Via Miriam, I see that Bad Science (Ben Goldacre's column in the Grauniad) is now a book (pre-publication); so is Tim Worstall's though he may not be so happy with the "31 used & new available from £0.01"!
More amusingly (again via M) is Hairy Pooter 7, which although not yet published already has 5 5-star reviews (sample: "I feel that will will be worth all 5 stars when it comes out so I have gave it such") and a sales rank of... yes, you guessed it, 1.
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