Alvi SyahrinSeeing your own name on the book cover is like hearing your book saying, "Hi. Thanks for writing me!
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Getting your book published and reading it in front of an audience can be one of the most exciting experiences of your life. But, when you actually see your own name on the book cover, it's like the whole thing was just a dream. A writer once said that seeing your own name on a book cover is sort of like "hearing your book saying, 'Hi, thanks for writing me!'"
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