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			<description>Features and blog posts by freelance writers Patricia and Steve Mansfield-Devine</description>
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			<copyright>WebVivant 2006</copyright>
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				<title>Let the tablet wars commence</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Google has an ideal tablet operating system and a huge investment in e-books. It could give the Apple iPad a run for its money, at least in the publishing world ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:07:25 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The iPad effect - loosening Amazon's grip</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ The book trade has long complained about Amazon's death-grip on prices and margins. Maybe the iPad has changed the balance of power ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:55:16 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Why the Apple iPad may be good news for self-publishers - and, perhaps, the death knell of Amazon's Kindle</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ And, perhaps, the death knell of Amazon's Kindle ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:48:27 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Creating e-books - part 2 - producing the e-book files</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ In Part 1 we covered e-book formats, services and a production workflow. Now let's look at a few issues concerned with actually creating the files. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:46:42 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Creating e-books - part 1 - The e-book is an important format - but how do you go about creating one?</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ The e-book is an important format - but how do you go about creating one? ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:17:37 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>E-books - the slow revolution: e-publishing is coming of age and it's time to put the e-book first</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ It's been fun dismissing the e-book as a gimmick. Now we must embrace it as the format of the future. For self-publishers, it's time to put the e-book first ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:40:20 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>What's a banker worth? Is there anyone who really believes that bankers are brilliant people worth paying huge salaries?</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Is there anyone who really believes that bankers are brilliant people worth paying huge salaries? ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:35:46 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>A short walk in the snow - a few photos of the local landscape</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ A few photos of the local landscape ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:10:24 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>A guide to French drivers - useful tips about driving in France for Brits and other ex-pats</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Useful tips about driving in France for Brits and other ex-pats ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:42:04 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>PETA or PITA? I'll shoot an animal for every unsolicited email I get from these animal rights activists</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ If PETA keeps sending me emails, I'll shoot an animal for every one I receive.* ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:30:10 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>E-book revolution gathers pace</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ The move towards digital publishing is happening on all fronts - even though some people aren't getting the message ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:47:44 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Self-publishing or direct publishing? As self-publishing loses its stigma, maybe it's time for a new name</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Now that self-publishing is becoming respectable, maybe it's time for a new name ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:25:28 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Self-publishing: tax matters - getting the IRS to issue an ITIN for non-US residents</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ Most POD services are based in the US, and that can cause tax complications for those authors who aren't. Here's what I did about it ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:46:14 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Going Rouge - the web way: new book about Sarah Palin is a good example of the new web-based publishing model</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ A new book about Sarah Palin is a good example of the speed afforded by new web-based publishing models ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:22:39 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Death of the bookshop: good for the planet?</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ With the e-book revolution gathering pace, maybe it's time to ask whether the fondness some of us have for the printed book is ecologically justifiable ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:33:57 -0600</pubDate>
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