Publishers Say 'Fact-Checking Too Costly'

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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Publishers aren't perfect.

[pahoran]

I don't know about yours, but my mother taught me not to believe everything I read / hear / see on TV.

Re:No incentive

[TubeSteak]

In this particular case, there's the possibility that the publisher lady already knew that Frey's book was BS.

This article here http://www.slate.com/id/2135069/ refers to a 2003 article http://www.startribune.com/389/v-print/story/20927 9.html entitled

Memoir writers walk a wavy line between reality and invention: What author James Frey and others said in 2003 about challenges to the truthfulness of his bestselling nonfiction memoir.

Oprah's Book Club should have stuck to the classics.

Re:AI people have a job to do....

[Athenais]

Or to make it a single result with a nifty flash anim, GoogleFight. :)