David Gaughran talks about Crowdsourcing his latest self-published novel, A Storm Hits Valparaíso , through the recently created Irish website, Fund It. Self-publishers have lots of advantages over the traditional route: we are quick to market, we can price very competitively and still turn a profit, we can write (and publish) whatever we like, we read more »
Tesco Ireland is selling Amazon’s Kindle reader in store. The store is offering both the basic fourth generation Kindle wi-fi for €115 and the third generation Kindle keyboard with 3G or €195. The prices are only slightly more expensive than purchasing the device from the US Kindle store (as all Irish purchases must). The Kindle read more »
Tim Smyth, who managed of the Bookshop at Queens University in Belfast until it was closed earlier this year, has joined the Ulster Historical Foundation as Business Development Officer. Smyth will be responsible for increasing the organisations publication output, which currently includes around ten projects a year, promoting collaboration with other publishers as well as exploring new areas like read more »
Also announced at the Irish Book Awards shortlist event yesterday was the ten bookshop shortlist for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Bookshop of the Year: Ulster: Crannog Bookshop, Cavan Eason Letterkenny Munster: The Killarney Bookshop, Killarney Vibes & Scribes Bookshop, Cork Connacht: The Clifden Bookshop, Clifden Castle Book & Card Centre, Castlebar Leinster: Bridge Street Books, read more »
Penguin Ireland was the big winner in yesterday’s announcement of the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards Shortlists. The company received a total of 10 nominations (and John Murray, its sister imprint another) twice that of any of its rivals. The variety of Irish author’s nominated was impressive with Sebastian Barry, Neil Jordan, Derek Landy, Benjamin read more »
Speaking on RTÉ’s Today With Pat Kenny radio program Derek Hughes of Hughes & Hughes has condemned the decision to allow WH Smith enter the market in Dublin Airport by awarding them the contract for Terminal Two saying: ‘You also have WH Smith in T2 (Terminal Two) which I think is a shame. T2 should represent the read more »
The O’Brien Press has announced the acquisition of Dingle based Irish independent publisher Brandon Books. The move comes a year after Brandon’s founder, Steve MacDonogh, died suddenly, leaving the publisher leaderless. The deal includes the purchase of the Brandon name and a significant number, thought to be around half the existing list, of the publisher’s read more »