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"The 2007-2012 Outlook for Tufted Washable Scatter Rugs, Bathmats and Sets That Measure 6-Feet by 9-Feet or Smaller in India."

By Ann Althouse

Just one of over 200,000 books that business prof Philip M. Parker has written using a computer algorithm that collects information from the internet. He makes money producing these obscure things by selling them on Amazon, which prints books to order.

It is the idea of automating difficult or boring work that led Mr. Parker to become involved. Comparing himself to a distant disciple of Henry Ford, he said he was ?deconstructing the process of getting books into people?s hands; every single step we could think of, we automated.?

Here's his YouTube video explaining the method. I only watched a minute if and fell asleep ? on my tufted, washable scatter rug ? so it's not vetted, except as a sleep aid.

Full post as published by Althouse on April 14, 2008 (boomark / email).