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Judge approves Frey settlement
Only 1,729 people have asked to be reimbursed for buying James Frey's largely fabricated bestselling memoir A Million Little Pieces, reports the Independent This emerged as a New York judge approved a settlement with disgruntled readers.
Although publisher Random House set aside £1.15m to cover costs related to the lawsuits, advertisements in 962 newspapers and elsewhere drew only the 1,729 claims for reimbursement, costing just £13,650. Another £391,000 will be paid out in legal fees along with £216,000 in costs associated with publicising and carrying out the settlement.
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