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Continue reading →: Houghton Mifflin publisher resigns
Eoin Purcell In what can only be described as the biggest unsurprise of the year, the acquisition pause @ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt brought about a departure at leadership level, (the AP has the story as does the NYT). From the AP: Saletan, ironically, had initially benefited when Houghton purchased Harcourt…
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Continue reading →: Our Grannies’ Recipes – book sales!
Eoin Purcell I edited a book! I might have mentioned it before, it is called Our Grannies’ Recipes and it has been on the market for 5 weeks. Somewhat amazingly it is selling very well and is currently sitting very nicely at Number 8 on the Food & Drinks list,…
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Continue reading →: The Brazillian Emperor from Portugal
Eoin Purcell No, really! War brings the oddest changes to the world and for Brazil the wars on mainland Europe in the late 18th and early 19th century brought a new importance, elevation within the empire of Portugal when it served as the capital of the government of Portugal in…
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Continue reading →: Culture & New Media (with a side point on books)
Eoin Purcell A fine conference (after a fine meal) There was something great about The New Media. New Audience? Conference run by the Arts Council last week. For one thing it was great to see Charles Leadbeater and Andrew Keen spar (no matter how mildly they did so). We rarely…
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Continue reading →: Thought of the day
Eoin Purcell The New York Times writes on the future of the book Totally frazzled and worn out after two hectic weeks I had a nice thought reading this today: What should an old-fashioned book publisher do with this gift? Forget about cost-cutting and the mass market. Don’t aim for…
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