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Not so Hot Off the Presses

The Guardian newspaper has an interesting story about what can happen when a book from a small publisher wins a prestigious literary award. This is apparently happening more often, as ec0nomic pressures are causing larger publishers to skip innovative/riskier books … Continue reading

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ISBN-UPC-EAN Lookups

If you are involved with the selection or ordering process, then you are very likely to be familiar with searching for items by the International Standard Book Number, or ISBN.  The newer, 13-digit ISBN is actually based on the European … Continue reading

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