And thanks to Kindle Direct Publishing, thousands of self-published authors have also been given an outlet to share their work with the millions of Kindle readers worldwide.

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"Since I got to the States, I have been working just to pay to live in a basement, " says Mr. Rios, who arrived in mid-December and shares the one-room space with five other foreigners who work at the same outlet.

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As the founders of Portrait Salon, Carole Evans and James O Jenkins write in the newspaper-style catalogue that accompanies the show, the idea began as an experiment and was not intended to upset or disrupt the Taylor Wessing, but to allow those whose work did not make the walls of the NPG another outlet.

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While Tumblr may alternately be used a blog for simply writing purposes, the majority of Tumblr accounts are highly photo based which makes the outlet the perfect option for companies and entrepreneurs that specialize in photography, graphic design, or fashion to work with.

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Bruns claims a staffing agency assigned him to work for Deepwater and his supervisor Pete Offenhauser gave him permission to recharge his phone on an office outlet.

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