November 2008
8 posts
My Bookseller Piece - Ireland: a native hunger →
It’s not my sub head but I think it gets the point across So the full text is here Bestsellers are a rare thing for an Irish fiction publisher, though Poolbeg is still doing a fine job of…
Nov 26th
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt stops acquiring books? →
Eoin Purcell No seriously they have Here & Here: It’s been clear for months that it will be a not-so-merry holiday season for publishers, but at least one house has gone so far as to halt…
Nov 25th
New Media, New Audience Conference →
Eoin Purcell Berry Bros & Rudd I’m just back from fine dinner in the fantastic upstairs room of the Weights & Measure building that Berry Bros & Rudd now occupy. The meal was for panelists…
Nov 24th
The fate of smaller markets →
Eoin Purcell With big ones on their doorstep Hachette is launching a Scottish division. BookBrunch comments: In non-fiction, Hachette Scotland will be a rival to houses including…
Nov 20th
Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 18/11/2008 →
Eoin Purcell The Independent is axing shed loads of its staff, and we thinking book publishers have it bad! Here More on this to come, but the Arts Council is running a conference on New…
Nov 18th
Macmillan & ebooks →
Eoin Purcell Images thanks to Flickr user pt and creative commons. Palgrave Connect Bookbrunch (which is fast becoming my book news source of choice, the fee structure cannot…
Nov 14th
RTÉ’s US Election Coverage →
When theory becomes reality One thing the internet does is allow organisations provide almost infinite options for their viewers/readers or listeners. You don’t see it too much in practice…
Nov 4th
The detail of the Google Books Settlement! →
Eoin Purcell For detailed and thoughtful analysis on the deal, its clauses and implications, read Peter Brantley’s posts over at his Shimenewa blog where he deals with several of the …
Nov 1st