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As the digital tempest batters the publishing industry, a group of hardy navigators have taken up a call for “Manifestos For The Future Of The Book Business,” and their 500-word essays are beacons of potential in uncertain days.

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At the fresh, nubile stage of 17 weeks knocked up, here’s what I know about pregnancy and Facebook: people expect you to announce that your womb is occupado, get your 87 Likes and ‘OMG Congratz!!!!’ comments; then sit down, shut up, quietly grow a human being, and don’t mention it again until it pops out.

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I am a senior with four years of inflated world-class university schooling under my belt, and this is my shameless proclamation of post-teen, post-tolerant, collegiate angst.