News of note for readers: July 8, 2025

Posted on July 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary news of note from Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Fantasy, Libraries, Movie adaptation, Plagiarism, Politics, Scandal, Social media and websites, Stage adaptation

Literary controversies: November 13, 2024

Posted on November 13, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Our newswire editor was recently off for about a week, but she's back on the clock now and clearing out...

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Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Diversity, Libraries, Plagiarism, Scandal

Novelist John Hughes's official response to plagiarism claims

Posted on June 20, 2022 at 12:02 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Last week, more plagiarism allegations against novelist John Hughes surfaced. Hughes had previously acknowledged the appearance of passages from Svetlana...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Plagiarism, Scandal, The Guardian

Questionable books about coronavirus are popping up on Amazon

Posted on March 12, 2020 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One fact you can count on during a crisis: that misinformation will be spread, often by opportunists. Amazon is seeing...

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Tagged As: Amazon, coronavirus / COVID-19, Plagiarism, The Guardian

"The Secrets We Kept" moves from bidding war to legal battle

Posted on October 1, 2019 at 2:13 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Lara Prescott’s debut novel, The Secrets We Kept, was at the center of a bidding war among publishing companies. Now...

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Tagged As: Lawsuit, Plagiarism, The Guardian, Thriller

Nora Roberts sues author accused of plagiarizing

Posted on April 25, 2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We have a lawsuit in copygate! Author Nora Roberts is suing Cristiane Serruya, the romance novelist accused of plagiarizing forty...

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Tagged As: Lawsuit, Plagiarism, Romance, Scandal, The New York Times