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A Million Little Refunds

CNN: "Under a tentative legal settlement, readers who said they were defrauded by Frey's best-seller, "A Million Little Pieces," can claim refunds, an agreement called unprecedented — and understandable — by a leading publishing attorney. More »

11:45 AM on Fri Sep 8 2006
By Ben Popken
141 views, 10 comments

Latest by Mary Marsala with Fries: While the use of legal action here is questionable, I agree that something needs to be done about content providers using cheap tricks to promote their stories. (Hey man, if it's a good story, it'll sell without you pretending it's more than what it is.) It's not like more »

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Random House Offers Refund for Frey's 'Pieces'

Book publisher Random House is offering a refund to any customer who purchased James Frey's novel 'A Million Little Pieces,' after allegations surfaced that much of the memoir was fabricated whole cloth by the author. The Reuters story on CNN calls this refund 'unprecedented,' probably because this is the first time that anyone thought an autobiographical memoir was actually true. More »

2:39 PM on Wed Jan 11 2006
By consumerist.com
166 views, 2 comments

Latest by John: Well, that would depend if Frey specifically told Random House it was purely autobiographical, now wouldn\'t it? more »