{"id":13293,"date":"2024-04-06T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/?p=13293"},"modified":"2024-05-26T14:46:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T19:46:57","slug":"spd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/announcements\/spd\/","title":{"rendered":"SPD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13293\" class=\"elementor elementor-13293\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23efb0c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23efb0c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bab3012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bab3012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>Lavender Ink and Di\u00e1logos were indeed affected by the sudden demise of Small Press Distribution, but perhaps less than some presses who depended on them solely. 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