Reading time: < 1 minute Irish author Ruth Dudley-Edwards has won the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction for Aftermath: the Omagh Bombing & the Families’ Pursuit of Justice (Harvill Secker). The judges praised “The historian and crime-novelist‘s detailed account of the successful struggle, with the assistance of lawyers, to achieve recognition of those responsible.”...
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Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes Book distributor CMD Booksource is closing its Irish operations effective 30 September. The company says that ‘the economic situation was such that … … was not possible’ to operate the business in Ireland profitably. Speaking about the news, Publishing Ireland President Jean Harrington said that she was...
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Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes A combination of Ghost Light sales slowing and Stieg Larsson hold steady means that Jospeh O’Connor‘s run at the top end of the charts is heading for an end. I’ll be interested to see how long he now stays in the top ten and whether nominations for any...
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Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes Summer Giveaway! Free stuff Read more… Amazon’s ebook milestone: digital sales outstrip hardbacks for first time in US Amazon sold more kindle ebooks than hardback books in the last three months Read more… A Look at Mexico City’s Book Kiosks Nice feature from Publishing Perspectives Read more… A...
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