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Article: There's only so much misery the book buyers of Britain can take
- Article from:
- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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Once we couldn't get enough of it. But human suffering isn't
selling so well these days
Depravity, drink, drug addiction and abuse are hardly the most
uplifting subjects for a leisurely read. But for years, misery
memoirs have been the toast of the book world, with stories of human
suffering generating huge sales. But new figures suggest readers
have reached their pain threshold and the mis lit boom may be over.
At its height, profits topped 24m a year and authors could be
sure that the more they plumbed the depths of despair and depravity,
the deeper publishers would reach into their pockets. But industry
research firm Nielsen now estimates that sales for the top 10 best-
selling misery ...
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......plummet from 175 pounds to 60 pounds at the time of his death, I find this counterfeiting unspeakable. To make a profit from human suffering is an incomprehensible crime. What kind of people would do such a thing? I will not judge. I will leave that to a higher...
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