They said they bought the books, It's NotAbouttheBike and Every Second Counts, because they believed Armstrong's heroic tale of returning to compete drug-free after battling testicular cancer.
"It all started when Lance's first book came out, " Connie Roddy said, referring to the 2001 publication of "It's NotAbouttheBike: My Journey Back to Life, " which details Armstrong's bout with testicular cancer.