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The article focuses on the publication of paperback best selling fiction and nonfiction books in the U.S. "Eat, Pray, Love," by Elizabeth Gilbert is still the best selling book overall for the week ending January 7, 2008. Berkley launched its new trade paper bestseller, "The Friday Night Knitting Club." A list of paperback books is presented.

The article discusses issues concerning the fabrication of some parts of the book A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. It discusses that the Frey first presented the book as fiction but was published as nonfiction. This paper argues that another truism of publishing is that a good memoir must share many of the traits of a novel. It has to have a narrative and development and denouement.