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The concept of repurposed extracts was inspired by an earlier penguin series produced in the mid1990s, the penguins 60 classics, which were extracts of classic texts published in a small book format at the time of penguins 60th anniversary. Identifying and collecting first editions shop for books. They are often longer than childrens picture books, sometimes 48 pages or more. Phrase searching you can use double quotes to search for a series of words in a particular order. Aug 10, 2001 why size matters cheap and chunky or lots of classy white space. Choose from 3 different page layouts, add captions to bring your story to. Blurb makes it easy for you to make a book or magazinein both print and digital formatsfor yourself, to share, or to sell.
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