Monthly Archives: June 2007

Waterstones.com, Hubs & “The Lies of Locke Lamora”

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell When you get it really right Waterstone’s have been pushing to make their online store a site worth visiting for a little while now. They only recently broke away from their amazon link up so I was pleasantly … Continue reading →

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Some rational thought on “The Cult of the Amateur”

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell Over at Assignment Zero (A crowd sourcing News initiative which I encourage you to check out separately anyway) there is some good analysis of the debate about amateurs and professionals drawing together a few different schools of opinion … Continue reading →

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Links of Interest (At Least To Me)

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell Brief but interesting post from the editors corner @ The Book Depository: Here Loads more but I’m rushing today! Eoin

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The cult the amateur and other nonesense

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell I have yet to read the book (damned if I’m linking to it), but I will. If I find it is as bad as the author interviews suggest I will say more. If, as I think unlikely, I … Continue reading →

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The end of copyright (At least as we know it)

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell Its not quite my thing: Aerosmith But they do put on a fantastic show. I saw them last night in Marlay Park in South Dublin. The weather held and the band seem to be moving into Rolling Stones … Continue reading →

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