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Happy Thanksgiving: the words of Wilbur Cross

It was Charlie Floto, publisher of Sextant: The Magazine for Heath/Zenith Computer Users, who gave me my first professional publishing job in 1982 and who first showed me that "Publisher" is the best and coolest of all possible job titles. I remain grateful

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space power

the power of myth; the myth of asymmetry; the myth of peace; and the power of Pandas

Another busy week here at Nimble Books as I continue to reinvent myself at age 59 1/2. This week combined classic publishing activities--acquisition, copy editing, and marketing--with algorithmic ones--sales modeling using Python's pandas module. The power of myth I received the manuscript for

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Coalition of the Willing ... in Space?

That's my slightly tongue-in-cheek way of announcing the availability of Coalition Space Operations: Exploring New Paths For Allied Partnership, the next in Nimble's series of public domain books related to Space Power. This reproduction of a thesis submitted to the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,

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General Index to the Manhattan District History

There is no single element that is a more useful part of a reference series than a general index. There is no one who knows the content of a publication

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Amazon Halo: Many Questions!

After a week with it, I love my Amazon Halo Band, but I have many questions! Here are a few. I want to tell my doctors about it--is there a physician-facing website that I can point them to? How can mental health professionals work

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History of the Mk 25 Warhead: Code Name DING DONG, Atomic Warheads for Air Defense

The marketplace for books about military history is crowded with an abundance of titles about every weapon system ever built, from trireme to Tiger tank, but, ironically, is almost deserted

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The Pandemic Playbook from Nimble Public Domain

Playbook For Early Response To High-Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats And Biological Incidents In March 2020 POLITICO reported that after the Ebola outbreak in 2014, the Obama Administration's National Security

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Rapid Heritage: An Accelerated Publishing Program for United States Space Force

The thriving print and digital publishing ecosystem around military history and strategy has historically played an important role for each of the United States armed services, not just in terms of professional education, but also by intriguing young people; inspiring public respect for our

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Congratulations President Mrphlplsxb

Congratulations President Mrphlplsxb ..at this writing the outcome still hasn't been determined, although it's looking like Biden. Wish this wasn't happening at all? Thrill to what might have been by rehashing THE MUELLER MEMOS from Nimble Public Domain -- the first volume of "

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Unboxing my Amazon Halo Band

First mild bump: I don't seem to be able to charge it via the USB hub I have connected to my Mac. Had to randomly plug charger into another Amazon

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ZerothDraft for LinkedIn; new contract; new book; new font

Welcome ZerothDraft prospects! You have just been added to this Nimble Books mailing list because you expressed interest in trying out this new tool which harvests your social media posts and creates a ready-to-edit book manuscript. I create a test book, then send it

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the PT boat navy; nuclear weapons galore; Space Force; try Zeroth Draft free

It's been a busy week at Nimble HQ, with quite a lot of work done and some interesting new ideas and opportunities emerging. Artifacts and Beyond I made a handshake

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Biden, Book Marketing, Scorpion, Voynich

New article from Nimble author this weekend: How Biden Flubbed Town Hall Foreign Policy Question by Nicolas J.S. Davies appearing at CommonDreams.org. Sandy's BLOOD ON OUR HANDS: THE AMERICAN INVASION AND DESTRUCTION OF IRAQ (Nimble, 2010) has stood the test of time

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Steele Dossier; detecting landscape in Python

New from Nimble public domain: the Steele Dossier Corroboration Spreadsheet for handy reference in durable 11 x 8.5 case laminate. https://amzn.to/2H8Ead3 This is a printed version of a 94-page spreadsheet compiled by the FBI during its effort to corroborate the

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Nimble Diary 10/14

Another new public domain title appearing in the Amazon catalog: The Navy's Nuclear Power Plant in Antarctica: Final Operating Report for the PM-3A Nuclear Power Plant, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Antarctica has been a pet interest of mine for decades--I have always enjoyed reading about