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<p class="MsoNormal">Warmest congratulations, Jim!!! I am really looking forward to reading this, have been waiting with great interest for its arrival.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best, Barbara<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Barbara Walker</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">University of Nevada, Reno<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of James Cortada <jcortada@umn.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, January 14, 2019 at 8:00 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>sigcis <members@sigcis.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[SIGCIS-Members] IBM History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am delighted to inform you that my book IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon will be published by MIT Press in early March. As many of you already know, this history goes from the 1880s to the present and represents
decades of research on the managerial, technological, economic, and business issues you and I study. MIT Press is offering a 30% discount on orders received before March 10th. To take advantage of that use Code IBM30 and order from
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Mitpress.mit.edu</a>. I want to publicly thank the many dozens of you who have either helped, encouraged, or cajoled me into writing this large book. Regards, Jim
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<p class="MsoNormal">James W. Cortada<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Charles Babbage Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
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