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[NB: This article was written by Susan Topol, and is being shared via Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.] ICD Connection: Living with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator is a collection of stories that describe what it’s like to live with an ICD—a device that is implanted under the skin to treat life-threatening heart rhythms that can lead to sudden cardiac arrest. The ICD Connection book contains chapters written by ICD patients, family members, and caregivers, and…

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The Library’s print on demand program features more than 400,000 available titles from the University of Michigan Library’s collections, all either in the public domain or being sold by permission of the rights holder. These reprints are available from several print vendors, including Amazon, Hewlett-Packard, and Lightning Source. Not surprisingly, sales of these books typically align with the Long Tail model, whereby the Library sells single copies of many titles each month. However, there are…

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