Monthly Archives: July 2007

5 reasons why I blog

Posted on July 31, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell Litlove tagged me. As I tagged her recently it would be rude not to post so here goes: 1) To make sense of a confusing period of change in Publishing: By far the most important reason for me … Continue reading →

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Downright impressed with this: Feedbooks

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell I was lead to this video & blog by the continuing debate I mentioned previously and which Mark Thwaite of the Book Depository (I love shopping there and intend to shop there more) continues on The Booksellers new … Continue reading →

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Keith Richards’s memoir, 7 million dollars and something much more important

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell You can generally trust O’Reilly to get their priority right And so it was today. When all anyone else seemed to want to talk about was this, they were considering the merits of CommentPress 1.0 [a new tool … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter & selling other books at Waterstones

Posted on July 23, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell The art of selling Selling Harry Potter takes no work for a bookseller. Yeah they can open at 12-midnight and have a show with owls, yes they can sell it for the incredible price of €8.99 but at … Continue reading →

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LibraryThing’s evolving Social Network

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell Call me stupid But when I signed up for LibraryThing I never really considered the positive effects of the social aspect. Silly me. I guess because I am not a huge convert to social networks (Facebook being the … Continue reading →

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