The new blog ‘Irish Publishing News’ is an aggregating site for daily news and features on the Book industry in Ireland. One of its first threads has been a fascinating series (five parts) on Irish publishing, including a forensic straw-poll (if that’s a possibility) of opinions of how many sales its takes to be a top 1000 selling title in Ireland, compared with the real figures. A little over 1500 gets you in amongst the top 1000 it seems, and that’s a lot less than those polled imagined! The series reveals some familiar trends in terms of lowering average price sales putting pressure on the industry as a whole, and the dominance of the UK book trade. Highly recommended.
http://irishpublishingnews.com/2010/01/04/publishing-success-in-ireland-part-one/
