
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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A school has eight identical copies of a specific textbook. At any given time, some of these copies are in the school's storage and some are distributed to students. How many different ways are there for some of the books to be in storage and the rest to be distributed to students if at least one book is in storage and at least one is distributed?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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