Cool Tools on printing your own books


	Cool Tools on printing your own books

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4-27-2007 11:15 PM

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enbar says:

Kevin Kelley reviews several of the better "personal bookprinting" services. These are amazingly flexible and reasonable in price. You can even print your blog, if you want to.

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