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Dan Goncharoff thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Sun Jan 13 23:21:02 UTC 2013


I always thought newspapers went to press, but books went to print. Am
I mistaken?
DanG


On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Agent: "Where's the dedication?"
> Author: "I didn't think you'd notice."
> Agent: "I'm paid to notice. Where is it?"
> Author: "I haven't thought about the dedication, yet."
> Agent:  "Well, think about it! We're ready to go to _print_!"
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> Remember when publications went to _press_?
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> <sigh!>
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> -Wilson
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