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		<title>Books vs E-books: an unscientific survey</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At WebVivant Press, e-books - on the Kindle and Apple iBooks platforms - are greatly outselling paperback books.]]></description>
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		<title>A new home for the forum</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rather than a web-based forum, which seems an inappropriately clunky way of meeting up, we&#8217;ve now moved discussions to a Yahoo group. If you&#8217;re a writer based in the Grand Ouest and feel like a chat, join us at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grandouestauthors/]]></description>
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		<title>E-books first</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small presses and independent publishers should now be looking at an 'e-book first' strategy. It's the only thing that makes commercial sense.]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry in Normandy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 06:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘Crossing Points and Risks’ – a four day poetry course for seven participants led by Katherine Gallagher.]]></description>
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		<title>Great food on no money</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make Do &#038; Cook, a new cookery book by Patricia Mansfield-Devine, shows you how to create delicious and nutritious meals on the tightest budget.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Apple iPad has turned out to be pretty much what everyone expected. And, as foreseen, it has some serious implications for the publishing industry.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not about the hardware: Apple's announcement may herald a change in the way we create, buy and consume books and magazines]]></description>
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		<title>Right time for book boutiques?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The book retail chains are suffering in spite of pandering to celebrity titles. Maybe it's the right time to create web-based book boutiques catering to those with literary tastes.]]></description>
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		<title>Guide to the Menhirs and other Megaliths of Central Brittany</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This illustrated guidebook provides an invaluable resource for those fascinated by the mysterious relics of our prehistoric past]]></description>
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		<title>A Cat&#8217;s Eye View</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The illustrated story of an ex-pat cat in France - a children's book by Felicity Jane Laws ]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting times for e-books</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's plenty of evidence that e-books are taking off, yet there are still format issues to resolve and some publishers are still running scared]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the word out</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep up to date with what's happening at Grand Ouest Authors - the free networking group for book writers in North-West France]]></description>
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		<title>Writers of the Grand Ouest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This group aims to provide a network for writers in Brittany, Normandy and the Pays de la Loire.]]></description>
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