December 2008
11 posts
The Final 2008 Numbers →
Eoin Purcell So much for our angst The figures for week 52 of 2008 are in and the good news is that the Irish Consumer [books] Market crushed the 2007 figure both in volume and value terms. …
Dec 30th
Links of Interest (At least to Me) 19/12/2008 →
Eoin Purcell Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat … Please look at these two “books every X must read” lists. Both interest both fun and both hopelessly aspirational (though the…
Dec 19th
Quick Poll - The Irish Consumer Market Up/Down/The... →
Eoin Purcell As a little add on to my post on the publishing recession. This is a total guessing game but it is worth a shot. There are three weeks left in the year. Two of those weeks will be…
Dec 15th
Eoin’s Christmas Recommendation - Non-Fiction →
Eoin Purcell First Things First So I’ll get the shameless self promo out of the way from the get go. I heartily recommend my own addition to the Food & Drink genre, Our Grannies’ Recipes. It…
Dec 15th
Eoin’s Christmas Reccommendation - Non-Fiction →
Eoin Purcell First Things First So I’ll get the shameless self promo out of the way from the get go. I heartily recommend my own addition to the Food & Drink genre, Our Grannies’ Recipes. It…
Dec 15th
The Publishing Recession →
Eoin Purcell Troubled Times There is little point denying it, we are in the middle of some big changes in global publishing. It’s moments like this that remind you why working and living in…
Dec 15th
CBI Seminar →
Eoin Purcell With thanks to Flickr user ulle.b & cc Sensible decision? I was going to write a post in the CBI Seminar on Children’s Publishing, but I think, David has it…
Dec 3rd
Houghton Mifflin publisher resigns →
Eoin Purcell In what can only be described as the biggest unsurprise of the year, the acquisition pause @ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt brought about a departure at leadership level, (the AP has…
Dec 2nd
Our Grannies’ Recipes - book sales! →
Eoin Purcell Our Grannies’ Recipes I edited a book! I might have mentioned it before, it is called Our Grannies’ Recipes and it has been on the market for 5 weeks. Somewhat…
Dec 2nd
Culture & New Media (with a side point on books) →
Eoin Purcell A fine conference (after a fine meal) There was something great about The New Media. New Audience? Conference run by the Arts Council last week. For one thing it was great to see
Dec 1st
Thought of the day →
Eoin Purcell The New York Times writes on the future of the book Totally frazzled and worn out after two hectic weeks I had a nice thought reading this today: What should an old-fashioned…
Dec 1st