Eoin PurcellOne day sales of: 45,000 in the UK, 1964 in IrelandI’m still a little in shock! That is one day sales! Chris Paolini’s Brisingr the third in his Inheritence Cycle was released on 20 September 2008 and sold 1964 units that day in...
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Eoin PurcellInspired by a riffing im conversation with David Maybury it occurred to me that I might with some advantage, link back to some of my archive material and update my thoughts on the topic. Appropriately enough my first choice was this one on...
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Eoin PurcellThe EndFollowing a fairly decent survey article in New York Magazine (written by Boris Kachka) there has been considerable navel gazing and echoes of, “It’s all over, publishing is doomed!” Like this one from Wired:Fifteen...
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Eoin PurcellPleasant NotesI spent some time on Amazon today and stumbled across some wonderful notes on Billy O’Callaghan’s really excellent collection, In Exile which we released in June:Each story in this book is a literary gem. The style,..
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Eoin PurcellOvernight success: thoughts from an agent, Kristin Nelson to be exact.HereThe Sony eReader, a sellout by all account. I tried my best to get one of these for free, I may just have to stump the cash up and buy one!HereTor.com has progressed...
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