August 2008
17 posts
Top of the Blogs: A poll to round it off →
Eoin Purcell
It occurred to me
While I was browsing the FAQs in WordPress.com that I could use some free tools out there to see if people had views on which of the five majors I reviewed had…
Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 26/08/2008 →
Eoin Purcell
Amazon are buying the rest of Shelfari. It is a smart move, I’m not sure if it makes me comfortable. Here & Here
Tim Spalding of LibraryThing kicks of a solid debate on…
And that leaves us with Hachette →
Eoin Purcell
A complicated picture
When I said that it was difficult to track down blogging efforts of the various imprints and divisions, I had Hachette in mind. With tentables stretching…
Penguin’s practically perfect blog →
Eoin Purcell
There is always a danger of over hyping Penguin
After all, as a brand it has acquired a cult status. Its classic design efforts are heralded as revolutionary (funny thing that)…
Update on blogging and the majors →
Eoin Purcell
Half way there
So I am about half way through the biggies but I have a few thoughts.
1) The scattered nature of the major publishing conglomorates makes being sure you have all…
A HarperCollins trifecta (and some change) →
Eoin Purcell
While their websites disappoint
HarperCollins deliver three solid blogs that I have been aware of for a little while, each nicely focused and two of them driven by excellent…
Authonomy kicks into overdrive →
Eoin Purcell
Authonomy Ranks both Books and Backers!
I have a lot more to come on this, and bizarrely my blog review will touch on it later today but the news is big enough to mention on its…
Pretty much the whole Bookrabbit team join The... →
Eoin Purcell
What a coup
This is news by anyone’s standard:
The Book Depository has hired former BookRabbit managing director Kieron Smith as its new m.d. and employed the six other…
Random’s random blogging →
Eoin Purcell
First the good news
Random House surprised me a little. They have what look like decent title based blogsites:
Blood River The Gods That Failed The Book of Surfing
But…
Obama book links →
Independent Booksellers ‘Disheartened’ with Chelsea Green Publishers Weekly.
Many independent booksellers are outraged with Chelsea Green’s decision to sell Robert Kuttner’s new book,…
MacMillan are going all bloggy →
Eoin Purcell
Maybe it started with Charkin
Though the spirit has remained since he moved onto a different position and stopped writing his blog.
For one thing they started broadcasting…
Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 15/08/2008 →
Press This Bookmarklet « WordPress.com.
A Very cool new feature form wordpress!
Nice
Travelling for your career →
Eoin Purcell
Random thoughts sometimes spark notions
I have been asked to speak to the students of the NUIG Masters of Literature & Publishing again this year (I chatted with a class last year…
Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 10/08/2008 →
Eoin Purcell
Top Ten Trade Publishers in the US [Crains via Kensai Here
Good advice for Authors from micahel Hyatt Here
More Wallace & Gromit stuff in 2009, Cracking! Here
Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 07/08/2008 →
Eoin Purcell
Branding and such in publishing. Michael Cairns has an interesting view. The money quote:
recommending that publishers consider marketing within these silos all titles available,…
Amazon buys Abebooks and a bit of Librarything →
Eoin Purcell
Smart Move
By buying Abebooks which is cool but never really rocked my world, Amazon gets closer to the treasure trove that is LibraryThing.
Techcrunch, Techvibes and
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The Sony Reader WILL be on sale in Ireland →
Eoin Purcell
You forget how easy a phone call can resolve questions sometimes
Or at least I do. In any case a quick call to Waterstones on Dawson Street, Dublin left me in no doubt about…
