Monthly Archives: March 2007

Scribd looks cool

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell Multi-authored Text Experiments with wiki-text, networked books and multi-authored texts have been going well. Penguin have had the most high profile effort with their Million Penguins wikinovel. Last week I highlighted Ficlets which takes the idea of multi-authored … Continue reading →

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20 Major’s book deal

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell Depressing & Excellent One of my favourite blogs Twenty Major (Tagline: Still Smoking in Dublin’s Bars) has, if Sinead Gleeson is to be belived, gotten a two book deal with Hodder Headline. One half of me is really … Continue reading →

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Even digital aint safe

Posted on March 18, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell Future History Last week I mentioned this article that was conerned over the future of non-commercial items trapped in non-digital formats. This weekend the FT has an really excellent long feature on protecting our current digital heritage. From … Continue reading →

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Irish Book Award 2007

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell Slow coming but worth the wait One of the successful developments in Irish Publishing recently has been the evolution of a truly national and truly useful book awards. The Irish Book Awards were held last night in Dublin … Continue reading →

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Ficlets seems cool to me~ What do you think?

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell Thanks to James @ BookTwo for directing me here. And via Open Access this is cool too. Eoin

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