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, in UCLA's Royce Hall. Barnes + Noble Booksellers, Borders Bookstores and Canada are major
sponsors., or until all
tickets have been distributed. The digital
books can be enjoyed on customer's own computer or transferred to a
portable device like a PDA, smart phone, or a portable audio device. "I think
it's clear to both fans and to the marketplace that CRACKED is making a
significant commitment to its publishing division and to insuring the
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m. He spent over thirteen years in various positions at
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clubs, where he was responsible for all aspects of the business, including
acquisitions, editorial , marketing and distribution. Following his tenure as Publisher, Hobson went
on to run Marvel's international business as Managing Director of Marvel
Europe, including its companies in the United Kingdom and Italy, as well as
its publishing and licensing operations throughout the rest of Europe.
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the comics world is a significant part of an overall strategy.

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Hobson spent his almost fifty-year career working in almost every area of
publishing. A graduate of Harvard College, he began his career at Little
Brown in Boston.
Hobson then joined Marvel Comics as Publisher - a post that he held for
over fifteen years."
The company's redesign of the 47-year-old CRACKED Magazine is already
underway, with an all new website slated to come online sometime in the fall
and the magazine making a return to newsstands in early 2006.

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Hundreds of
exhibitor booths, stage events and popular children's characters keep it
entertaining for all ages. More information is available at http://www.com's
award-winning arts and entertainment section, calendarlive.
This week the Maricopa County Library District
announced their latest service, a virtual library offering library
customers 24/7 access to an online collection of hundreds of downloadable
digital Audiobooks and eBooks.

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Target is the presenting sponsor of the 2006 Los Angeles Times Festival of
Books.
The Times' website, http://www.

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The Los Angeles Times Book Prize Awards, established in 1980, recognizes
outstanding literary achievements in biography, current interest, history,
poetry , science and technology, fiction, first fiction, mystery/thriller, and
young adult fiction.com/events .
Additional sponsors will be announced as they are confirmed.

The Times, a Tribune Publishing company, is the largest metropolitan daily
newspaper in the country and the winner of 37 Pulitzer Prizes.maricopa. He will work directly
with CRACKED's CEO and Publisher Monty Sarhan.

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The event takes place Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.tickets.latimes.

The collection, which includes hundreds of titles in nearly every genre was
custom built by library staff to fit the reading and listening tastes of
the growing area's library customers. "I have
already come to rely on Mike as a trusted friend and advisor and I'm excited
to have him on board.

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7BOOK. Latimes. The technology for the new
service is provided through OverDrive, the national leader in downloadable
media for libraries.
"I'm very impressed with the vision that Monty has laid out for CRACKED
and I'm extremely happy to be working with his team," said Hobson.

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She created "Castle of Books" in 2003 with watercolors,
pencil, pastel and collage. The Times also produces The Envelope,
http://www.maricopa . He led
Marvel through its most successful periods in the modern era - from the days
when comic books were still primarily distributed on the newsstand and into
the era of the collectors and bookstore markets," said Sarhan. Stine's immensely popular "Fear Street" and "Goosebumps"
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11th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Set for April 29-30 at UCLA Campus

com/events or by calling 1-800-LA TIMES, ext.com, features 50 ,000 content pages, and is
updated continuously with more than 3,000 stories posted daily.TheEnvelope .gov. Hobson, the former publisher of both Marvel Comics and
Scholastic, has joined the company as a senior advisor.

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize Awards Ceremony
The 26th annual presentation of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes is set
for Friday, April 28, at 8 p.
Admission is free, but tickets are required to attend author panel
discussions and lectures because of limited seating. With the new service, customers can now
logon , check out, and download a digital book anytime of day. After stints at "Publishers' Weekly" and as a literary agent
at William Morris, Hobson joined Scholastic, the global children's publishing
and media company.ereleases.

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As part of the Los Angeles Times yearlong 125th anniversary celebration ,
the 2006 Festival of Books will have panels featuring Times editorial staff
and a 125th anniversary -themed Times Pavilion. The towering castle of books represents the
magical place people experience when they immerse themselves in a good book.m.com/mediacenter.
Library customers can also burn Audiobooks to a standard CD, making it easy
to enjoy them in the comfort of their air-conditioned living room , cars, or
anywhere they like. The online library is available to all Maricopa County
Library District customers by visiting http://mcld.
"Mike has been in publishing for a remarkable number of years .

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Book lovers will be able to meet
best-selling authors, publishers and other literary figures.

To access materials customers simply visit the library's Web site, install
the free software, browse and choose titles; and when they're ready,
checkout and download the digital titles to their home computers.L.

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Authors Scheduled to Participate Include Dave Barry, Douglas Brinkley , Mary
Higgins Clark, Robert Crais, Larry Flynt, Arianna Huffington, Chip Kidd, David
Maraniss , Cokie Roberts, Dr.m. Laura Schlessinger and Sarah Vowell.
General information about the Festival is available at
http://www.latimes.

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when comics were still being distributed on the newsstand.

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LOS ANGELES, The 11th annual Los Angeles Times
Festival of Books will feature more than 90 author/panel discussions, author
book signings, six stages featuring children's programming , poetry readings,
cooking demonstrations and music.
Authors scheduled to participate include Dave Barry, Douglas Brinkley,
Mary Higgins Clark, Robert Crais, Larry Flynt, Arianna Huffington, Chip Kidd,
David Maraniss, Cokie Roberts, Dr. The event's emcee will
be author, analyst and political commentator Cokie Roberts. 27 at UCLA's Central Ticket Office, 310-825-2101
or http://www.

Festival of Books Sponsors
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books -- one of the nation's premier
public literary festivals and the largest of its kind on the West Coast -- was
created in 1996 by The Times to promote literacy and to bring together those
who create books with the people who love to read them.
Digital Audio Books can be enjoyed on a PC, supported portable audio
devices , or burned to a standard audio CD. The digital
library is available by visiting http://mcld. During that time, he was directly responsible for all
editorial, marketing, distribution and production of Marvel's comics,
magazines and graphic novels.com.

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Sunday, April 30, from 10 a.com, offers an
extensive range of entertainment news reviews and Southern California's most
comprehensive event listing. announced
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m., on the UCLA campus.m. Free tickets will be
available at all Ticketmaster locations in Southern California starting
Sunday, April 23 at noon until Thursday , April 27 at 5 p.com, the entertainment industry's most comprehensive,
year-round awards show website . When
the lending period is up, the digital books expire, and are automatically
returned -- eliminating late fees!

The library's eBooks, which are digital versions of books, can be read on a
home PC, laptop, Macintosh, smart phone, Palm OS device, or PocketPC.gov.

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until 5 p. The Times
publishes five daily regional editions, for the Los Angeles metropolitan area,
Orange County, Ventura County, the San Fernando Valley, and the Inland Empire
of Riverside and San Bernardino counties . He therefore
understands the pressures and dynamics of the newsstand and has the business
sense and experience to navigate those challenges," explained Sarhan.com)
publishes CRACKED Magazine, one of America's oldest and most well-known humor
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This release was issued through eReleases(TM).

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ucla. Hobson
then returned to the US, where he became President of Parachute Publishing, a
major packager of fiction and non-fiction book series for teens and 'tweens,
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Additional information about The Times is available at
http://www. From Nora Roberts to Mark Twain, the
library offers access to hundreds of titles including fiction, mysteries,
romance, nonfiction, best-sellers, and more. NEW YORK, As part of its continued commitment to
strengthening its publishing operations, Cracked Entertainment, Inc . "CRACKED
straddles both the comics and magazine worlds.

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The official poster of the 2006 Festival of Books features artwork by
Marie-Louise Gay entitled "Castle of Books. Ticketmaster is the official ticket supplier of the event.

For more information,
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" Gay has written and/or
illustrated more than 30 books for children, and her books have been published
in a dozen countries. A limited number of tickets will also be
available on-site during the event .

A valid Maricopa County Library District library card and a computer with
Internet access is all library customers need to get started.

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