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The little pieces are falling into place for duped readers who sued an author and a major publishing house over a best-selling book of nonfiction that turned out to be largely made up.
Random House yesterday said it had settled a suit with customers who shelled out as much as $25 apiece for James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces," a memoir about addiction and recovery that got a plug from Oprah Winfrey and sold 3.5 million copies.
In order to claim a refund on the $23.95 hardback version or the $14.95 paperback, readers have to submit some sort of proof that they purchased the book on or before Jan. 26, 2006.
That is the day the author and Random House released statements acknowledging that Frey had made up parts of the book.
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