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I'm going to introduce BookShots, which are these under-150-page books that I'm launching, and they're under $5. They just launched in Australia. I already had a ton of content, but now add 50 books a year of content.

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James Patterson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 22
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James Brendan Patterson
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