Read the book, solve the puzzle, win $500,000 in gold

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Jamesaritchie

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Said in many places around the internet, not just AW - so how is that HarperCollins places such trust in him to fulfill this deal?

Or maybe they're not the ones putting up the money - maybe it's the video game people or the movie people - with the others involved, maybe it's not such a commitment.

I suspect you're right is saying their trust is placed somewhere else.
 

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I have heard of something like this that was done pre-internet (70's?). The prize was something like £20,000. The book sales added to more than £20,000 profit and the winning sleuth reader got £20,000.

Oh my I just watched the clip and the $500,000 is in Casino chips? Either way it's for Ceasars Palace so it works as a promotion for them too. It would be too much of a risk for a publisher to gamble on more than $500,000 profit from book sales.
 

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Heard an interview with James Frey on BBC Radio (on US NPR) this afternoon - here's the link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0297z8n

Said he was inspired by a book he read at age 10 called "Masquerade" by Kip Williams.

At about 1:50 he says he put the prize money up himself. Wow. That "memoir" must have paid off well for him.

Oh my I just watched the clip and the $500,000 is in Casino chips?

Dunno - the interview said "$500,00 in gold" in a case on the floor of Caesar's Palace - not in chips.
 
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