Comments on: Cassie Edwards’ Books Bear Similar (okay Exact) Text to Previously Published Texts

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:45:47 +0000

hi everyone out there i am one of cassie edwards fans i have all of her books and i ran up on this sight. i have seen some sad things go on but this is just silly she wrote the book almost a year ago you think someone would have found it before it got out on store shevles. you never know she might have asked the person who wrote the ferret book if she could use it or she might have researched it somewhere and put it in the same words not knowing that it was already in another book WE ARE ONLY HUMAN PROBLEMS HAPPEN YOU ALL ACT LIKE SHE WE OUT AND KILLED SOMEONE OR RAPED A CHILD ITS A BOOK. GET OVER IT, ITS JUST A BOOK.

By: Sources for Plagiarists’ Excuses « The Not-so-deep Thoughts

Sources for Plagiarists’ Excuses « The Not-so-deep Thoughts — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:23:31 +0000

[...] Author: start here and don’t skip this [...]

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:06:19 +0000

Of course they’re the same. To doubt otherwise makes me suspicious of your motives.

Edwards thievery: their closest relations are European ferrets and Siberian polecats. Researchers theorize that polecats crossed the land bridge that once linked Siberia and Alaska, to establish the New World population.

Paul Tome original: Their closest relatives are European ferrets and Siberian polecats. Researchers theorize polecats crossed the land bridge that once linked Siberia and Alaska to establish the New World population

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:04:44 +0000

Not to be a naysayer here, but the writings are not EXACTLY the same as was alluded to earlier by Jane. They’re similar, but similar doesn’t equate to plagiarism. When you write about factual details, like the color or size of an animal’s foot, naturally that information may appear in more than one author’s story, especially if the authors are writing about the same subject matter.

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:55:22 +0000

*shakes head*

what’s wrong with people these days?

when I was growing up the idea of plagarism was a Bad Thing – now it’s acceptable?

What’s Going On???

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:08:58 +0000

Not to sound like a victim but people have been stealing from the Lakota since the Americas was first “discovered”, so Cassie Edwards stealing from Standing Bear isn’t a surprise to me. (I wonder if there will be a problem because the original text was not in English?) Either way maybe this will finally convince Cassie Edwards to stop writing her noble savage finds love in the arms of a wisichu books. I think her written portrayals of Lakota and other Native people is almost as insulting as her stealing the words from a deceased Oglala leader.

By: stephanie feagan

stephanie feagan — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:55:51 +0000

Maybe I’m just PMSing, but somehow this post struck a sad note for me.

Then again, maybe it’s because I volunteered to review a Cassie Edwards book for Paperback Reader, reasoning that a.) I’ve never actually read one and I want to form my own opinion, and b) I’m insane.

By: Jessica Inclan

Jessica Inclan — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:02:07 +0000

With the myth, wouldn’t that story fall under the “common knowledge” law, meaning, that it’s a common story (like any biblical story) and the retelling of that story wouldn’t be plagiarism. So if in a novel, a character told the story of Jesus on the cross, it would likely sound similar to other more famous tellings of it.

The ferret aspect, well, I don’t know about the common knowledge aspect there. If you are doing research and get close to paraphrasing, you need to just rewrite and then give credit where credit is due at the end of the book or in the acknowledgements.

I teach freshman composition at a community college, and you would not beleive what we go through in terms of students stealing off the internet. I can pretty much put in a phrase and poof! there is the essay it came from. I think that if our authors are doing it, we are doomed.

Jessica

By: Flight into Fantasy » In lieu of content

Flight into Fantasy » In lieu of content — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:32:46 +0000

[...] and pasting done by romance author Cassie Edwards. You can find links to the original posts from the summary at Dear Author. I’d link to the posts themselves from here, but the SBTB site has been kind of wonky for me [...]

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:31:48 +0000

Wow, it’s fixed! I’m probably biased here (ya think?), but I think this is one good-looking blog, lol.