Updated: 2012-06-18 18:34:29
A recent piece in the NY Times, You for Sale: Mapping, and Sharing, the Consumer Genome about database marketing monster Acxiom revealed such scary facts such as “..its database contains information about 500 million active consumers worldwide, with about 1,500 data points per person.” Acxiom may well have 1,500 data points on 500 million individuals, [...]
Updated: 2012-06-18 09:40:38
Irish author Sebastian Barry has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his novel On Canaans Side. Mr Barry becomes the third recipient of the award, which forms part of the Borders Book Festival in Melrose. via BBC News – Sebastian Barry wins Walter Scott literary prize for On Canaans Side.
Updated: 2012-06-17 14:45:23
An interesting piece on Eason from the Sunday Independent this weekend. Of note is the dramatic loss in sales from the migration of much of the passenger footfall to Terminal 2 in Dublin Airprort, not doubt the fall in Eason’s sales will crop up more less in WH Smiths sales, given that they hold the locations in read more »
Updated: 2012-06-15 19:37:43
O’Brien Press is seeking a highly-organised, sales-driven person to help run a busy sales office, as part of our sales and marketing team, reporting to the Managing Director. Responsibilities include preparing and distributing sales materials for national and international sales teams, handling orders and providing support for key clients, as well as book trade communications read more »
Updated: 2012-06-15 11:19:21
Penguin Ireland has acquired Niamh Boyce’s debut novel, The Herbalist, for publication in 2013. Boyce won the Hennessy XO New Irish Writer of the Year award in 2012 and she has been shortlisted for the Francis McManus Short Story competition 2011, the Hennessy Literary Awards 2010, the Molly Keane Award 2010 and the WOW Award read more »
Updated: 2012-06-14 20:00:30
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Updated: 2012-06-08 16:56:56
I can’t be the only one that is getting sick of Firefox’s relentless updates breaking plugins. Unfortunately for Firefox, their outcome is almost certain. Between Android on mobile and Chrome on the desktop, Google’s trajectory indicates a near certain domination of the browser market share. If Firefox’s user experience continues to be a let down [...]
Updated: 2012-06-08 10:49:57
This is a writer unafraid of the graveside, or the bedside, of filling the space of the story to the brim. Large events happen in small lives – people die, for a start, they fall in and out of love, they have children and affairs. The slow leaking of love out of a relationship is read more »
