Irish Top Ten Week Ending 28/07/2012 & Week Ending 21/07/2012
It is possible, that we have just passed the high point of Fifty Shades Of Grey in the Irish market. The week ending 28th July saw sales of the series drop by 20.2% from 46,843 in the week ending 2st...
View ArticleBriefly Noted | Apple, publishers offer antitrust concessions – source | Reuters
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...
View ArticleGill & Macmillan Launch New Range of Mini eCookbooks
Taking advantage of flexible digital platforms, Gill & Macmillan has launched a series of new ‘bite-sized’ ecooksbooks based on their newly released Sophie Kooks by Sophie Morris. The monthly...
View ArticleEason To Launch The Eason Leaf Ereader
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...
View ArticleKindles On The Floor In Hodges Figgis
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...
View ArticleJournalist Joe Jackson Self Publishes Exclusive Ebooks
Journalist Joe Jackson has started self-publishing ebooks featuring interviews and articles on some of the major figures of Irish music, culture and politics. The first five feature, Gabriel Byrne, The...
View ArticleHughes & Hughes Selling Kobo Ereaders
Kobo Glo in H&H St Stephen’s Green Hughes & Hughes booksellers has signed a deal with ebook retailer Kobo that will see the bookseller selling ereaders in their bookstores this Christmas....
View ArticleSearches For Ereaders And Tablets Are Spiking In Ireland
The Google Trends graph below shows the dramatic spike in searches for ereaders and tablets in Ireland over the past few weeks and months. Blue = Kindle Green = Google Nexus Gold = iPad (excl mini) Red...
View ArticleGood Context On Kobo | Playing to Win International Ebook Wars
Kobo Glo in H&H St Stephen’s Green With the news that Kobo is to hire 30 people in Ireland, many people were waking up to this Amazon competitor for the first time. Here at Irish Publishing News,...
View ArticleBooksales Down In Ireland
Nieslen has released figures on the Irish Consumer market for the year to date showing that book sales have fallen quite markedly since last year. According to the book information group the Irish...
View ArticleEasons Partners With Kobo
WORD FOR WORD PRESS RELEASE BELOW!! KOBO PARTNERS WITH LEADING BOOKSELLER EASON TO BRING ITS WORLD-CLASS DIGITAL READING PLATFORM TO IRELAND eReaders available in-stores this Christmas – perfect for...
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