Book Publishing As Competitive Sport

Allow me my moment of pettiness.

For those who have been following the Kaavya Viswanathan plagarism story, check out her page on Amazon.

Some things to note:

1. Her book is ranked at 10 despite the fact that you can't actually buy it anymore.
2. People who bought her book also overwhelmingly bought the books she allegedly plagarized. More evidence that people are bored and have nothing better to do than compare plagarist and plagaree.
3. The customer comments are scathing ("I hope she goes on to live a trite, insignificant life," for example). Nonetheless, my nemesis, Publisher's Weekly, calls the book "a lot of fun" and says that her "intelligence shines through on every page."
4. People have tagged the book with the following: fraud, cheater, should be kicked out of Harvard.
5. Viswanathan was not selected to participate in Barnes and Noble's Discover Great New Writers program. I win!