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Compilation of links about my brother Michael's story on Amazon's $23million book about flies

Since I think it is pretty cool, I am compiling links to news stories and blog posts about my brother's recent posting on his "It is not junk" blog about Amazon’s $23,698,655.93 book about flies.  Basically, he tracked some sort of automated computer pricing feedback loop between Amazon and another site that led eventually to a very very very very high price for a book about Drosophila.

And the post has now been picked up by all sorts of places.  So I am compiling a list of some of the stories here.

• James Fallows from the Atlantic "Want to see how crazy a bot-run market can be?"
• How We’ll Know When the Machines are Taking Over (by David Post, from the Volokh Conspiracy"
• Gizmodo: How a Book Accidentally Gets Priced at $23 Million on Amazon ...
• Gawker: Why Amazon Charged $23698655.93 for a Genetics Textbook - Gawker
• Seattle Post: The perils of automatic pricing on Amazon
• CNN: Amazon seller lists book at $23698655.93 -- plus shipping
• MSNBC: Book about flies costs $23.7 million on Amazon
• PC Mag: Amazon Algorithm Price War Leads to $23.6-Million-Dollar Book Listing
• La estrambótica historia del libro más caro de Amazon
• Роботы-книготорговцы оценили книгу в $24 млн
• Boek voor ruim 1 miljoen euro
• 一本生物学著作是如何在Amazon网店上卖到200万美元的
• Algorithmes économiques fous
• Huff Post: Amazon's $23698655.93 Book About Flies (SCREENSHOT)
• Wall St. Journal Blog: For Sale: The Making of a Fly, Only $23698655.93 (Plus $3.99 Shipping)