diff --git a/recipes/dot_net.recipe b/recipes/dot_net.recipe
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+# vim:fileencoding=UTF-8:ts=4:sw=4:sta:et:sts=4:ai
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+import re
+
+class NetMagazineRecipe (BasicNewsRecipe):
+   __author__ = u'Marc Busqué <marc@lamarciana.com>'
+   __url__ = 'http://www.lamarciana.com'
+   __version__ = '1.0'
+   __license__   = 'GPL v3'
+   __copyright__ = u'2012, Marc Busqué <marc@lamarciana.com>'
+   title = u'.net magazine'
+   description = u'net is the world’s best-selling magazine for web designers and developers, featuring tutorials from leading agencies, interviews with the web’s biggest names, and agenda-setting features on the hottest issues affecting the internet today.'
+   language = 'en'
+   tags = 'web development, software'
+   oldest_article = 7
+   remove_empty_feeds = True
+   no_stylesheets = True
+   cover_url = u'http://media.netmagazine.futurecdn.net/sites/all/themes/netmag/logo.png'
+   keep_only_tags = [
+         dict(name='article', attrs={'class': re.compile('^node.*$', re.IGNORECASE)})
+         ]
+   remove_tags = [
+         dict(name='span', attrs={'class': 'comment-count'}),
+         dict(name='div', attrs={'class': 'item-list share-links'}),
+         dict(name='footer'),
+         ]
+   remove_attributes = ['border', 'cellspacing', 'align', 'cellpadding', 'colspan', 'valign', 'vspace', 'hspace', 'alt', 'width', 'height', 'style']
+   extra_css = 'img {max-width: 100%; display: block; margin: auto;} .captioned-image div {text-align: center; font-style: italic;}'
+
+   feeds = [
+         (u'.net', u'http://feeds.feedburner.com/net/topstories'),
+         ]
diff --git a/recipes/list_apart.recipe b/recipes/list_apart.recipe
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+# vim:fileencoding=UTF-8:ts=4:sw=4:sta:et:sts=4:ai
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class AListApart (BasicNewsRecipe):
+   __author__ = u'Marc Busqué <marc@lamarciana.com>'
+   __url__ = 'http://www.lamarciana.com'
+   __version__ = '1.0'
+   __license__   = 'GPL v3'
+   __copyright__ = u'2012, Marc Busqué <marc@lamarciana.com>'
+   title = u'A List Apart'
+   description = u'A List Apart Magazine (ISSN: 1534-0295) explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices.'
+   language = 'en'
+   tags = 'web development, software'
+   oldest_article = 120
+   remove_empty_feeds = True
+   no_stylesheets = True
+   encoding = 'utf8'
+   cover_url = u'http://alistapart.com/pix/alalogo.gif'
+   keep_only_tags = [
+         dict(name='div', attrs={'id': 'content'})
+         ]
+   remove_tags = [
+         dict(name='ul', attrs={'id': 'metastuff'}),
+         dict(name='div', attrs={'class': 'discuss'}),
+         dict(name='div', attrs={'class': 'discuss'}),
+         dict(name='div', attrs={'id': 'learnmore'}),
+         ]
+   remove_attributes = ['border', 'cellspacing', 'align', 'cellpadding', 'colspan', 'valign', 'vspace', 'hspace', 'alt', 'width', 'height']
+   extra_css = u'img {max-width: 100%; display: block; margin: auto;} #authorbio img {float: left; margin-right: 2%;}'
+
+   feeds = [
+         (u'A List Apart', u'http://www.alistapart.com/site/rss'),
+         ]
diff --git a/recipes/smashing.recipe b/recipes/smashing.recipe
index a715ace821..bc24166275 100644
--- a/recipes/smashing.recipe
+++ b/recipes/smashing.recipe
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class SmashingMagazine (BasicNewsRecipe):
-   __author__ = 'Marc Busqué <marc@lamarciana.com>'
+   __author__ = u'Marc Busqué <marc@lamarciana.com>'
    __url__ = 'http://www.lamarciana.com'
    __version__ = '1.0.1'
    __license__   = 'GPL v3'
-   __copyright__ = '2012, Marc Busqué <marc@lamarciana.com>'
+   __copyright__ = u'2012, Marc Busqué <marc@lamarciana.com>'
    title = u'Smashing Magazine'
    description = u'Founded in September 2006, Smashing Magazine delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers. Our aim is to inform our readers about the latest trends and techniques in Web development. We try to persuade you not with the quantity but with the quality of the information we present. Smashing Magazine is and always has been independent.'
    language = 'en'