His first couple of books were released by a small press, with a print run of just a few thousand copies.
As a small press, it moves nimbly and purposefully, carefully weighing what it publishes and how its limited resources are best used to promote its titles and authors.
The series took more than a decade to travel to the U.S., where the first four books were published by a small press, Open City Books, and sold modestly.
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Xerox figured out how to let everyone be a one-button printer, and killed the small printing press manufacturers.
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The problems of South Korea's small firms receive less press coverage than those of the big ones.
The sample size is small and biased toward press who prefer to use personal Gmail accounts over professional addresses.
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Many readers will recall how, 40 or 50 years ago, children were warned about the uncle with "wandering hands", the local flasher who hung around the playground or the PE teacher who took particular pleasure in getting small boys to do naked press-ups (that happened at my school).
The other thing that makes the press vulnerable is the small size of the advertising market.
On Sunday, 6 February, the Secretary-General held a press briefing with a small group of journalists before departing for New York, where he arrived mid-afternoon the same day.
To press their case further, small businesses are banding together.
The BBC's Ben Ando, outside the central London hospital, says there is a small police presence and members of the press from around the world have gathered near the entrance.
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The former state lobbying executive director said governors and legislatures focus on new ethics laws in press conferences, while the small stuff that foster what Cuomo as attorney general had called a "culture of corruption" goes untouched.
The reality is this: no matter how big or small a star may be, having the press corps on your side will not only buy you mentions but also, and perhaps more significantly, ensure you continue to shine.
And they are published by small, sharp-eyed firms: Soft Skull Press in America and Serpent's Tail in Britain.
For ardent gun-control advocates, it is an opportunity to press for a binding effort to reduce small-arms stocks around the world.
Most newspapers printed dispatches sent by wire services such as the Associated Press, which extrapolated widespread fear from small numbers of scattered, anecdotal accounts.
The approach of Lady Warnock, Mr Cameron and "a small group of parents" has been criticised in press adverts by organisations and individuals concerned with special educational needs.
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"The thing that made the first year so easy is the women's lives were very simple and their problems were very small, " says Cherry at the Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles, explaining the creative decision he claims to have borrowed from ABC's Lost.
After the latest serious accident when seven people were injured after a cable car slammed to an unexpected stop after hitting a small bolt in the track The Associated Press obtained through a public records request a listing of cable car-related legal settlements over the last three years.
Privately-owned newspaper publishers Scottish Provincial Press has confirmed it has made a "small number" of redundancies to help cut costs.
His press conference the day after the election was a small start.
Press Ganey admits that survey sample sizes sometimes are too small and says a minimum of 30 responses for an ER is necessary to draw meaningful conclusions from its data.
There's a small problem, but one that was blown out of proportion by the press.
If we can accomplish that in some small measure, we can help ensure the future of a vibrant free press.
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Sure enough, today's the 27th, and Microsoft's issued a press release explaining the pricing for Office 365 ProPlus, Midsize Business and Small Business Premium.
On Friday, the head of Delta Air Lines voiced his opposition to allowing small knives on planes in a letter to TSA Administrator John Pistole obtained by The Associated Press.
The Conservative Peter Bone and allies want seven hours set aside to debate the amendments on the press, and it's quite possible the debate may extend into the small hours - so pity Labour MP Lilian Greenwood, who has an adjournment debate on benefit changes in Nottingham at the end of business.
The Ustream live broadcast of the Tiger Woods press conference was a huge event, but it attracted 683, 000 viewers, small potatoes in comparison.
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Ordinarily, all of the remaining perfect teams at this time of year are bunched together at the top of the polls. (Save for small-conference teams like 13-0 Murray State, which is 20th in the Associated Press poll.) But this year, 12-0 Louisville is No. 4, behind once-beaten Ohio State and Kentucky.
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"Nothing could be less content-neutral than doing self-help law, " says Stephen Elias, associate publisher at Nolo Press, a privately held Berkeley, Calif. book and software company that publishes WillMaker, Small Business Legal Pro and other self-help guides.
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