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Wednesday, July 11, 2001
http://www.business2.com/ebusiness/2001/07/perfectbook_machine.htm The PerfectBook Machine In St. Louis, of all places, a former automotive engineer invents a technology that could drastically alter the publishing industry. Jeff Marsh is a Rust Belt engineer turned inventor who lives in suburban St. Louis and flies a plane in his spare time. Jason Epstein is the dean of American publishing-the editor of books by Norman Mailer, Vladimir Nabokov, and Philip Roth, and the inventor of the quality trade paperback, which revolutionized the book business in the 1950s. Until December, they had never heard of each other. Now, suddenly, Epstein is Marsh's biggest fan....
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