Monday, May 01, 2006

Would you send work to this company?

More noise-n-smoke about the "book packager" involved in the Opal Mehta plagiarism case. Another author asserts that they similarly plagiarized her draft manuscript after "rejecting" it.

1 comment:

Felix said...

Fiend @ 1:21PM | 2006-05-02| permalink

The Opal Mehta case is back in the news today amidst allegations that even more portions of the books were purportedly copied from yet another author:

"At least three portions in the book, "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life," by Kaavya Viswanathan, bear striking similarities to writing in "Can You Keep a Secret?," a chick-lit novel by Sophie Kinsella.

The New York Times was alerted to the similarities by a phone call from a reader. "

See here for the latest details.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/books/02auth.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1146542400&en=98fa1c6ed2e3db16&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin