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		<title>Now available on Apple&#8217;s iBookstore!</title>
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The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design is now available on Apple&#8217;s iBookstore, so those of you with iPads can grab it directly from there if you prefer. (It&#8217;s available on Amazon&#8217;s Kindle store, too &#8212; the difference between buying from them or directly from us comes down to DRM, of course).
One of our Twitter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cooperativepress.com/2010/08/now-available-on-apples-ibookstore/</link>
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		<title>As seen on BookTour.com&#8230;</title>
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Check out this guest post by Cooperative Press author/owner Shannon Okey at BookTour.com about recent innovations in book promotion and how BookTour.com helped us promote The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design.
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		<title>The secrets are out&#8230;</title>
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We&#8217;re pleased to announce that Cooperative Press will be publishing Hunter Hammersen&#8217;s book Silk Road Socks. (Read her post on the agony of waiting to spill the beans here). Every time I see another sample knit from this book, my heart nearly explodes. I hope you will all love it just as much.
In addition, we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cooperativepress.com/2010/08/the-secrets-are-out/</link>
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		<title>To DRM or not to DRM&#8230;?</title>
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No question. If you order an ebook directly from Cooperative Press, unless otherwise stated (and believe me, there would have to be a lot of convincing on our end to get it to happen), there will NOT be DRM on the file. We say this now, clearly and for the record, because digital editions of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cooperativepress.com/2010/07/to-drm-or-not-to-drm/</link>
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		<title>Andrew Wylie, I love you.</title>
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From yesterday&#8217;s Financial Times:
The severing of ties between publisher Random House and Andrew Wylie, one of the world’s most powerful literary agents, left many executives fearing the showdown over e-book rights would lead to the death of the 500-year-old publishing business as it is known.
The split with the Bertelsmann-owned publisher was sparked by Mr Wylie’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cooperativepress.com/2010/07/andrew-wylie-i-love-you/</link>
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		<title>Why Your Favorite Indie Books Need You, by Diane Gilleland</title>
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Diane Gilleland writes about crafting, business, the internet, and other splendidly geeky things at CraftyPod.com. She&#8217;s also been known to publish an indie book or two herself, and today she&#8217;s written a guest post for Cooperative Press on a topic dear to our hearts&#8230;
Why Your Favorite Indie Books Need You
Stop me if you&#8217;ve heard this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Knitgrrl Guide To Professional Knitwear Design: AVAILABLE NOW!</title>
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If you preordered the book and want to help us get the word out, click here for a PDF that lists some easy ways you can help tell your friends about the Guide, such as using the #knitgrrlguide hashtag on Twitter. Thank you from the bottom of our heart for all your support during the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cooperativepress.com/2010/06/the-knitgrrl-guide-to-professional-knitwear-design-available-now/</link>
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		<title>Seeing the light</title>
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Two interesting recent articles from the New York Times:
Former Book Designer Says Good Riddance to Print
The killer quote (bolding mine): 
As someone who long reaped a paycheck from the sale of books, Mr. Mod isn’t looking at the transition with any form of glee. Instead, he argues that it doesn’t really matter which vessel we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cooperativepress.com/2010/05/seeing-the-light/</link>
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		<title>Miriam Felton: Twist &amp; Knit</title>
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Miriam Felton&#8217;s brilliant new book Twist &#38; Knit is being published by Cooperative Press this spring. You can preorder it on her website here (for the regular version) and here (for the limited edition, hand-bound version).
Every knitter knows the frustration of running out of yarn. This nagging fear is compounded when the yarn is one-of-a-kind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cooperativepress.com/2010/05/miriam-felton-twist-knit/</link>
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		<title>Call for submissions: Fresh Designs</title>
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Cooperative Press is publishing a new series called Fresh Designs. We are seeking pattern submissions from designers of all experience levels for books on the following topics: shawls, scarves, hats, mittens and gloves, kids, sweaters, home, designs for men, toys and bags. Each book will consist of 10 patterns, except the 11th book in the [...]]]></description>
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