December 19th, 2009 by eoinpurcell
Yesterday I launched a new project on Green Lamp Media’s site, Irish Publishing News. It is a news aggregator of Irish publishers, authors, newspapers and other organisations in the book industry.
It is far from perfect and needs more hand crafting than I’d like on a daily basis, but with some fine tuning over the next few weeks, I hope to create a really useful resource for anyone interested in Irish Publishing.
I’d welcome input from any quarter on how to develop it further. If this first iteration works, I intend to put the full version live on its own website.
Eoin
Green Lamp Media
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December 17th, 2009 by eoinpurcell
I very much enjoyed the Digital Development’s seminar in Tallaght Library on 28 November. It was quite a daunting prospect for me as I had never spoken on my own for that long before, but people were very nice!
The panel discussion was great and I met some fascinating people during the breaks. Thanks to all the panelist who really brought commitment and great perspective to the discussion.
The great people at Children’s Books Ireland have now put the transcript and audio podcasts of the entire event.
I don’t like the sound of my own voice (at least not when hearing a recording of it!) but there is a lot in the discussion to ponder. Like this:
The main thing about this digital change and the thing we have to remember is that this is just part of a much bigger shift in society as a whole. And that is a shift that is engendered by cheaper technology. The technology, the cost of technology is dropping at a rapid rate.
And, not to blow my own trumpet:
I think ebooks is too restrictive a term. I think words, as opposed to synonym, because we are not in that game, words read on a screen is growing and will continue to grow. Whether that screen is these yolks (iphones) or those yolks (computers) is pretty immaterial at this point; it will be both.
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November 9th, 2009 by eoinpurcell
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I’m (through Green Lamp Media) working with the wonderful people at Children’s Books Ireland to make a Digital Developments Seminar happen in Tallaght Library on 28 November 2009. I’m really rather looking forward to it:
Digital Developments will focus on where digital changes have taken publishing so far and what further changes can be expected in the future. The seminar will also offer practical tools and strategies to authors, booksellers, and publishers alike, on how to take the next step into the world of digital and social media.
The half-day event will feature a keynote address from me and a panel discussion featuring Ivan O’Brien, Susan Carleton and Vanessa Robertson. It is going to be wonderful.
For more information visit the event page over at CBI.
I’m hoping that it will be practical, useful and focused on the real application of technology for authors, publishers and booksellers.
Eoin
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