Eoin Purcell’s Blog

Eoin Purcell
Or rather John Stubbs’
Donne: The Reformed Soul did. From what was said of it*, it sounded a worthy winner and I have seen it in the store a few times and nearly bought it so I’m not that bitter:
Donne: The Reformed Soul deserved to win the overall award, said the chairman of the [...]

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I don’t normally post about my job here
But sometimes it is worthwhile. I have just received signed contracts in the post, signed yesterday* and they made me extremely happy.
GRANDAD is writing a book for Mercier Press
I have been a reader of Head Rambles for a while now and love it. I have been [...]

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Looking over my logs (as I assure you I rarely do)
I came across a link from this blog:
Now under development, Hol Art Books is a startup publisher dedicated to enjoyable, engaging and enlightening writing on visual art. In a wholly unique approach to publishing, we are creating
a user-driven bibliography of art literature and [...]

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When will it stop?
The Kindle comment. What surprises me is the mixed tenor. Some people love it (Guy Kawasaki) others hate it (Jeff Jarvis)
“You’ll find it’s as easy as reading your favourite book!”
I’m quoting the promo video there. Talk about making the case for the printed word. Why would I spend $400 to simulate [...]

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Introduction
What it is:
An occasional series of posts where I get answers to the same four questions from different publishers*.
Why I am doing it:
Partly because there is so little web based discussion of Irish Publishing. Partly because I think people will like reading the stuff. Mostly because I will find it interesting.
And the Questions:
1) What [...]

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UPDATE: THIS IS GETTING QUITE CONFUSING NOW. I WAS ON LUNCHTIME WITH EAMON KEANE COMMENTING ABOUT IT. MY ONLY TASK WAS TO SAY WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE IF PRESENTED WITH THE BOOK. I’M FAIRLY SURE G&M DID EVERYTHING I SUGGESTED.

Publishing is about risk
The risk of losing money and of a book flopping, the [...]

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UPDATED: From Endgadget’s Live blogging:
Seems very smart to me:
9:55 - “We didn’t like this solution either. So instead we chose EV-DO cellular. … as soon as I tell you we’re using EV-DO that should cause a second set of concerns, a whole new thing to worry about. Everybody knows that using these wireless cell [...]

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A product of my busy searching today two Gingerbread men recipes, Delia’s and Joy of Baking:
Here & Here
If you don’t read Dr. Boil, then you should, if you do then you know what i mean:
Here
They be nice covers they be [Via kottke]
Here
Also:
You should go Here

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guess it’s a constant cycle. “The greatest generation” is always the one that’s about to die. (Really, who can debate them? There’s no one around to argue that the greatest generation was actually those born between, say, 1620-1650.)
Oh there is more where that came from: here
Great Stuff:
Eoin

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Sometimes I wonder about publishing
We seem happy to give the reader what they want in content terms and we seem happy to let them dictate the direction of our publishing. Witness the endless lists of celebrity biography, sports biography, misery memoirs and true crime. But, when it comes to format we have been forcing [...]

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