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Amazon Tried to Hide a Book and Made It Famous Instead

The lesson Amazon keeps relearning is that nothing sells a novel quite like declaring it unsellable.

Three worn, colored books stacked and wrapped tightly with rusted barbed wire across their cracked covers and spines.
By Christina MaasApril 27, 2026

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