March 27, 2008

Publisher's Desk For March 26th
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UH OH - ARE YOU WAITING FOR YOUR BOOK TO BE ADDED TO FREEBOOKEXCERPTS.COM?
We had a burp and some submissions were eaten by the system. If you don't see your book there yet, please resubmit. Go to http://www.freebookexcerpts.com/ and click "Submit Book." We apologize profusely for this inconvenience.

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