Posted in Authors, Blogging, Business, Buzzmachine, Future of Books, Future of Media, Future of Publishing, Publishing, e-publishing, ebooks on February 28, 2007 | 15 Comments »
Eoin Purcell
1/ Publishing 2.0
Scott Karp really does think and it shows. His posts are clear, concise, well written and interesting. If he is driven more perhaps from the revenue perspective his commentary only benefits from this.
2/ if:book
The Institute of the Future of the Book’s blog. The Ronseal of Book blogs [It does what it says [...]
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Eoin Purcell
Times They Are A Changin’
Following some thinking, a great deal of planning, not to mention a small amount of stress and second guessing, I have decided to move on from Nonsuch Ireland. I have very much enjoyed my time there and the work has been exciting and challenging not to mention fun!
With team changes, [...]
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Eoin Purcell
Are we all missing the point?
Galleycat points to an exceptionally interesting post from Editor Jason Pinter[Page has gone awol]. Starbucks have been successfully selling vast quantities of their book choice: Ishmael Beah’s A LONG WAY GONE.
Jason makes what I think is the key point towards the end:
Of course Barnes & Noble sells thousands [...]
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Posted in Authors, Books, Bookselling, Business, Librarians, Libraries, Marketing, Publishing People, Read, Reading on February 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Eoin Purcell
Oh and who readers are
I have linked to JA Konrath and his blog before but his discussion from last week on who book buyers are and his use of the Early Adopter concept is pretty smart stuff in my view. He promises more and I look forward to it but for now you should [...]
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Eoin Purcell
New Experiences
I did something I have never done before on Tuesday, I took a sales meeting with a major wholesaler. Needless to say I was terrified, I was surprised and I was woefully under-prepared for the meeting but it did give me an amazing experience and one that I know I can improve upon.
A [...]
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Posted in Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, Books, Bookselling, Business, Future of Books, Future of Publishing, Losers, Publishing, Publishing Innovation, e-publishing on February 8, 2007 | 4 Comments »
This LATime spiece brings out my capitalist side. It is actually a sterling feature and well written offering a good analysis of the ills of independent book stores. But, and it is a big but, it is defeatist, un-knowingly nostalgic for better times and forgiving of Independent Bookstores’ failings.
The closing paragraphs offer little hope and [...]
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Posted in Authors, Blogging, Books, Business, Future of Books, Future of Publishing, Penguin, Publishing, Publishing Innovation, Reading, Writer, Writing, e-paper, e-publishing, ebooks on February 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Eoin Purcell
Brave or Stupid? You Decide
I am always impressed when someone with quite a lot to lose does something a little out there. I think it is fair to say that Penguin has something to lose. Their latest offering, A Million Penguins, is a delight. It is effectively a creative writing wiki. Their intro says [...]
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