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Go Read This | Let’s Talk About Books, Bay-bee | Bait ‘n’ Beer

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August 27, 2010

Don Linn reminds us that it’s ALL ABOUT THE BOOKS: Those of you who know me are aware that I seldom gush over anything, but allow me to gush over this fine literary novel. I hesitate to use that term since (a) for some, it implies the preciousness or elitism…
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Commissioning

Things I Like | The cabbage plot rebels | Irish Examiner

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August 25, 2010

What a week for books I’ve commissioned it is turning out to be! Laurence Fenton’s The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick was featured in the Irish Examiner at the weekend. I’m delighted, it’s a fine book on a fascinating topic: LAURENCE FENTON has written a tantalising introduction to the events leading…
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Bookselling

Go Read This | Nook Drives 21% Increase in Revenue for Barnes & Noble

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August 25, 2010

For some reason I’m amazed by the success of Barnes & Noble (and Kobo formerly of Indigo now independent) retailers when they move into the ebook space. It makes me wonder what the difference is in Britain and Ireland and why ebooks haven’t had the same impact at the retail…
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Books

Quick Link | Leather: books and packaging « Bespoke Editions

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August 24, 2010

I’m telling you, this new Kate Hyde endeavor is the way forward for books. Especially once the market for actual physical books gets smaller and smaller over the next twenty years or so. Like most bibliophiles, I adore leather-bound books, especially the smell. Yet you’ll almost never see a fine leather-bound book…
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Authors

Go Read This | There’s only one Seth Godin, but there are other authors who might emulate him – The Shatzkin Files

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August 24, 2010

A rather good piece by Mike Shatzkin on Seth’s move. Publishers should have remembered the axiom that you should be careful what you wish for. This was, perhaps, the beginning of the unbundling of the publisher’s suite of services to the author. It used to be that the publication of…
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Go Read This | Let’s Talk About Books, Bay-bee | Bait ‘n’ Beer

Things I Like | The cabbage plot rebels | Irish Examiner

Go Read This | Nook Drives 21% Increase in Revenue for Barnes & Noble

Quick Link | Leather: books and packaging « Bespoke Editions

Go Read This | There’s only one Seth Godin, but there are other authors who might emulate him – The Shatzkin Files

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