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Publishers Say 'Fact-Checking Too Costly'

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the time-to-write-my-memoirs dept.

Mr. Ghost writes "Members of the book publishing industry say that profit margins are too small to fact check "non-fiction" books. Instead they rely on the "honesty" of the authors submitting the book. This has come to a head with the revelation from the author of "Million Little Pieces" that he lied about the accounts in his memoirs."

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  1. Oh, the irony by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    How many inaccurate, misleading or completely false stories has Slashdot posted?

  2. It's all about the money... by bogaboga · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    ..."Million Little Pieces" that he lied about the accounts in his memoirs."...

    Just like almost all issues [in America] these days, it is a sad fact that corruption, cronyism, greed and incopetance, even to the very senior administration officials is way to common. That is to say, "it is all about the money."

  3. Re:Wait a minute, this is Slashdot by sjwest · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In my next 'learn to use your windows pc book'.

    to reboot your windows pc, open a dos prompt and type fdisk /mbr