June 2008
15 posts
Eoin Purcell
That is my work is interesting and fun
And when we get reviews like this one, how could it not be:
If it’s humorous accounts you’re after, then stick to Tony Hawks’ ‘Round…
Eoin Purcell
The Irish Times signs deal with Collins
Read this evening that our national quality daily signed a multi book agreement with Collins:
Collins has signed a deal with the daily…
Eoin Purcell
Teacups threatened by Storms
The Irish Blogosphere is small and shallow. Its readership is growing, as is the total number of participants. The growth and success of the Irish…
Eoin Purcell
Blackwells Agree Deal for Espresso Machine Rollout
On any scale this is both interesting and a big deal. From the piece:
The deal makes Blackwell the first UK retailer to…
Eoin Purcell
Spotted on The Quillblog
This gem from Tony Farmar:
Our problem now is to move [Irish publishers’ market share] from 15% to 50%
In some senses he is right and in others he is…
Eoin Purcell
I saw this today
It’s a site for a new book called Here Ends The Beginning, using a new platform called Quillr.
ReadWriteWeb has some discussion. I’m not very impressed I…
Eoin Purcell
JK Rowling gave an amazing commencement address in Harvard. It is something special and worth watching.
She has a capacity to couch tough words in velvet language and calm…
Eoin Purcell
I was asked
To write a few words on poetry for the blog so I did. The very nice and very cool David Maybury seems to think it is okay and stuck it up for me. If you have time,…
Eoin Purcell
Publisher’s Weekly has some brief notes on Harper’s free content exercise
You can read the details here. It’s very interesting.
We have not heard the last of this!
Eoin
Eoin Purcell
The Bookseller has a great profile piece
On John Blake the man behind Being Jordan (and many other bestsellers). It is fairly frank and honest:
“Big publishers are now…
Eoin Purcell
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is being made into a movie
I love le Carré. That TTSS might be made into a movie worries me because the mini-series was so damn good.
Nervously…
Eoin Purcell
Leaving Harper
This is fairly big news, even the Wall Street Journal is reporting it:
Jane Friedman is leaving as president and chief executive officer of News Corp.’s…
Eoin Purcell
Draft Charkin!
Nigel Beale launches a crusade to have Richard Charkin start blogging again. I’d love to see it happen too!
Go linking and commenting!
Eoin
