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Mark Hilton, a 42-year-old police officer, recently signed a book deal with British publisher Houghton & Stoddard for 800,000 pounds. The deal, which is roughly equivalent to $1,567,000, is for Mr. Hilton’s first novel, “Dead Man’s Dust,” and its four projected sequels. This works out to about $315,200 per book. When taken as a whole, […]

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Last weekend, the movie “21” was the top box office draw in the country. As anyone who has seen the preview can tell you, it was promoted as being “based on a true story” – specifically, on Bringing down the House, the non-fiction bestseller by Ben Mezrich. Yet a recent piece in the Boston Globe suggests […]

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