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&#8220;So, what do you do?&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m president of Echelon Press.&#8221;
&#8220;What&#8217;s that?&#8221;
&#8220;The greatest indy publisher in the business&#8221; ::smile::
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&#8220;You mean like James Patterson?&#8221;
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