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by Don Lafferty on December 18, 2009 I spent yesterday bouncing between publishers and agencies like a pinball, doing what I do; helping authors and publishers find their readers. One publisher at a time. One person at a time. One conversation at time. One convert at a time. The usual for me. Except things feel different now. From my first cup of coffee to my last office party lager, the discussions were wrapped around the ...
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Like many teenagers, I went through a brief shoplifting phase, pilfering a Maybelline Kissing Potion, a pack of Adams Sour Apple Gum and, as my final heist, a Toffifay candy bar. But I never would've considered stealing a book. Books, I believed, were sacred. Illustration by Enric Jard Apparently, not everyone shares this idea. With the recession, shoplifting is on the rise, according to booksellers. At BookPeople ...
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