The Harvard Book Store in Cambridge had sold well over a hundred copies of Jonah Lehrer’s nonfiction bestseller “Imagine: How Creativity Works.” But on Tuesday, the remaining six copies of Lehrer’s book were pulled from store shelves at the direction of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the book’s Boston-based publisher, since the book will no longer be sold.
The unusual move — prompted by Lehrer’s admission Monday to having fabricated quotes he attributed in the book to Bob Dylan — surprised many book-trade veterans, who have seen other well-publicized scandals roil the publishing industry in recent years.
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Don't worry Jonah, the Boston Globe has a position ready for you. And they even do your fact checking.
Well, the book is about creativity. Perhaps the author got caught up in a creative moment when he fabricated the quotes from Bob Dylan. I read the book. It was pretty good, and this admission doesn't change the main idea and theories put forth in the book. I wouldn't waste my time with a lawsuit seeking my $20 back.
That's creativity - make up things. However, this is not unexpected anymore in this society as everyone lies and make up things for their own advantage. How sad.
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Now Mr. Lehrer can spend his time researching the psychology and neuroscience that explain his behavior (hint: it's in the lazy part of the brain).
I wonder if they will pull Obama's book too
This emphasis on truth is admirable - and why a book is actually worth $20. No one would bother to fact check a free blog.
Now perhaps explain why anyone should care whether he made up the Dylan quotes or not? Tempest, meet the teapot.
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mmm... SELF-RighteousWay?
More than a few youngsters have been "crowned" as authorities, this is why.
If you don't know why then you are part of the problem. This is a work of non-fiction. Truth is the basic foundation of scholarship. If we cannot trust the written word we are in serious trouble as a society. This is the the same thing as an occasional error in a newspaper that is usually corrected later. This was a deliberate intent to mislead. This is the highest level of dishonesty.
the guy has already lost plenty now this article just serves to squash him into the ground. he fabricated quotes from bob dylan,that's his crime. but not to mention the valid premise of the book otherwise just serves to finish him off. ah, the power of the media.