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Continue reading →: The Taking of Panama City
Eoin Purcell A daring feat & cruel 339 years ago today Henry Morgan captured and sacked Panama City which he had discovered was but lightly defended and whose defenders he succeeded in defeating by using their lack of experience against them and sending half his force around their flank. However…
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Continue reading →: Why I HATE One Dollar Orbit
Eoin Purcell OneDollarOrbit.com You might wonder why I hate something that is such good value. E-books of sci-fi books I am almost sure to enjoy for the startlingly low price of $1? Simply put, because I cannot buy them I know its selfish, it is hardly Orbit US’ fault, but…
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Continue reading →: Great advice for budding authors from Niamh Sharkey
Eoin Purcell Niamh Sharkey, who I am happy to say wrote a book and designed some wonderful covers for Mercier before she went onto mega-stardom (and before I started here), keeps a nice blog here. Today she posted a wonderful note about keeping ideas in notebooks with some really excellent…
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Continue reading →: Travel Books, the classifieds of trade publishing
Eoin Purcell Clouds in Coffee One of the first signs of the collapse of newspaper franchises was the expansion of listing & selling services like craigslist (in Ireland craigslist never got off the ground because of homegrown success, DAFT) and ebay. Before big business started to drive online ads, small…
