tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post114656625794262279..comments2024-03-28T13:18:28.238+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: Sara Nelson touches a nerveMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1147012289978668062006-05-07T15:31:00.000+01:002006-05-07T15:31:00.000+01:00I might be more censorious myself, except I recent...I might be more censorious myself, except I recently left a story comment on an online conference critique group I belong to. It was only after going back later and reading it, that I realised I had lifted two separate phrases - unusual ones - from the post preceding mine. Without the slightest conscious awareness of doing so.<BR/><BR/>Worrying!Ollie Olliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102936695002758884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1146760423655126992006-05-04T17:33:00.000+01:002006-05-04T17:33:00.000+01:00Nelson said it all in her opening line--no one in ...Nelson said it all in her opening line--no one in the publishing industry really cares if she done it or not. They've already run ahead to Edward Kennedy's "My Senator and Me," described in PW as "Enthusiastically and endearingly narrated..."<BR/><BR/>I love how even PW is now trying frantically to join the "interactive" realm. Like they read the comments, much less care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1146747819560666612006-05-04T14:03:00.000+01:002006-05-04T14:03:00.000+01:00One point in this post that interests me in partic...One point in this post that interests me in particular is the role that libraries used to play. Obviously, if they were buying books -- for example, 2,000 -- that meant lower potential sales, since readers could take the books out on loan. But it also meant that an author, even if relatively unknown, could count on at least having a certain audience. In other words, there was less astronomical success, but also less absolute failure. Although not a golden age, it seems rather enviable now.Finn Harvorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05120886779348342519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1146711970510849002006-05-04T04:06:00.000+01:002006-05-04T04:06:00.000+01:00I feel sorry for Kaavya too. If we believe her exp...I feel sorry for Kaavya too. If we believe her explanation - and I really do - the plagiarism happened without her being conscious of it, because she was an avid reader of Megan McCafferty's work and internalised it. I know my memory is deteriorating as I get older - I can't remember saying things, I pick up ideas, opinions, quotes and phrases from who knows where. We unconsciously copy the people we admire. She should be given the opportunity to fix her work. It is a weak, knee-jerk reaction for her publishing company to refuse to revise. Here in Australia we'd call it a cop-out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1146674296539562452006-05-03T17:38:00.000+01:002006-05-03T17:38:00.000+01:00What bothers me is this move by the publishers to ...What bothers me is this move by the publishers to throw Kaavya to the wolves-yes,she did wrong and they should cancel her contract. However,Alloy owns half of the copyright to her book and I'm not hearing anything about them getting a background check on their other titles while newspaper articles that KV wrote as an intern are getting rechecked.<BR/><BR/>Something's not right here in more ways than one.lady thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287907577241697874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1146671518486369182006-05-03T16:51:00.000+01:002006-05-03T16:51:00.000+01:00One sad feature of the Kaavya affair is that some ...One sad feature of the Kaavya affair is that some listers are now putting the offensive (rather than offending) plagiarised book for sale on the likes of Amazon and Abebooks in order to make a quick profit without consideration for the misery that this young lady has brought on her family name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1146664794383650462006-05-03T14:59:00.000+01:002006-05-03T14:59:00.000+01:00I think you have to admit it, Grumps. You got it w...I think you have to admit it, Grumps. You got it wrong on the plagiarism debacle. People are fascinated – and appalled – by the revelations coming out of Harvard Yard. It wasn't just naughty, or disagreeable – as you seemed to think. It was plain wrong and may well have legal consequences for the "author," her publishers and the packagers.<BR/><BR/>It's time theft in novels was stamped out.<BR/><BR/>– Jeremy SnippetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1146661116705732332006-05-03T13:58:00.000+01:002006-05-03T13:58:00.000+01:00George Orwell saw 'Animal Farm' published eventual...George Orwell saw 'Animal Farm' published eventually in 1945 by Secker and Warburg : Orwell was of course by this time a well-regarded novelist,although publication had been delayed both by the difficulty of finding a willing publisher and for fear of upsetting Soviet war-time allies<BR/><BR/>More to the point, and here I quote from "George Orwell, a bibliography" by Gillian Fenwick (page 96)...."It is worth noting that as Warburg himself wrote, 'Animal Farm' was published without a signed contract. Orwell received an advance of £88 (though Warburg says £100), and after publication he would get 12% on the first 5,000 copies sold, 15% on the next 10,000 and 17% thereafter..."<BR/><BR/>Different days, different ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1146661022949769032006-05-03T13:57:00.000+01:002006-05-03T13:57:00.000+01:00Change and innovation inside the publishing indust...Change and innovation inside the publishing industry will only come from irresistible forces outside the industry. <BR/><BR/>The hierarchy is too rich, too fat, too entrenched, and too self-satisfied.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com