Monthly Archives: June 2006

Google Book Search and the author

Inside Google Book Search has a funny little post today called: A New Chapter For Authors. From that: The book sold above expectations when it was first published in 2002. But three years later, after Foote decided to include it … Continue reading

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Its all about marketing

The more I work in this industry the more one key feature comes to the fore, marketing. People don’t really NEED books. That is a sad reality. There is no reason for 1000 or 20,000 or 2,000,000 people to buy … Continue reading

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How to write . . .

I read a rather good blog called Disillusioned Lefty which today has a post called How To Write. now normally I would run a mile before blogging about bloggers writing about blogging but this post has solid resonance for writers … Continue reading

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Blogs, Begorrah and Ireland

I have mentioned before that MySpace is a huge publisher, well in Ireland (And its strange that I don’t mention it more given that I live here) Bebo.com is the king of the jungle. Everyone is on Bebo it seems … Continue reading

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I think I get this

But I probably don’t: Linkie Winkie is confusing a few people so far. Check it out

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