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"Once a day, I cast my eyes heavenward and say, ‘Thank you for Donald Trump,'" Michael Wolff said last spring.

He has good reason to thank the president. Without Trump, Wolff would not have made this year's rankings of the world's highest-paid authors.

The average American reads 12 or 13 books a year, but with over 3 million books in print, the choices they face are staggering.

Despite the introduction of 100,000 new titles each year, only a tiny fraction of these attract a large enough readership to make The New York Times Best Seller list.  Read more

Amazon's dubious ethical employment standards are nothing new. You know the ecommerce giant is unrivalled when it comes to logistics and infrastructure. And their unscrupulous pricing strategy has long ceased to astonish - retailers simply cannot compete.  Read more