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- ↑ "Marcus Leaver Returns to Publishing with Gemini Books Group". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ↑ "In the UK: Marcus Leaver Announces Gemini Books Group". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
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- ↑ ‘LEAVER, Marcus Edward’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
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