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Daily Links 23/06/2010

Making Money, Terry PrachettNobody Move, This Is A Review: THE USES OF PESSIMISM by Roger Scruton
Enjoyable review by Declan!
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Opening lines
I do love the Terry Pratchett! My favourite is surely Sam Vimes!
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The Four Colour Pen
Nice story! Nicely told too!
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How to Build a Great Kids’ Library
Love this!
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PARKBENCH TURNS TWO!
Go Park Bench! Pleased for them!
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Amazon Cuts Kindle Price, New iOS Releases, and More
Will this make you buy?
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Is the Focus on Devices and Not Readers a Big Mistake?
I think we can all agree here that the answer is yes!
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Thanks to You, I’ve Been Shortlisted for the Queen of Teen Award!
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Big publishers have reason to be happy about how the book market is evolving
Mike is right in the specific but you will see below that I disagreed in the general!
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Staying Sober in Thailand
I came to Thailand almost a decade ago as a drunk on his last legs. [Worth reading]
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Pearson stays on top as world’s largest book publisher
Mostly this doesn’t surprise me terribly
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Introducing, Northern Irish sci-fi author Owen Quinn
Sci-Fi is a genre Irish authors don’t have a huge presence in. As a huge fan, I’d like to see that change!
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Irish Top Ten

Irish Top Ten Week Ending 19/06/2010

The Return JourneyA strong week for both Joseph O’Connor‘s Ghost Light and Stephanie Meyer‘s The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. Good to see the arrival of Maeve Binchy into the top ten and interesting to see James Patterson with two of the top ten meaning that two authors command 50% of the top ten slots. Summer reading is really driving sales at the moment and it will be interesting to see which of these top flyers have sustained sales in July and August.

1: Ghost Light, Joseph O’Connor, 2,576
2: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella, Stephenie Meyer, 2,352
3: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson , 1,806
4: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest, Stieg Larsson , 1,800
5: The Truth About You, Melissa Hill, 1,617
6: The Help, Kathryn Stockett, 1,576
7: The Return Journey, Maeve Binchy, 1,540
8: The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson , 1,511
9: I, Alex Cross, James Patterson, 1,320
10: Private, James Patterson, 1,041

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 19th June 2010