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They were probably sick of me nominating every single book he wrote and were like, fine let her do it so she’ll shut up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54755d75e4b04f3a5af8f6e1/714fb8cb-979f-4283-98ce-afb97585b59a/Screen+Shot+2023-02-28+at+3.22.16+PM.png Blog - Stuck / Unstuck - Make it stand out I even made a landing page on the Books Inc website (that is still there somehow???) where you could buy ALL HIS BOOKS AT ONCE as a baby shower gift. 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