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		<title>The Unconventional Guide to Publishing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I gave a talk at a conference called “The World Domination Summit,” in part because my friend and client Chris Guillebeau was hosting it, but also because I make it a point never to miss out on a conference where dominating the world is the stated intent. That’s no time to be on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon to Book Publishers: &#8220;Frenemies?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just heard via Publishers Marketplace that Amazon is including a number of titles in its new Kindle Lending program without either the author or publishers&#8217; consent. Beyond that, Amazon is including titles from publishers they approached about the program and who explicitly refused to take part. If you&#8217;re not familiar with the just launched program, it allows members of Amazon&#8217;s Prime service to &#8220;borrow&#8221; one ebook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Terrific Review for The Con</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations go out again to James Munton and Jelita McLeod, who just received another terrific review for their book The Con, out now from Rowman &#038; Littlefield. This one is from ForeWord, which calls the book &#8220;extremely thorough and timely&#8221; and says &#8220;For each scenario, the authors describe a con by using a fictional character [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin Mitnick on The Colbert Report last night</title>
		<link>http://launchbooks.com/newsandnotes/?p=67</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ghost in the Wires]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a huge fan of Stephen Colbert and think he&#8217;s one of the sharpest, funniest people on television these days, so needless to say I was very excited when Kevin Mitnick was booked as a guest on The Colbert Report to talk about his book Ghost in the Wires. Where else are you going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toward a Better Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congratulations!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toward a Better Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations go out to Peter Coan, who just received a starred review in Library Journal for his wonderful forthcoming book Toward a Better Life. Toward a Better Life is a fascinating oral history covering more than 120 years of the American immigrant experience. These are the true stories of immigrants told in their own words [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ghost in the Wires reviewed by the New York Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ghost in the Wires]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations(!) to Kevin Mitnick and William L. Simon, as the New York Times just reviewed their incredible, about to be published book, Ghost in the Wires, the no holds barred account of Kevin&#8217;s life in hacking and his time spent on the run from the FBI, the NSA, and police departments in three different states. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Con gets reviewed by PW</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congratulations!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Con]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations(!) go out to James Munton and Jelita McCleod, whose book The Con: How Scams Work, Why You&#8217;re Vulnerable, and How to Protect Yourself will be published next month by Rowman &#038; Littlefield and just received a terrific review over at Publisher&#8217;s Weekly: Career magician and identity theft expert Munton teams with writer McLeod to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Things You Would Have Said trailer</title>
		<link>http://launchbooks.com/newsandnotes/?p=63</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JustÂ  saw this terrific trailer for Jackie Hooper&#8217;s forthcoming The Things You Would Have Said from Hudson Street Press.]]></description>
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		<title>Hell on Two Wheels Reviewed in the Wall Street Journal</title>
		<link>http://launchbooks.com/newsandnotes/?p=62</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hell on Two Wheels]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations(!) to Amy Snyder, whose Hell on Two Wheels received a terrific review in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend. The reviewer calls it an &#8220;engrossing account&#8221; and says: Since its inception in 1982, only 200 people have finished the route within the 12 days allotted. By contrast, Ms. Snyder notes, more than 3,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPR Picks Ghost in the Wires as One of Summer&#8217;s High Fliers</title>
		<link>http://launchbooks.com/newsandnotes/?p=61</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t wait until Kevin Mitnick&#8217;s forthcoming memoir Ghost in the Wires finally hits the shelves later this Summer and it looks like NPR thinks you&#8217;ll enjoy it as well. NPR highlights some of the Summer&#8217;s most anticipated fiction and non-fiction coming out this Summer and Ghost in the Wires made the list. The reviewer [...]]]></description>
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