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Daily Links 13/04/2010

April 13, 2010 – 9:04 am

A somewhat delayed Daily Links, service will return, hopefully uninterrupted!
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The Impending Press Release
Nice note on press releases!
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Defendini to Join Open Road Integrated Media
Defendini was pretty central to building the exemplar of niche communities, tor.com, this is an interesting move.
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An Introduction to QUEEN OF THE HILL by STUART NEVILLE
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Fiction – The Dead Republic
The Tribune does NOT like The Dead Republic
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New Irish Writing – Hennessy X.0 shortlist 2009
The Tribune shares notes on each of the Hennessy X.O. Literary Award nominees
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Irish Times iPhone app
An app from the Irish Times eh?
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Vote for these Northern Irish authors
Lots of Nothern Irish writing news.
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Is Print a Subsidiary Right?
If this doesn’t scare publishers, I don’t know what will!
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Minority report
Interesting book!
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Grimy crime tale set in grim times
Arlene Hunt profile
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Reeling in the Charlton years
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Book review: Where the love gets in
Tara Heavey reveiw
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Is this Ireland’s answer to john the baptist . . .?
Who was John Waters preparing the way for then?
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I love my bed!
Much sympathy with this book today!
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Cashel: Easter events for children
You know what, Tipperary Libraries are very active!
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Motoko Rich: It’s The Economy, Stupid!
Agree with this sentiment!
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PA applauds the passing of the Digital Economy Bill
I’m deeply suspicious of this bill in many ways. I expect “UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES”
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Tags Books & Authors, Business, Digital Change, ebooks, Hennessy XO Literary Prize, iPhone Apps, Irish Authors, Irish Publishers, JA Konrath, New Irish Writing, Norther Ireland, Open Road Integrated Media, Press Releases, Print, Rights, Roddy Doyle, Stuart Neville, Tara Heavey, The Dead Republic, The Irish Times, Tor.com | Permalink | Comment (1)

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Daily Links 15/03/2010

March 16, 2010 – 8:26 am

Finding the present in the past – The Irish Times – Tue, Mar 16, 2010
Eileen Battersby responds to Julian Gough without mentioning him!
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How to Convert EPub Books for use on Kindle
There’ll be a few people who will find this interesting!
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What Would Ray Chandler Do?
Declan’s got questions about the Eason 50 Best Reads!
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Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls–The Book Trailer
I love this book trailer. I know I am anti-zombie books but : “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.” Or so Emerson would have us believe!
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Amazon.co.uk launches author pages
This is pretty big news for authors, enabling them to build their profile on Amazon and improve their presence online. Not so good for publishers.
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I Pass on the iPad, But Swear by iPaddy » Oisín McGann’s Blog
Nice list of reasons NOT to get the iPad. Though on the multi-function issue, there is considerable comment suggesting that Apple plans to target this in the next iPhone OS update!
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Collins launches website for birdwatchers
A wonderful idea this from Collins in the UK.
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Tags Amazon.co.uk, Author Pages, Book Trailer, Eason, epub, iPaddy, iPhone Apps, iPhone OS, Zombies | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Daily Links 10/03/2010

March 10, 2010 – 8:40 pm

Sunrise
David points to the absence of Vampires in top tens!
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Elsevier To Do Titles with Blio
I’ve seen a demo of Blio and while it’s impressive, I still don’t know why a webpage couldn’t do most of it.
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With new opportunities come new challenges
Mike Shatzkin does some good explaining of why the digital shift is SO much trouble for trade publishers.
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Pighog Press Competition
Isn’t Pighog Press the best name you’ve ever heard for an imprint?
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Google partners with Italy for groundbreaking book scanning deal
This is interesting news
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Does Wat Thamkrabok Offer a Wonder Cure for Addiction?
An interesting note from author Paul Garrigan over at the Maverick House blog.
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Books overtake games as most numerous iPhone apps
I honestly do not think this matters!
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Brown Bag’s Night at the Oscars
Hard luck and well done to the Brown Bag folks!
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Books now on sale online and in shops
Great news for Little Island
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booktrade.info – Book Trade Announcements – HarperCollins Signs New Series With Picture Book Star Oliver Jeffers
Good news for Northern Ireland raised Oliver Jeffers
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Lapwing Catalogues & Information – Home
New to me but, it seems, far from new, is Lapwing a poetry press from Belfast. Let not the free website fool you, Lapwing offers nearly all the poetry on its list in pdf format for paid download, streets ahead of many Irish publishers.
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Kerry Babies Case-the tipping point for Irish Women’s Rights
Mike Cosgrave is Publisher at Cork University Press. He writes fine piece on his blog about the Press’ books. Well worth reading this one!
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Tags Blio, Brown Bag, Cork University Press, David Maybury, Digital Change, ebooks, Elsevier, ereader, Google Books, Granny O'Grimm, iPhone Apps, Italy, Kerry Babies, Lapwing Poetry, Maverick House, Mike Shatzkin, Pighog Press, Vampires | Permalink | Comment (0)

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Daily Links 03/03/2010

March 3, 2010 – 8:41 am

Is POD a Possible Answer to Book Distribution Barriers?
Very good article on POD and distribution
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Writing video games…
hmmh
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Turn up for the books a novel idea
The indo covers the World Book Day bookcrossing thing!
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Informa says publishing business performed ‘exceptionally well’ in 2009
Not everyone suffers in a recession
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Irish trade assesses impact from Hughes and Hughes failure
I’ve a piece over at the bookseller about the trade reaction to the Hughes & Hughes events
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Publishing will always need its gatekeepers
I think it might be wise to replace gatekeepers with filters here!
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Tags BookCrossing, Books & Authors, Bookselling, Digital Change, ebooks, Gatekeepers, Hughes & Hughes, Informa, iPhone Apps, Irish Books, Irish Publishers, POD, Print On Demand, Publishing, Taylor & Francis, World Book Day | Permalink | Comment (0)

News

Irish Author Eddie Stack To release iPhone App

February 25, 2010 – 8:32 am

Irish Author Eddie Stack will release an iPhone app based on his collection of short fiction, The West. Available on 1st March, the App will feature spoken word, poetry and music and will be priced at $1.99.