Miscanimals / black-footed ferret / news7 Comments
Readers who have been coming to Dear Author for a while might remember how we got involved with following the fate of Black footed ferrets. There is an author who lifted, verbatim, a long passage from a scientific source to use in her book. This was discovered and discussed at ... more >
Publishing Newsblack-footed ferret / children's lit / China / filtering / historical research / Poldark / reddit4 Comments
The Booming Rights Scene for Children’s Books in China – The Chinese publishing industry and literary marketplace is getting more and more interesting. Publishers Weekly continues to give the market good press, as this article on the growing number of children’s books, many from Western publishers, are being acquired and sold. ... more >
Letters of Opinionblack-footed ferret / Nora-Roberts / Smart Bitches10 Comments
Want to give a show of support outside making a comment? If you’ve read the Newsweek report by Paul Tolme, the ferrets whose “closest relations are European ferrets and Siberian polecats” are an endangered species. Nora Roberts and the Smart Bitches have put together a wonderful sort of “pay it ... more >
Publishing Newsblack-footed ferret / Cassie Edwards / plagiarism12 Comments
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 ... more >
Publishing Newsblack-footed ferret / Cassie Edwards / plagiarism6 Comments
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 ... more >
Interviewsblack-footed ferret / Cassie Edwards / plagiarism26 Comments
The Smart Bitches have uncovered a strange and sad set of circumstances involving the writing of romance novelist Cassie Edwards. Apparently passages from Shadow Bear, her latest Signet release, are exactly the same as text in Land of the Spotted Eagle by Luther Standing Bear and an article about black-footed ... more >