Booksales Down In Ireland
Nieslen has released figures on the Irish Consumer market for the year to date showing that book sales have fallen quite markedly since last year. According to the book information group the Irish Consumer Market (ICM) has seen year-to-date sales of €25.5m down a huge…
Good Context On Kobo | Playing to Win International Ebook Wars
With the news that Kobo is to hire 30 people in Ireland, many people were waking up to this Amazon competitor for the first time. Here at Irish Publishing News, we’ve covered Kobo once or twice, most recently when their…
Searches For Ereaders And Tablets Are Spiking In Ireland
The Google Trends graph below shows the dramatic spike in searches for ereaders and tablets in Ireland over the past few weeks and months. Blue = Kindle Green = Google Nexus Gold = iPad (excl mini) Red = Kobo (all devices) Purple…
Hughes & Hughes Selling Kobo Ereaders
Hughes & Hughes booksellers has signed a deal with ebook retailer Kobo that will see the bookseller selling ereaders in their bookstores this Christmas. Hughes will offer two devices in-store, the Kobo Glo ereader which features an LED lit screen for…
Journalist Joe Jackson Self Publishes Exclusive Ebooks
Journalist Joe Jackson has started self-publishing ebooks featuring interviews and articles on some of the major figures of Irish music, culture and politics. The first five feature, Gabriel Byrne, The Chieftans, Bob Geldof, Louis Walsh and David Norris. Jackson has previously worked…
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