Venture of the Week

Venture of the Week: Playboy Audiobooks

Playboy Enterprises announced a line of audiobooks featuring The Best of Playboy Fiction. According to the press release, ''Plans are also underway for audio versions of other hallmarks of the magazine.'' Just what does silicone sound like, anyway?

Copycat of the Week: Hidden Latitudes

Doubtless hoping to siphon a little tailwind from the Jane Mendelsohn best-seller about the renowned flier, Scribner slapped a red sticker on Alison Anderson's Hidden Latitudesproclaiming it ''A Novel of Amelia Earhart.''