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Actually, a few years ago someone wrote a script that pasted random YouTube comments together and submitted them to Amazon's Kindle Store as an actual ebook. Amazon published them all -- including their randomly-generated titles (like "A Lot Was Been Hard") -- until the books began receiving lots of media attention. Only then did Amazon remove them, citing the possibility of an unpleasant reading experience.

http://www.beyond-black-friday.com/2012/06/27/the-legend-of-...



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