For popular events, she lets users sign up for a wait list.

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But it was very much 'Sign up an author and wait two or three years for a manuscript, ' rather than saying, 'This is what we think doctors and nurses need, what the book should look like and what the content should be.

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You go to the table for your election district, sign in, and then wait while an election worker laboriously writes onto a paper form your voter identification information.

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Posterous hasn't revealed its plans, but it pledges to shortly reveal how users can export their content to Tumblr and other sites. (Lifehacker has published its own exporting method, for users who can't wait.) The company's interest in providing a way for its users to leave their platform is a sign that it's not committed to growing.

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