Remember James Frey, the cocky A Million Little Pieces author who once dispensed with his literary rivals with so many well-tossed F-words? Well, the pile-on for fabricating parts of his Oprah-endorsed memoir continues more than a year later: Random House has agreed to pay out $2.35 million to customers who bought the book. Hardcover readers who tear out page 163 and send it along with their claim will get back as much as $23.95; paperback readers who send in the cover will get back a max of $14.95. CD and cassette buyers will also be reimbursed. Beware: if most of the book's readers line up for a refund, the average payout will shrink substantially, so act now "betrayed" readers.
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