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JK Rowling book sells for £1.95 million

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December 14, 2007

Eoin Purcell It seems Amazon have bough the JK Rowling book for a truly exceptional sum. They have posted images of the book online here The story on Bloomberg here and The Bookseller here Pretty stunning news Eoin
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Authors, Books, News

Bad news: Terry Pratchett diagnosed with rare form of Alzheimer’s

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December 12, 2007

Eoin Purcell Terry Pratchett diagnosed with rare form of Alzheimer’s Just terrible news. But he seems to be taking it well: We are taking it fairly philosophically down here and possibly with a mild optimism. For now work is continuing on the completion of Nation and the basic notes are…
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Books

Eoin’s Top Picks For Christmas (not many, but quality)

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December 11, 2007

Eoin Purcell If you are the bah humbug type* this post will annoy you With only 14 shopping days left till Christmas I thought it might be nice to supply a few of my recommended books (With legitimate exceptions) for all. Listed in order of enjoyment/recently enjoyed by my count…
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Authors, Books, Distribution, Future of Books, Future of Media, Future of Publishing, Innovation, Links of Interest

Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 10/12/2007

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December 10, 2007

Eoin Purcell Jeff Jarvis has an interesting comment on the Reuters/IHT deal which was announced today. Cannot help but think that this is one of those Love it or Hate it Deals. Here A very nice review of one of my favourite authors, Philip Reeve (of The Mortal Engines Quartet)…
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Publishing

Away – Column in The Bookseller

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December 1, 2007

Eoin Purcell I’m in the US and A for a little holiday. Specifically in EVANSTON, a lovely town in Illinois. Looking forward to Amaranth books, Barnes and Noble, Borders and all the rest. Back in December. Blogging will be very very light. My first Irish column in The Bookseller is…
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JK Rowling book sells for £1.95 million

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Links of Interest (At Least to Me) 10/12/2007

Away – Column in The Bookseller

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