xbox video game system to create a fiction publishing program.

Viacom to Integrate Simon & Schuster With Entertainment Group (2002-02-01): Viacom Inc.

Reader's Digest and Hasbro Announce Licensing Agreement (2002-02-01): Reader's Digest Children's Publishing and Hasbro, Inc.

Greenwood Launches Online Edition of The Horn Book (2002-02-01): Greenwood Electronic Media has announced the launch of a subscription online version of The Horn Book Guide.

R.R. Bowker Adds Content To Ulrichsweb.com (2002-01-25): R.

Amazon.com Offers Sneak Peek At Grisham's New Legal Thriller (2002-01-25): Amazon.

Open eBook Forum Announces Ebook Usability Study (2002-01-22): The Open eBook Forum, an international trade and standards organization for the ebook industry, announced that Harold Henke, a 20 year veteran of IBM, will lead a research campaign to better understand and promote consumer adoption of ebooks.