These aren't bargain-bin titles from no-name authors, either. The collection includes three crime-noir novels from Charles Huston, all of which earned 4.5 stars from Amazon readers; The Whiskey Rebels, a brand-new (and well-reviewed) historical novel by David Liss; and The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death by Laurie Notaro, a 4.5-star collection of essays.

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Guns N' Roses' lawyer has criticized Dr Pepper for failing to deliver on its 'Chinese Democracy' free soda promotion in the US. Gutman is also demanding that the company extends the period for the offer and he has called for full-page apologies in newspapers.

The latest move from the company is a monthly compendium called Thrillist Invites, which is a listing of stuff you can do for free, if you sign up and RSVP. The first Thrillist Invites list will be for its New York subscribers.

"There's plenty of lore about all the great companies that have been started in a down economy," Lewin said. "I think the good companies will hunker down and do well. We'll do our best to help them."

It's an Instructables-like community that's filled with various projects to put together anything from a cigar box to a cardboard cookie jar using nothing more than materials you may have laying around the house.

Want your free Dr. Pepper? Visit DrPepper.com on Nov. 23th, the day Guns N Roses's new album Chinese Democracy is released.

Intuit has finally dropped the subscription fee on Quicken Online, its Web-based financial software that competes with Mint, Geezeo, Buxfer, and Wesabe. The company is still selling, as completely separate products, software versions of Quicken.