This dog's life: The rise of the pet memoir

Our furry friends are dominating the publishing industry. Why are "dogoirs" doing so well?

Bruce Cameron's dogoir was featured on the New York Times bestseller list for 12 weeks and is slated to become a movie.
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"The entire book industry has gone to the dogs," says Diane Herbst in Newsweek, noting that an unusual number of books penned by dog-owners (or even purportedly by the animals themselves) have made bestseller lists this year and that at least three-dozen "first person dog narratives" (or "dogoirs") were published in 2010. But pooches aren't the only animals with a story to tell. Here, a brief guide to the rise of the pet memoir:

How did the trend start?

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