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  • Blog PoliciesI thought it time to add a few notes about how I operate here to accompany my About page which is more of a “hey this is who I am” page. If any of the notes below unsettle you e-mail me and let me know. Eoin eoin[dot]purcell[AT]gmail.com Disclaimer All of the posts on this blog are the sole opinion of the author. Nothing on the site represents the opinion or view of my current clients or employers or indeed my former clients or employers. Comments Comments are the sole opinion of the commentator. I reserve the right to remove offensive, insulting or tangential comments without warning. This is a publication and thus commenters should be conscious of the laws relating to libel. If I have even the remotest suspicion that comments veer towards such territory they will be removed. Site Content I hope to write about the changing nature of the publishing industry, the future of books and the current process of change we are going through. That is a broad brief so it may at times stray from the core a little. I will never publish book reviews, there are many much better sites for that kind of material.…

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  • August 25, 2022

    Amazon Publishing and OWN IT! Launch The New Voices Award

    Amazon Publishing and OWN IT! Launch The New Voices?Award

    Super excited to see The New Voices Award competition go live. Amazon Publishing has partnered with OWN IT! to bring this competition into being with a goal of addressing issues around inclusion and representation in commercial fiction. There is still time for folks to get their works into the competiton by going here and submitting.… Continue reading

    Authors, Publishing, Writing
    #newvoicesaward, Amazon, Publishing Companies, Writing
  • March 13, 2022

    Go Read This | Thomas & Mercer signs five books from Koontz

    I am excited that my US colleagues have signed a new deal with Dean Koontz for five more books. We’ve really enjoyed bringing his work to even more readers globally, and it seems that he’s pleased too: Koontz said: “Working with the wonderful team at Thomas & Mercer has energised me and freed my imagination… Continue reading

    Go Read This, Publishing
    Amazon Publishing, Dean Koontz, Thomas & Mercer
  • March 4, 2022

    Go Read This | Sanderson Generates $20M In Kickstarter Pledges

    Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter has cruised past $20M in pledges and it has weeks left to run. It’s gotten some attention: NYT: Fantasy Author Raises $15.4 Million in 24 Hours to Self-Publish The Bookseller: Sanderson raises more than $18.5m on Kickstarter to publish four new novels To say this is impressive is to understate the case. Continue reading

    Authors, Business, Future of Books, Future of Publishing, Go Read This, Publishing, Self Publishing
    Authors, Publishing, Self Publishing
  • July 21, 2021

    Go Read This | The Economist on Romance Publishing

    Go Read This | The Economist on Romance?Publishing

    Good to see this massive and important genre with millions of readers (and one in which Amazon Publishing publishes very successfully through our Montlake imprint) getting some media attention, even if the piece is quite short: “Romance is still too white,” says Nadine Gonzalez, a Haitian-American author now published by Mills & Boon. The publisher… Continue reading

    Go Read This, Publishing
    Genre, Mills + Boon, Publishing, Readers, Romance
  • February 21, 2020

    Go Read This | Pearson warns it is near ‘bottom of valley’ as US downturn takes toll

    There’s no way this stat doesnt at least make you think: Mr Fallon said Pearson was selling 20m books a year when he became chief in 2013. This year, it expects to sell 2m. From FT.com today (£) Continue reading

    Future of Media, Future of Publishing, Go Read This, Publishing
    companies#, FT.com, Pearson, Publishing
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