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September 8, 2017By Michael Cader

Lani Sarem Admits to Lying and Bulk Purchasing to Make Bestseller List, Still Blames the System

September 8, 2017By Michael Cader

After defending herself with a lie in the Hollywood Reporter — “‘not to my knowledge’ did anyone involved with the book engage in an organized strategy to bulk buy at bookstores surveyed by The New York Times to game the best-seller list” — YA author Lani Sarem moves to sister property Billboard with a column that’s supposed to defend herself but instead stands as an admission of guilt and a font of alternative facts. (Why are these Prometheus magazines on her side? We may never know.) Sarem admits to purchasing her own book in bulk, at retail, from multiple retailers, in order […]

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