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To all the ‘modest successes’ wondering where to go with their next book

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June 25, 2007

Eoin Purcell The doom first Who wouldn’t be depress by reading this (Reg Required) article in The Bookseller (but actually a cull from The Herald which is free online and here): The result? Publishers can no longer afford to take chances and authors who have enjoyed modest successes over many…
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More on O’Reilly TOC

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June 20, 2007

Eoin Purcell If you weren’t enormously envious of everyone at TOC before now . . . (And personally I was) then you will be now. It is not just that everyone who is anyone is going, its that the discussions sound so wonderful too. For instance the POD discussion covered…
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Publishing in Ireland – The way it is

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June 19, 2007

Eoin Purcell It’s a compliment really That so many of the large publishers have Irish office here. Penguin run a neat little operation that has launched some great Fiction and Non-Fiction, as does Hodder. MacMillan has Gill&MacMillan an arrangement that gives Gill the best of both worlds, an independent publishing…
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Are you Pushing the boat out?

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June 18, 2007

Eoin Purcell That’s what friends are for One of my good friends is a person I have huge admiration for. I doubt he realises how much, as he spends a good deal of time looking outward and comparing himself to others, rather than taking stock of how much he has…
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Exact Editions: Interesting little series on open archives

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June 18, 2007

Eoin Purcell There are good reasons why some magazines should be completely Open Access — many scientific periodicals have moved to this model of distribution. They now have to pay their costs by levying a charge from the contributors or sponsors of the research reported. Also, Open Access makes complete…
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To all the ‘modest successes’ wondering where to go with their next book

More on O’Reilly TOC

Publishing in Ireland – The way it is

Are you Pushing the boat out?

Exact Editions: Interesting little series on open archives

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