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At the behest of his wife, Ann, he hired a designer to create www.delharris.com, then charged visitors $20 for a one-year membership that included (as written on the home page) “these great benefits”: an autographed photograph, an “official” Del’s Club membership card, a quarterly newsletter, and a birthday card. Fewer than 100 people subscribed.

Most remarkable of all, however, was that each book was priced according to Amazon’s website algorithm, which adjusts prices in real time based on supply and demand.

Whenever this particular family starts to flourish, the people around them notice; they become jealous or afraid of them and want them dead and gone.

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