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iansales · 20th July 2007, 07:06 AM

Bear in mind that most of the publishers sent form rejections - they may well have spotted the plagiarism, but didn't bother to mention it.

Also, just because Austen's books are classics, it doesn't mean they would have been published if they were submitted to today. Commericial realities are different.

And finally, this sort of thing happens regularly - see here.

20th July 2007, 07:06 AM	#13 (permalink)
iansales Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,028	Re: Publishers failed to spot plagiarised Austen Bear in mind that most of the publishers sent form rejections - they may well have spotted the plagiarism, but didn't bother to mention it. Also, just because Austen's books are classics, it doesn't mean they would have been published if they were submitted to today. Commericial realities are different. And finally, this sort of thing happens regularly - see here.