Is the recession sapping people's tastes for reading about the extravagant lifestyles of the rich and overexposed? Celebrity memoir sales are suddenly down five percent, just as the season that usually sparks an uptick is upon us. Bookstores are slashing prices on autobiographies from British TV darling Jade Goody, Stephen Fry and Nigella Lawson; Amazon is offering similar deals. "People just don't seem to be buying at the moment," shrugs a representatives from Nielsen BookScan to the Telegraph.
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