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Monthly Archives: September 2007
Public Lending Right – A waste of everyone’s time
Eoin Purcell Sometimes the EU makes Ireland adopt stupid laws: Like this one. Public Lending Right is one of those bad ideas that has just become too big to stop, no matter how valid the argument against it. Now I … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Books, Bookselling, Copyright, Ireland, Reading
Tagged Copyright, Ireland, Libraries, Public Lending Right, Publishing Companies, Read, Readers, Reading
5 Comments
Richard Charkin leaves MacMillan for Bloomsbury
Eoin Purcell ByeBye Charkinblog Times they are a changing. Bloomsbury announced that Richard Charkin will join them as executive Director on 1st October: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc has today appointed Richard Charkin an Executive Director of the Company with effect from … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Books, Business, Future of Publishing
Tagged Blogging, Bloomsbury, Business, MacMillan, Publishers, Editors & Agents, Richard Charkin
3 Comments
Smart thinking from HarperCollins
Eoin Purcell AuthorAssistant This just may be the smartest move by a mainstream publisher in some time. The Bookseller has an article on the new site here. The bones of the idea is helpfully given by HC’s corporate press release: … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Blogging
Tagged Author Blogs, Blogging, Books, e-data, e-publishing, HarperCollins, Publishing Companies, Writing
5 Comments
Words to freak you out by . .
Eoin Purcell Not so long ago David McWilliams gave the Irish book industry a real kicking an walked away with huge sales and great hype with: The Pope’s Children (Published by Gill & MacMillan) Now he is kicking the whole … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland
Tagged Bookselling, David McWilliama, History, Ireland, Irish Publishing, Publishing Companies, The Generation Game, The Pope's Children
2 Comments
Exact Editions for book publishers
Eoin purcell And Google should be worried Had time allowed this week, i was hoping to do a quick comparison of online book services. As it happens I am glad I didn’t have that time because Adam Hodgkin over at … Continue reading
