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Jul 23, 20 book country, penguins online community for selfpublished authors, plans to launch a bookstore where authors can sell their ebooks directly. In 2011, the online writing and publishing community book country was launched as a subsidiary of penguin group usa. To enter, individuals must, during the competition period, visit. Looking to support and develop writers of genre fiction, penguin is launching a public beta of book country, a free online writing community and publishing services venture.
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