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Penguin moves into self-publishing
Saw this in the Guardian yesterday.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/16/penguin-self-publishing?newsfeed=true
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Perhaps the US arm of the company is the trial, to see if it will work for the whole business.
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2011/11/book-country-fail.html
I set my marketing plan a few weeks ago and reckon I will stick to it.
Here's the link to Penguin's response to the criticisms levelled at this initiative. As I understand it, the books will have the Book Country logo.
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-self-published-authors-sharply-criticize-penguins-book-country/P0/
I hope your pastry is as crisp and flaky as ever!