A pretty neat DRM solution
Eoin Purcell As far as DRM goes I knew it would be fun to have G&M’s Digital Development Manager blogging. For instance, here is part two of his series on DRM: Here’s how it works: 1. I visit a...
View ArticleFaber’s move into POD leads to great discussion
Eoin Purcell It is going on over at Fidra Books Vanessa posted a rather honest assessment of Faber’s POD move the other day: Perhaps I’m being wary for no reason. Perhaps they will just reissue the...
View ArticleLinks of Interest (At Least To Me) 04/07/2008
Eoin Purcell Kenny’s open a new book store in their new premises. COOL! Here A great review of The Making of the Irish Constitution, 1937, by Dermot Keogh and Andrew McCarthy in the DRB. I’m biased, I...
View ArticleA Spot of Conflicting Copyrights For Apple’s Apps Store Books
Eoin Purcell I don’t want to be a bore But this ebook and this one too, should not be for sale in Ireland for another 3 years at least, yet they are. I know, I just bought one from the Apple Apps Store...
View ArticleWhy I HATE One Dollar Orbit
Eoin Purcell OneDollarOrbit.com You might wonder why I hate something that is such good value. E-books of sci-fi books I am almost sure to enjoy for the startlingly low price of $1? Simply put, because...
View ArticleQuartet Press: One to watch
Eoin Purcell Start your engines If business models in publishing are to change and if people are to adopt digital over paper books as their main reading method (whether that be in ebook, online access...
View ArticleThere is literally too much digital news to know where to start
Eoin Purcell But start we must So how about with this piece from Crain’s New York about a new ebook publishing house (strangely sans website yet) OR Books. The house is run by, John Oakes and Colin...
View ArticleWriting4all.ie
Eoin Purcell UPDATE: Writing4all.ie have now updated their terms and conditions and I believe that the terms i referenced in this post have been erased. I am happy to say that they have been much more...
View ArticleTOCFrankfurt, now with controversy
UPDATE: I missed the comments by Sara Lloyd on Andrew Savikas’ post over at the TOC Community. Worth reading in context. They go a long way towards making sense of her comments. Also fits in with my...
View ArticleLinks of Interest (At Least to Me) 03/10/2009
In retrospect, this revised talk by Michael Tamblyn from Shortcovers at TOC Frankfurt was one of the most positive and enjoyable! Thankfully following some pressure on Twitter and such like, he put it...
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