• The future is for marketers

    Updated: 2012-09-28 20:16:55
    When I started building web sites as a business back in the last decade, creating a site that scaled required either a giant engineering team combined with expensive hardware, or some advanced level of genius intellect. Today, the market demands solutions that both work and scale. Whats the use in creating a hit iPhone app… Continue reading →

  • Easy Statistical Analysis with Statwing (for free)

    Updated: 2012-09-26 22:40:10
    Here is a little tool I’ve been playing around with this week — Statwing. It is a web based tool for doing statistical analysis. Just copy & paste your csv (or upload a spreadsheet) and view your results right away. This tool is brand new and right now the accounts are free. Future updates should… Continue reading →

  • Details Of The Moth Short Story Prize Announced

    Updated: 2012-09-26 15:43:15
    The Moth magazine has released details of its latest short story competition. The competition is open to everyone who has written an original and previously unpublished work. There is no word limit and no theme. The first prize is €1,000 and the second prize is a week-long writing retreat at Circle of Misse in France. [...]

  • How to get free DNS & CDN with CloudFlare

    Updated: 2012-09-20 17:26:34
    Here is a new service I have been testing out — CloudFlare. It gives you DNS, a global CDN, hacker/spammer/threat blocking, and some basic analytics, for free. If you run a web business you know you can spend thousands of dollars a month on that stuff. The catch? If you want some additional features to… Continue reading →

  • The Blog is Dead, Long Live the Blog

    Updated: 2012-09-18 22:35:13
    I’m back! I launched Web Publishing Blog 7 years ago. I was a lot younger. I knew what direction I was going in, but not quite how to get there. Billions upon billions of ad impressions and tens of millions of dollars later (most back in the pockets of other publishers, and ad networks, more… Continue reading →

  • Walker Books To Distribute Little Island Titles

    Updated: 2012-09-14 09:00:44
    Little Island, the children’s and young adult publisher founded by former Irish Children’s Laureate Siobhán Parkinson, has agreed a distribution deal with Walker Books UK. The deal, which comes into force in early 2013 covers both the UK and global export territories. Parkinson said ‘We are thrilled with this partnership, which opens up a huge [...]

  • Easons Acquires Argosy

    Updated: 2012-09-07 09:04:13
    In a move that will radically increase the company’s position in the Irish wholesale book sector, Easons has acquired the Argosy wholesale & distribution business. According to a letter sent to publishers, Group Head of Commercial Trading at Eason, Keith Butler wrote, ‘Eason have taken the initiative of asking the Competition Authority to review the arrangements as [...]

  • Competition Authority moves after Eason’s acquires rival – The Irish Times – Wed, Sep 05, 2012

    Updated: 2012-09-05 10:12:14
    The Competition Authority is investigating the acquisition by book retailer Eason of rival book wholesaler Argosy signed by the two companies on August 27th. The competition body is contacting businesses in the book trade seeking information to understand how the industry works and to see if there are concerns about Eason’s takeover. Eason’s purchase of [...]

  • Walker Books Creates Irish Language Imprint

    Updated: 2012-09-04 10:00:00
    In a move supported by Forfas na Gaeilge, Walker Books has started an Irish language imprint, Walker Eireann, and will publisher four titles later this month. The list will features titles written and illustrated by Irish authors and illustrators. The first four titles are Stiúcaí Stiúgtha (The Ravenous Beast) by Niamh Sharkey, Ar Strae Beagán (A Bit Lost) [...]

  • Briefly Noted | Apple, publishers offer antitrust concessions – source | Reuters

    Updated: 2012-09-03 09:31:51
    Reuters – Apple and four major publishers have offered to allow retailers such as Amazon to sell e-books at a discount for two years in a bid to end an EU antitrust investigation and stave off possible fines, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. The EU antitrust watchdog opened an investigation into [...]

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