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When is a memoir a real memoir, and when is it a fictional journey from confusion to reality? In the case of a new e-book in English, Taiwanese memoirist Margaret Liu has become the focus of a series of tabloid headlines for penning a book that ”claims” she was David Patraeus’ Taiwanese lover. Liu, in her mid-30s and with a PhD from a Florida university on her resume, self-published a controversial book earlier this year recounting what she says is real and ongoing “romance” with a former American CIA director. but Most Taiwanese media outlets, however, explained the ”affair” as part of a vast, worldwide Nigerian Internet scam targeting lonely women. Liu has been in the local news over this story for several years. Her ebook, titled “A Legend of Cyber-Love: The Top Spy and His Chinese Lover,” was published last April and available on Amazon, is her version of the events that transpired. (In addition, Liu has released a Chinese-language edition for readers in China and Taiwan. When I asked Liu in a recent email interview what her motivation in writing the memoir was, Liu said: “It is a real story. I promised David H. Petraeus (who I call ‘Tealeaf H. Patrick’ in the book) that I was going to write a book about our love story and that it might help us to earn enough money from book royalties to meet with each other some day. (via Margaret Liu | Her Story of Her “CIA Lover” Goes Global TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics)