May 2008
9 posts
Newsflash: Microsoft dropping digitization →
Eoin Purcell
More here and here.
Forbes Publishing and Amazon discussion →
Eoin Purcell
Forbes tackled publishing and Amazon last week
And while I’m loathe to take serious a discussion that begin thusly:
Technology has disrupted every industry. Now, it’s book…
The rapid approach of one sale per title →
Eoin Purcell
Over at Shinenawa
Perter Brantley posts his thoughts on books, sharing and the future of books and the value of sharing:
Whatever digital (ebook) books look like in the future,…
A book publisher’s manifesto →
Eoin Purcell
Sara Lloyd over at the Digitalist (PanMacmillan’s digital team’s blog) has started a really exciting series on the future of publishers. There are some amazing thoughts even in…
Faber’s move into POD leads to great discussion →
Eoin Purcell
It is going on over at Fidra Books
Vanessa posted a rather honest assessment of Faber’s POD move the other day:
Perhaps I’m being wary for no reason. Perhaps they will just…
Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 07/05/2008 →
Eoin Purcell
Booktwo gives us a quick review of Authonomy (have a beta invite myself, will say more soon). Here
Michael over at The Digitalist talks about the danger of hype for e-books….
Here come the Europeans →
Eoin Purcell
You think I’m joking! But I’m not:
In a ranking of global publishers, the deal will take the combined group to just outside the top five, competing for sixth position with…
Whither the book trade →
Eoin Purcell
Andrew Crawford of my favourite online retailer
Has a blog today over on The Bookseller. What I like about it is the way he happily turns book publishers worries on tehir…
Murphy’s Ice Cream Book of Sweet Things →
Eoin Purcell
What a week
And a great ending too. Thursday evening saw me fly from Dublin to Kerry and then driving to Dingle for the launch of Murphy’s Ice Cream Book Of Sweet Things. Kieran…
