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Not only was I more than sick of all of the hysteria over James Frey's alleged fabrication of a few events in his memoir, I am definitely ready to punch a priest over all of the high drama over The Da Vinci Code, the upcoming move and whether this work of fiction is an assault on the Christianity. Fortunately, all of the madness isn't stopping readers from buying and reading either of these books.

Recent controversy surrounding two Random House bestsellers has not dented sales, but one of them may change the way memoirs are issued, the publisher's chief executive said on Wednesday.

Author James Frey was exposed by investigative journalists to have invented portions of his memoir 'A Million Little Pieces,' and Dan Brown is being accused in court of plagiarizing portions of mega-seller 'The Da Vinci Code.'

'The Frey book has continued to sell strongly in the new year,' Random House Chief Executive Peter Olson told Reuters in an interview, adding that 'The Da Vinci Code' has too, even after three years on global bestseller lists.

'It continues to sell well in the UK and the U.S., but I wouldn't say we've seen any spike in sales,' Olson said, referring to fallout from the London court case.

'We expect when the paperback editions come out in North America, there will be very strong demand.'