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Monday 02 January 2012

My book can be puchased in mutiple forms and from multiple bookstores:

From my publisher Lulu.com the book can be ordered in hardcover paper format (published on-demand) or as an ePUB ebook.
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About Sjaak Laan

Sjaak Laan (1964) is married with 3 children. He lives in Drachten in The Netherlands. He works as Principal IT Architect for CGI and has more than twenty-five years of IT experience. More information can be found on his Linkedin profile.

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