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		benj111 on June 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “The books will stop working.” Yes, I believe Charles Dickens was the first to near simultaneously publish in both the UK and US. Cant imagine the US letting other countries get away with that now.

foobar1962 on June 28, 2019 [–]

A story I heard about Dickens was him landing in the US and finding his latest book already in print there, unauthorised.

benj111 on June 28, 2019 | [–]

That's what I heard, so for his next book.....

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