“First-time novelists have a tough row to hoe. Our publishers don’t have a lot of promotional budget to throw at unknown factors like us. Mostly, we rise and fall based on word-of-mouth.”

—  Cory Doctorow , book Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

"A note about this book, January 9, 2003
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