The Viswanathan Dilemma at Little, Brown, Publishers.
In spring 2006 a Harvard university student, Ms. Viswanathan, is caught plagiarizing in her already published young adult novel, causing consternation for the author, her agent, her ghost book doctor, her publisher and for booksellers. What should the publisher do? The case poses difficult problems...
| Published in: | International Journal of the Humanities Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 1 - 8 |
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Common Ground Research Networks
Oct2007
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