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For what it's worth?
A copy of "Love and Consequences" sold on ebay tonight for
$48.99, just about twice the retail price of $24.95. Not bad for a pack of lies. Right
now, there are 21 copies of the book for sale on the auction site (and one
"uncorrected proof" - now that's an understatement), but there doesn't seem to
be a wave of rampant speculation in manufactured memoirs. The bidding, thankfully, is modest
and scarce. Meanwhile, nobody seems to be auctioning a copy of Misha Defonseca's
debunked tale. And as for James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces,'' you can pick
a used copy for less than a buck.
No need for a caveat emptor, either. The folks selling the Margaret Jones/Seltzer's bogus book are banking on the notoriety: Get the book everyone is talking about! Rare! Sure to be a collector's item! One seller guarantees "perfect condition," which would be true, no doubt, if the whole thing weren't completely false.
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