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Speaking of TSTL…

If you’re going to plagiarize somebody’s book—with merely a find & replace name change—should you:

A) At least change the title?

B) Not also copy and paste the actual publisher’s blurb?

C) At least not use N*Sync? C’mooooooon.

Blatant theft found here (I don’t know how long the link will work. The whole shebang will no doubt be yanked soon.) UPDATE: THE PURLOINED STORIES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED.

She’s being most delightfully shredded.

UPDATE: One of the authors plagiarized, Douglas Clegg, has blogged about it: here

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6 Responses to “Speaking of TSTL…”

  1. THIS! Christine Says:
    September 30th, 2005 at 3:28 am

    Dang methinks it’s already been yanked. C’mon Shan, I’m a frustrated ambulance chaser here… gimme the dirt, who (whom?) did she plagiarize?

    X

  2. Karen S. Says:
    September 30th, 2005 at 6:27 am

    One of the comments says “You mean *steal* another Slayer story from Karen Kohler” … not familiar with Karen Kohler’s work myself, but that’s the best clue I can find.

  3. Shannon Says:
    September 30th, 2005 at 7:43 am

    The stories appear to have been taken down, but there were several authors plagiarized, including our friend Jaci.

    This :censor: literally took Jaci’s book, changed the character names and posted it on the internet as her own. Didn’t even change the title. Dumbass. :rant:

  4. Ann Says:
    September 30th, 2005 at 8:50 am

    HUh? Wha? What’d I miss?

  5. Gabriele Says:
    September 30th, 2005 at 1:33 pm

    I hope the authors sue that bastard. That’s a crime even if (s)he didn’t get any money out of it.

  6. Jaci Burton Says:
    October 1st, 2005 at 8:20 am

    She could have at least plagiarized me to CSI or something more compelling than NSync. Geez.