Apr 20 2008
Late Friday, AP reporter, Hillel Italie reported that Signet/NAL has severed its relationship with Cassie Edwards. Since we made a bit deal, here on the blog, about how appalling Signet/NAL’s initial response was, I thought it would be fair to give over our Sunday to say how awesome I think its final response is. For [...]
Apr 19 2008
Sarah just sent me the link to the news release that Signet and Cassie Edwards are no longer in business together. “Signet has conducted an extensive review of all its Cassie Edwards novels and due to irreconcilable editorial differences, Ms. Edwards and Signet have mutually agreed to part ways,” the publisher said in a statement [...]
Mar 4 2008
On the SBTB site, Laura Kinsale asked the question “I’m curious. What’s the difference between Cassie Edwards writing about ferrets and fan fiction published for profit?” Robin’s response was “the fact that fan fiction, by its very nature, has overt attribution.” My response was The difference, ethically (and in general), between fan fiction and plagiarism, [...]
Feb 5 2008
moar funny pictures In tuth, in literature, in science and in art, there are, and can be, few, if any, things, which in an abstract sense, are strictly new and original throughout. Every book in literature, science and art, borrows, and must necessarily borrow, and use much which was well known and used before. Justice [...]
Jan 30 2008
In one of the most positive things to come out of Savage Gate, heavyweight authors Bertrice Small, Roberta Gellis and Jennifer Blake will be teaching a new seminar at the 2008 Romantic Times about writing a historical without plagiarism. While the change has not yet appeared on the RT BookLovers Convention webpage, Bitchery reader Kay [...]
Jan 16 2008
I read more than a few posts, emails, bulletin board messages that no one was hurt by the a plagiarist but the plagiarist herself. In reading about the authors of the works that were copied, I couldn’t help but to be moved by their individual stories and how important their contribution was to society, even [...]
Jan 15 2008
Newsweek ran a web special edition written by author Paul Tolme. Mr. Tolme penned a copyrighted article “Toughing It Out in the Badlands” that ran in the Defenders Magazine. Cassie Edwards copied some language from the article in her most recent Penguin release, Shadow Bear. In the Internet age, every freelance writer fears that his [...]
Jan 13 2008
Commenter at Smart Bitches, provided a copy of the following which is alleged to be the response of Cassie Edwards which she sent to a fan. Dear Author has contacted both the fan and Cassie Edwards for a response but has received neither a denial nor a confirmation. Updated to add: DA contacted, via telephone, [...]
Jan 13 2008
edited to add: Cassie Edwards website is now taken down. It redirects to the myspace page. You might be suffering from Cassie Edwards plagiarism fatigue but because of what I have read on the internet in various places, from both authors and readers, I think I need to post this example. One of the Smart [...]
Jan 12 2008
Felicia Lee, reporter from the Times, provided an excellent summary of the Cassie Edwards plagiarism issue that broke on the blog, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books. While some around the community believe that exposure of this issue is a black eye on romance, I think the majority of the response showed the genre to a good [...]
Jan 11 2008
Over the past few days, some have lamented the fact that it was the Smart Bitches who broke the Cassie Edwards story, because they are not "neutral" enough where Edwards is concerned. I don’t think anyone could argue seriously that the Smart Bitches are neutral about Cassie Edwards (although if you take a look at [...]
Jan 11 2008
Given the statement by Ms. Edwards that she took materials but didn’t realize that you need to footnote it; the original Signet response that her use was fair use and the fact that the original sources were mostly public domain, it’s illuminating and disturbing to see the following by commenter Em at the SBTB site [...]
Jan 11 2008
From: xxxx.penguingroup.com Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:02 PM To: Jane Litte Subject: New Cassie Edwards statement Dear Jane, Please find below a new statement from Signet re: the Cassie Edwards’ situation. Our original comments were based on Signet’s review of a limited selection of passages. We believe the situation deserves further review. Therefore we [...]
Jan 11 2008
Jan 7, 2008 the Smart Bitches Trashy Books site post examples of text from several Cassie Edwards’ novels and the sources from which they might be copied. SB Sarah has combined all the comparisons into one easy to read PDF. List of links: Shadow Bear Savage Longings Running Fox, Part 1 and Part 2 Savage [...]
Jan 10 2008
I have been tempted so many times to boycott an author or publisher, especially when I come across 200 page $22 hardcovers or a serial lack of copyediting. But in this case, in the aftermath of Signet’s response to the revelations regarding Cassie Edwards, I do not think boycotting is the best choice. It seems [...]
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