Author Mark Manson's subtle art of writing a bestseller

Mark Manson's choice to use profanity in his self-help book titles may have courted controversy and driven conservative booksellers and librarians to despair. PHOTO: MARIA MIDOES
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SINGAPORE - Mark Manson's choice to use profanity in his self-help book titles may have courted controversy and driven conservative booksellers and librarians to despair.

But with more than 13 million of his books sold worldwide, the American author of The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck does not give a... Well, you get the gist.

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