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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 26/06/2024

So, so, SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!! Preorder time: lets.shopbooksweet.com/item/KD-jsAr... 📚💙 #indiebookstore

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The Cartoonists Club

A Graphic Novel

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

If you're digging the Marvel vs. DC Omnibus cover art @jimlee.bsky.social shared today, just putting it out there that you can absolutely pre-order from us (or your local comic / bookshop). JLAssemble! lets.shopbooksweet.com/item/jnrY0tS...

New cover art for the Marvel vs. DC Omnibus, featuring Superman downstage-center and a slew of heroes from both universes duking it out all around him.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

This week! The new editions of Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series begin making their way into our world. lets.shopbooksweet.com/lists/L4AZ4n...

Book cover: new edition of Terry Pratchett's "The Color of Magic"

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 08/04/2024

Just announced! TRUE GRETCH by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, coming July 9. Get those preorders in! booksweetlink.com/truegretch #annarbor #shoplocal #indiebookstore #puremichigan #biggretch

Cover of True Gretch by Gretchen Whitmer, in which the author stands with her arms crossed wearing a black jacket, looking hardcore

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

apropos of some things, libraries are the best, librarians are the best, borrow as many books as you want from the library, fund libraries, thank you

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

We heard Kelly Bishop has a memoir coming up and immediately put in a request for an in-store reading. Repost if you want to see Emily Gilmore in Ann Arbor. 💙📚 Preorder The Third Gilmore Girl: lets.shopbooksweet.com/item/gQpiPqS...

Book cover: The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop.

Kelly Bishop in a red shirt smiles lightly as she sits at a white table with her hand under her chin.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 10/03/2024

We had such a GREAT time with @lucyknisley.bsky.social Saturday afternoon at Ann Arbor District Library! Booksweet has🖋️signed🖋️ copies of Ride Beside Me -- stop by the shop or order online at booksweetlink.com/lucy (And remember -- 20% of sales today, 3/10, benefit Planned Parenthood of Michigan!)

Lucy Knisley stands outside Booksweet holding a copy of Ride Beside Me

Lucy on stage at the Ann Arbor district library playing a ukelele

Lucy standing beside a bright blue box with a yellow handle, in the middle of which is a page from Ride Beside Me mounted on a board. She is preparing to turn the page by changing out the board.

A table with a bright yellow table cloth and a small banner reading "Lucy Knisley" in colorful letters. We can also see an early copy of her next book "Woe," featuring comics about her orange cat Linney, with a small sign saying "Coming out in July!" Also visible are an art box and several prints.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

It's your favorite day of the week! We've got new releases for a variety of tastes, including the latest from Booksweet reader favorites Xochitl Gonzalez, Brandon Sanderson, and @katiecandraw.bsky.social! Browse in store or at booksweetlink.com/nrt #newreleasetuesday #indiebookstore #bookbirthday

1. A stack of new release fiction and poetry books. Top to bottom: Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon, Modern Poetry by Diane Seuss, Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez, The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez, Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi, The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black, The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson, and The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov.

2. Two smaller stacks of books on a table with a turquoise chair in the background. In the left foreground, from top to bottom, are The Encanto's Daughter by Melissa de la Cruz, The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randell, and The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught. To the right side and slightly behind the first stack are All is Nat Lost by Maria Scrivan, Making Friends: Together Forever by Kristen Gudnuk, Evil Spy School: The Graphic Novel by Stuart Gibbs, Big Nate: This Means War by Lincoln Peirce, Free Period by Ali Terese, and Sona and the Golden Beasts by Rajani Larocca.

3. Two manga volumes side by side: Tezucomi volumes 1 and 2

4. A display prominently featuring Nothing Special by Katie Cook.

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Shaun Manning @fasterthanshaun.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

If you like what we're doing at @shopbooksweet.bsky.social, we would certainly appreciate a nomination: airtable.com/appILqnpqWRh... 💙📚

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

Join us on Friday, Friday, March 29 from 7-8 pm for a special author reading to raise funds for the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) at the University of Michigan. For more details and to register: www.eventbrite.com/e/8508255812...

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 19/02/2024

We had so much fun with you all at our Red, White, & Royal Blue book chat this weekend! Let's keep the Casey McQuiston love rolling! Pre-order and pre-pay for Casey's next book The Pairing and get 10% off with promo code CASEYFAN: booksweetlink.com/caseyfan

Graphic design featuring cover art for Casey McQuiston's book, The Pairing.

Text: This week only, through Friday, 2/23, get 10% off your pre-paid pre-order of Casey McQuiston's New Book, The Pairing.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

Black History Month = Every Month! Booksweet's Black History reading list brings together incredible non-fiction, fiction, and poetry about Black experiences in the U.S., with an emphasis on works written by Black authors. Browse in store or online: booksweetlink.com/bhm #BlackHistoryMonth

Display of books for Black History Month at Booksweet. Visible are "To Boldly Go," a picturebook about Nichelle Nichols; "Justice for All," a picturebook about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; the picturebooks "I am Ruby Bridges" and "I am Jackie Robinson;" "Coretta," a picturebook about Coretta Scott King; "History Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin;" "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison; "Homie" by Danez Smith; "The Color of Law" by Richard Rothstein; and others.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

You’re all going to want this booksweetlink.com/weirdmedieval #indiebookstore #shoplocal #annarbor #medieval

Book propped upright. It's Weird Medieval Guys by Olivia M Swarthout. Prominent images are an illustration of a man awkwardly riding a horse while twisting his neck fully backwards to look up at the sky at a bat or something. There is also a beast with the top half of a cat and the bottom half a snail.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Readers, meet Martha, the newest member of Team Booksweet! In this week's shop eNews, get to know Martha, get the scoop on lively January events to keep the grey gloom at bay, and dive into the 2023 Booksweet Family Bookstack! mailchi.mp/shopbookswee...

Martha holds a stack of her favorite books in one of her favorite sections at Booksweet (YA).

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Congrats to all the recipients of the James Patterson bookseller holiday bonus, including our shop manager Zoe!

Banner image featuring author James Patterson on the left side leaning over what looks to be a huge book, beside the text "James Patterson Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program." On the other side of the text are images of cookies, pies, and a pine cone.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

You there, reader! Don't miss the fun of #newreleasetuesday, featuring a new Cat Kid, the latest from Nita Prose, and more! Stop by Booksweet our browse the latest releases online: booksweetlink.com/newreleases

Meme format, four scenes split into two image files.

Part one (top of first image): Michael Caine as Scrooge in A Muppet Christmas Carol calls down from his window to a young bunny child from. "You there, boy! What day is it?"

Part two: (bottom of first): Scrooge's shadow is in the foreground while far below the bunny child, standing in snow, calls back up to him. "It's release day for Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers!"

Meme format, four scenes split into two image files.

Part 3 (top of second image): Scrooge, smiling, says "Then I haven't missed it!"

Part 4 (bottom): A large display of Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers at Booksweet, alongside other new releases.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Good morning, nature lovers! Booksweet manager Zoe has been reorganizing our Science section to make in-store browsing easier, including creating subsections for Animals and Field Guides. Stop by and have a look! As always, you can also shop online: booksweetlink.com/nature

Books: The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America, which feautres a bird hanging upside down on a branch, and All That the Rain Promises and More, which has a dude in a tuxedo with a maniacal look on his face holding a trombone and an arm full of mushrooms.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Who will we see at the Reggie Watts event tonight? We'll have Reggie's new memoir 'Great Falls, MT' for you to get signed. If you can't make it to the show, we'll get your book signed for you: booksweetlink.com/reggiewatts Thanks to A2Summerfest & Ann Arbor Libraries for having us at this event!

Reggie Watts Author Event Flyer. Text, running along the left side: A2SF / Reggie Watts Author Event / Thurs Nov 2 / Workshop @ 5:30PM Mendelssohn Theater / Performance (Sold Out) @ 7:30 PM Mendelssohn Theater. Underneath the text is the cover of the book Great Falls, MT by Reggie Watts. The right side of the image is a close up of Reggie Watts looking to the left.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Do you have a creative tween in your life (ages 9-13)? Sign them up for our next FREE Tween Writer's Workshop with the incredible middlegrade author @carolinehuntoon.bsky.social happening this Sun, 10/29 at 2 pm. RSVP: booksweetlink.com/oct29tweenwr... #AnnArbor #FamilyOwned #Bookstore

Caroline holds their book, Skating On Mars

Caroline's book, Skating On Mars, at Booksweet.

Caroline Huntoon smiling and wearing a "Protect Trans Kids" t-shirt.

Participants enjoy a recent Tween Writers Workshop with author Jack Cheng

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

The good people at Ypsi's own VGKids have done it again: behold our new Booksweet totes! Shop in-store or online: booksweetlink.com/totes Aaron and Sarah from the VG Kids Team are beyond awesome to agree to serve as our tote models when we picked our order up today at 8 am! 📚

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

It is time ~~~ to preorder: lets.shopbooksweet.com/item/3Czr8Ta...

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Comedian/actor/musician Reggie Watts's memoir 'Great Falls, MT' arrives this coming Tuesday, 10/17! Reggie will sign all preordered copies while he's in town for his sold-out Ann Arbor event 11/2, so get your orders in before Tuesday! booksweetlink.com/reggiewatts #indiebookstore 📚

Cover of Great Falls, MT by Reggie Watts

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

You all guessed it, but now it's official: Fourth Wing Special Edition by Rebecca Yarros is coming November 7, with two additional chapters from Xaden's POV. 📚 Preorder: booksweetlink.com/4wmystery #shoplocal #indiebookstore #FourthWing

Cover of Fourth Wing Special Edition by Rebecca Yarros

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Leading this week's new releases is Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson's dark fable The Mysteries! Plus: Sir Terry Pratchett's lost stories, Roxane Gay's Opinions, new Jhumpa Lahiri, and many more! Shop in-store or online: booksweetlink.com/nrt #shoplocal #indiebookstore

Cover of The Mysteries by Bill Watterson and John Kascht

Cover of A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

In town for A2CAF at Ann Arbor District Library, Jillian Tamaki stopped by Booksweet to sign her new book Roaming as well as This One Summer (both co-created w cousin Mariko) and more! We are so grateful to Jillian for her visit! Grab signed books in store or online: booksweetlink.com/jtamaki

Jillian Tamaki stands smiling outside of Booksweet, holding a copy of her new graphic novel Roaming.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

This week's shop eNews is all about Banned Book Love in Action, in honor of Banned Books Week. Read on to learn more about the issue, how it impacts Michigan, and five actions that we need you to take. mailchi.mp/shopbookswee... #Bookstore #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooks

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

A HUGE thank you to Jack Cheng for an amazing Tween Writer's Workshop at Booksweet! Part art-making, part writing, the workshop got our youth writers eagerly chatting, laughing, sharing, and creating together -- it was a lot of fun! Order The Many Masks of Andy Zhou - booksweetlink.com/manymasks

Author Jack Cheng sits on a blue chair, surrounded by kids holding up artwork and his book The Many Masks of Andy Zhou.

Book cover: The Many Masks of Andy Zhou by Jack Cheng

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Are you Booksweet's New Community Connection Specialist? Plus, tween writing workshop this Friday, Reggie Watts in November, and books for spooky season -- it's enews time! - mailchi.mp/shopbookswee...

Display of spooky books, with a cartoon ghost in the upper left corner reading a book and a cartoon cat at lower-right peering up over the edge

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

Absolutely wild day for new books, come check this out! Booksweetlink.com/nrt

The Fragile Threads of Power by VE Schwab on display, and below it a sign that says "signed copies"

Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson

A display featuring copies of Percy Jackson : The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Is it true that men are always thinking about the Roman Empire? Well, @wmarybeard's 'SPQR' is a very big seller for us. Take from that what you will! Order SPQR: booksweetlink.com/spqr Preorder Emperor of Rome: booksweetlink.com/emperor #shoplocal #annarbor #indiebookstore #romanempire

"Galaxy brain" meme format.
First low-activity brain: "Men Thinking About the Roman Empire."
Second, mildly lit up brain: "Thinking about the Persian Wars"
Third, brightly lit up brain: "Thinking about the Roman Republic"
Fourth, galaxy brain: "Thinking about the Hellenistic Multipolar System"

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

What are you reading? @fasterthanshaun.bsky.social is rotating between three very different books.. Against Technoableism by @ashleyshoo.bsky.social & The Wren x2 by Ann Enright are out now, Hip Hop Family Tree Omnibus arrives 10/17. New: booksweetlink.com/nrt HHFT: booksweetlink.com/hhft

Three books: Hip Hop Family Tree Omnibus by Ed Piskor, Against Technoablism by Ashley Shew, and The Wren The Wren by Ann Enright.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

A FREE Ann Arbor Summer Festival and Ann Arbor District Library event with Reggie Watts this November plus SO MUCH MORE in this week's shop eNews. - mailchi.mp/shopbookswee... If you don't usually click through on these, bend that rule today. #AnnArbor #FamilyOwned #Bookstore

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

It was great to connect at the Banned Book Club gathering at the A2 Community Bookfest on Sunday! Thanks to Sabrina Baeta at PEN America and Kelly Dillaha at Red Wine and Blue Join us on October 7 for our Banned Book Social with a storytime from author Aya A. Khalil! booksweetlink.com/bbsocial

Kelly Dillaha of Red Wine and Blue presents at A2 Community Book Fest.

Sabrina Baeta of PEN America presents at A2 Community Book Fest.

A whiteboard on which is written "How are book bans impacting your life?" with responses written on several sticky notes of various colors.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

OH WOW Get your preorder in: lets.shopbooksweet.com/item/2-gUryv...

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

Booksweet co-owner Shaun is guest host of Stand with Trans book club, taking place September 29 from 7-8 EST on Discord. This month's selection is 'Melissa' by Alex Gino. Get free shipping with code SWTBKCLUB at shopbooksweet.com! Register for the online book club: booksweetlink.com/swtmelissa

Shaun smiles and holds up a copy of 'Melissa' by Alex Gino

Stand with Trans promotional image featuring the book 'Melissa' and Alex Gino against a purple and pink background

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

We this segment about Aya A. Khalil's latest picture book, The Great Banned Books Bake Sale! Aya will be leading a storytime of the book at Booksweet’s 10/7 Banned Books Social. Learn more and RSVP: www.shopbooksweet.com/10-7-banned-... www.13abc.com/2023/08/30/b...

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Book ban protest inspires new book by local author

A local children’s author is making the most of the experience after a Pennsylvania school district banned her debut book.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

It's here! Booksweet | An Immense World (shopbooksweet.com)

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 24/08/2023

Oh, hey. 🐈 Cat stickers = this year's back-to-school essentials. We cannot (we must not!) learn or work without them. #AnnArbor #FamilyOwned #Bookstore #indiebookstore #cats

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 23/08/2023

"A community that reads together, grows together." A back-to-school book drive with Our Community Reads, childhood favorites, and that back-to-school feeling all in this week's eNews! - mailchi.mp/shopbookswee...

Display of Booksweet childhood favorites including Just So Stories, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, The Golden Compass, and Redwall.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 21/08/2023

We're hosting a book drive with the local non-profit Our Community Reads: booksweetlink.com/communityreads Show your support and shop the book drive today! Learn more: ourcommunityreads.com #AnnArbor #FamilyOwned #Bookshop #BackToSchool #BookDrive #BlackJoy #BlackLove

Kallista Walker sits by the Huron River reading The Crew: Beyond What You See.

Books from the Our Community Reads book drive, alongside the Our Community Reads candles and a Booksweet mug.

Our Community Reads candles: Pomegranate, Pineapples, and Mango Papya with a pink bunny stuffed animal.

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 17/08/2023

Happy #BackToSchool time! Did you know that Booksweet can help you plan your School Author Visit? It's true! Learn more about our Title 1 supports, bulk order discounts, and our amazing roster of local authors: booksweetlink.com/schoolvisit #AnnArbor #FamilyOwned #Bookstore

Graphic design featuring the Booksweet "book diver" icon (a person diving into a book). Bookshelf plus text: School Author Visits.

Help finding a great author for your students, needs, and budget.
A experiential book event lead by incredible authors of picture books and middlegrade books.
20% bulk order discount.
Thoughtful, sensitive, and individualized purchasing and student distribution care.
Opportunities for the community to support your effort.

Email Shaun to get
the ball rolling: shaun@shopbooksweet.com

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Booksweet 💙📚 @shopbooksweet.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

We're all so excited for Safe and Sound by Mercury Stardust! Booksweet is participating in the Bookshop.org book drive to get this fun and practical book inro more folks's hands. Donate a copy and grab one for yourself: bookshop.org/book-drives/ccf371c1a2…

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