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Here are some spell-binding numbers for you Harry Potter fans and observers:

• 325 million - number of copies the first six books in the series have sold worldwide.
  
  
• 66 - number of languages Harry Potter books have been published in.
  
  
• 6.9 million - number of Half-Blood Prince copies sold in the 24 hours after it went on sale in 2005 (more than The Da Vinci Code sold th

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I've been reading Seth's Godin's great book, "All Marketers Are Liars." The subtitle offers a more accurate description of the contents: "The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World."

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I just added an audio track to my profile page called "6 Reasons to Self-Publish Your Own Book." Take a listen.

Also just posted a new video clip I did at BEA with Scott Ginsberg called "How to Make a Name for Yourself." Scott knows what he's talking about. He was just on ABC's "20/20" a couple of weeks ago.

Enjoy!

Bob Baker

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You've no doubt heard of Twitter. It's a relatively new social networking site that allows users to send short, 140-character messages to mobile phones or instant message applications. You can also read these messages on the Twitter web site. … Continue