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- ↑ "Industry Sales Post Modest '07 Gains", Publishers Weekly, April 7, 2008.
- ↑ "They're Back – Again and Again" by Daisy Maryles, Publishers Weekly, March 24, 2008.
- ↑ "Hardcover Old and New" by Dermot McEvoy and Michael Coffey, Publishers Weekly, March 23, 2009
- ↑ "Facts & Figures 2009 Revised". Publishers Weekly. April 5, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
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