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Continue reading →: Links of Interest (At Least To me) 08/01/2009
Eoin Purcell The Bookseller is a treasure trove today: Meyer crushes the US market with some 15million books sold in 2008 Here A rather nice take on the joys of independent bookselling in 2009 Here Laurence Orbach fires an interesting salvo suggesting an end to back list sales in Bookstores…
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Continue reading →: Tubridy Signs Two Book Deal
It’s a pretty BIG deal I spotted this earlier on The Bookseller but the Indo has it too. I think is actually a pretty interesting development. It will certainly be interesting to see what comes from it. I’ve long felt that Tubridy is a little wasted in his 9am morning…
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Continue reading →: Bloomsbury buys Arden Shakespeare
Eoin Purcell Bolt on Acquisitions & Imprints Seem to be the order of the day for Bloomsbury and nice, niche plays at that. Following the arrival of Bloomsbury Academic in September, the acquisition of Berg only a short time later, and the rather clever Wisden acquisition Bloomsbury today announced that…
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Continue reading →: Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 06/01/2009
Eoin Purcell An interesting acquisition by Pandora and relevant because Badger is part of Edco a primarily Irish firm. Here Only $1.6 Million for Laura Bush, maybe this recession IS hitting celeb biogs. Here But then you read the Leona Lewis will write one and you realise that no, it’s…
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Continue reading →: The Final 2008 Numbers
Eoin Purcell So much for our angst The figures for week 52 of 2008 are in and the good news is that the Irish Consumer [books] Market crushed the 2007 figure both in volume and value terms. In 2007 the total value of sales for the year was €153 Million.…
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