• Kindles On The Floor In Hodges Figgis

    Updated: 2012-11-29 19:14:07
    The Waterstones deal with Amazon to sell Kindle’s in the chain’s bookstores has stretched all the way into one of Ireland’s oldest and best known bookstore, Hodges Figgis, which is located on Dawson Street. The beloved retailer of print books boasts posters using Pride & prejudice to promote the new devices as well as a [...]

  • Search As A Service With Searchify

    Updated: 2012-11-23 18:26:34
    How much is search worth? In September of this year job search engine Indeed.com was purchased by a Japanese company for a price estimated to be around $1 billion. Right now you can utilize search-as-a-service with Searchify, starting at $0 a month. The link between the two companies is Searchify’s founder, Chris Lamprecht, one of… Continue reading →

  • The effect of debt driven consumption on online advertising

    Updated: 2012-11-16 21:19:58
    It has been a busy past few weeks, I am a little behind on my writing. Yesterday afternoon I cracked open Ray Kurzweil’s new book “How to Create a Mind.” As expected, it is full of absolutely brilliant and well articulated writing. A blog post for that book is upcoming, so I wanted to clear… Continue reading →

  • Eason To Launch The Eason Leaf Ereader

    Updated: 2012-11-16 14:00:43
    Eason is to begin selling a new branded ereader, the Eason Leaf. The device will cost €99 and the company boasts it will store thousands of books and has weeks of battery life. It will be released in early December according to the company. The touchscreen device will have a 6-inch E ink screen and will [...]

  • Hachette Ireland Seeking Publicity Manager

    Updated: 2012-11-10 00:16:28
    Interesting job on offer from Hachette Ireland: We are seeking an experienced and influential publicist to gain the widest possible audience for our fantastic titles.  Reporting to the Group MD Publishing and PR, you will be responsible for the strategy and implementation of promotional campaigns within Ireland, for both our Hachette Books Ireland titles and [...]

  • Penguin Random House Will Have 22% Of Irish Market

    Updated: 2012-11-07 08:46:09
    Figures from Nielsen Bookscan make clear that the soon to be merged Penguin Random House group will have a huge share of the Irish Market. The combined group will include the Irish imprints of the two companies, Penguin Ireland and Transworld Ireland. However Penguin, Random House and Random owned Transworld also have significant sales in Ireland. These sales [...]

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