Monthly Archives: January 2007

Good Vanity Publishing: How it should be done

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell First decide what it is you want: I have written before on the importance of knowing what you want from a book before deciding what route is the best option for you to take. I wanted to restate … Continue reading →

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For this I will break my New Years Resolution

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell I cannot wait. I promised not to buy more books until I have completed my massive To Be Read pile (about 50 books right now) but after seeing this really great news today I think I’ll break that … Continue reading →

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Pearson won’t go quietly (that’s if the rumours are even true)

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell “Over My Dead Body” Is what Brandrepublic.com quote Marjorie Scardino as saying in response to rumours of a sale of Pearson. It makes for a great story and indeed there is a good deal of coverage. It is … Continue reading →

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Winners & Losers

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell Loser The far too late reading of blog posts brought to mind the adage that the world is a funny place. On one blog [Galleycat, who picked the news up here] I read of the end of ReganBooks … Continue reading →

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Bertrams Bought

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell [Via Charkin Blog and Mediabistro's Galleycat] It will be interesting to see what this means for the trade. There is a long peice here for the details. Realizing that January is not a ‘downtime’ month Eoin

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