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“The weakest link in the chain is also the strongest. It can break the chain.” — Stanislaw Lec

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A dangerous publisher : Barney Rossett
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– Tobias Smollett

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Comment from Kyle
Time: December 21, 2008, 7:47 pm

Michael Dirda wrote a nice piece on small presses in Book World today: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/19/AR2008121901592.html

Comment from jameshigham
Time: December 24, 2008, 1:25 am

I’m probably both halves. Merry Christmas.

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