What self-publishing can do for authors is to document the sales potential of a concept that traditional publishers may have missed.

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Crucially, there would be less need to document the sales process.

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The additional conditions include the consummation of a Plan of Reorganization by September 30, 2013, the resolution of the company's U.K. pension obligations, and the successful completion of all or a portion of the sales of Kodak's Document Imaging and Personalized Imaging businesses, as detailed in the agreement.

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