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…
Industry Veterans Launch New Self Publishing Service
Industry veteran Chenile Keogh, founder of Y Books, is launching a new self publishing service, Kazoo, with Vanessa O’Loughlin of Writing.ie and the Inkwell Group. Another industry veteran, Robert Doran, will be Kazoo’s editorial director. According to the company, Kazoo aims…
Hughes & Hughes To Close Dundrum Store
Hughes & Hughes is to close its Dundrum Centre store on 10 March 2013. According to the company the ‘closure will in no way affect the other H&H branches, all of which will remain open.’ The cafe based in the…
Arts Council Funds 21 Titles Under Title-by-Title Scheme
The Arts Council has announced that it will fund 21 titles under the Title-by-Title scheme for Literature. The titles are for publication in 2013 and the value of the funding is €110,000 . The award amounts to an average of €5,238 per…
Irish Publisher Signs Book Deal With Arsenal Football Club
Irish publisher, Portnoy Publishing, has signed a deal with Arsenal football club to deliver 125,000 copies of their title, So Paddy got up – an Arsenal anthology, later this year. The club will include the books in the membership packs they…
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