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…
continue readingRapper Writers Sued
Literary Rejections on Display points to an Associated Press report Simon & Schuster has filed suit against rappers ‘Lil Kim and Foxy Brown because the singers did not fulfill the obligations of their book contracts. The article states that Brown received $75,000 for an autobiography that was due in February 2006 and Kim was paid $40,000 for…
continue readingSuper Design
The Book Design Review has an interesting post on three books with super hero-themed designs and cover art. I gotta admit that Soon I Will be Invincible has to be one of my favorite titles in recent memory.
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