Allegations of Rampant Newspaper Plagiarism
Jody Rosen at Slate beats down a Texas alternative publication with allegations of plagiarism run amok. In Dude, You Stole My Article, Rosen provides more examples of word-for-word duplications than you could count. Or, at least more than I could count as I’m struggling to get moving this morning. Some of you folks who are…
continue readingTyler Signs Book Deal
The cavalcade of rock star memoirs continues as reports surfaced that Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler signed a $2 million deal with Ecco, the HarperCollins imprint.
continue readingInterview: Benjamin Wallace, Author
In The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The Mystery of the World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Wine, Benjamin Wallace combines the knowledge of a sommelier with an investigative reporter’s tenacity mixed in with a heavy dose of a Hollywood thriller writer. Wallace’s work has appeared in GQ, Food & Wine, and he was the executive editor for Philadelphia…
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