She told two people that I know of Howard Stern (she told him off air) and Dick Ebersol (longtime ABC producer) who won a charity auction. Both swore to keep it a secret.

Rumors:
Mick Jagger, Warren Beatty, David Geffen, James Taylor

Are the companies that sell these products knowingly selling these products with high metal content or is it negligence on the part of people in the manufacturing process?

It's stupid. I always believed in zero-based budgeting. Yes, you can use the previous year's budget as a guide, but rushing to spend money just leads to waste. I used to work for a large corporate software reseller and the amount of crap customers/governments would buy just before their fiscal year ended was insane.

I would agree with that. E-Readers are pretty awful at displaying that type of material.

Overdrive and Libby are a great resource especially if you can get library cards from some good libraries.

Barnes & Noble is a decent experience, but for me, Kindles are a far better reading experience. If there was a way to buy Kindle books from a bricks and mortar store I would consider it.