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Old 10-27-2007, 12:16 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by nekokami View Post
@vivaldirules, could you post a link to that "40%" claim? As cynical as I can be at times, that seems a bit high to me.
From: http://static.scribd.com/docs/80hjiscecldzk.pdf

I would assume this is no more than someone's wild guess combined with a little bragging. But if the order of magnitude is correct, it's pretty sad.


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Usually those are attributed "by <celebrity> WITH <ghostwriter>," at least in the US. .
Perhaps this is so, but to the consumer buying the Andrews book on-line from Amazon or B&N mentioned yesterday, such an attribution is not available at the time of purchase.
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