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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Bookstores Now, More than Ever | Booksquare
Excellent post from Kassia on the future of bookstores. Much along the lines of what I believe about indies, though I might quibble at certain points: What gives indies leverage? Customer service. Community. When it comes to a physical store, I go there because I want a certain level of…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | McSweeneys Internet Tendency: The State of Publishing.
I’m always amused when people suggest ebooks are a problem for books and reading and authors, when in reality they are only a problem for the current business set up of bookstores, publishers, distributors and other businesses in the trade. IN any case I’m intrigued by McSweeney’s effort in this…
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Continue reading →: A Discussion On The Future Of Media
I joined Adrian Weckler and Conor Pope on Nadine O’Regan’s The Kiosk on Phantom on saturday 5th February 2011 to discuss the plight of print media. Prompted by the closure of two Waterstone’s store in Dublin and the receivership of The Sunday Tribune, the discussion was a little glum but…
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Continue reading →: When Readers Decide
It is becoming hard to avoid the conclusion that a large portion of the reading public has decided they like ereaders and digital books, or at least that they are willing to give them a try. With Amazon, B&N and now Indigo saying that ereaders are their hottest product and…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Bloomsbury Forms Worldwide Publishing Divisions
This is darned clever! Under the reorganization, Bloomsbury USA head George Gibson will continue to report to Charkin, but Bloomsbury veteran Alexandra Pringle has been appointed to the new role of coordinating acquisitions for Bloomsbury’s operations in the U.S., U.K. Germany and Australia. “We want world rights where ever possible,”…
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