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scalem X · 20th July 2007, 01:59 AM

JD I personally have heard of similar cases (maybe even read on chronicles) and I'm only 20 years old lol. I guess that every two years someone comes up with the idea...

I don't think it matters all that much or tells much about the business:
Should you have read classics like pride and prejudice to determine whether a book is fit for today's market?
Would you recognize it?
Classics still sell today, mostly because they are classics, not because they are something new and never done before, like they were in their time.

Suppose you are a publisher and read a manuscript and it appears to be a lot like Persuasion. You conclude that it is not something of this time. Would you bother too look if its plagiarism? You're rejecting it anyway.

20th July 2007, 01:59 AM	#10 (permalink)
scalem X I am, the scallywag Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,427	Re: Publishers failed to spot plagiarised Austen JD I personally have heard of similar cases (maybe even read on chronicles) and I'm only 20 years old lol. I guess that every two years someone comes up with the idea... I don't think it matters all that much or tells much about the business: Should you have read classics like pride and prejudice to determine whether a book is fit for today's market? Would you recognize it? Classics still sell today, mostly because they are classics, not because they are something new and never done before, like they were in their time. Suppose you are a publisher and read a manuscript and it appears to be a lot like Persuasion. You conclude that it is not something of this time. Would you bother too look if its plagiarism? You're rejecting it anyway.