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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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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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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Posted on May 12, 2019 at 12:00 PM by Guest Author

Preventing plagiarism should be a top priority for authors. Discover what plagiarism is, what the consequences are, and how to...

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Tagged As: Lawsuit, Plagiarism, Scandal

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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Posted on February 21, 2019 at 10:12 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

None of you authors have to be told “don’t plagiarize.” But what other lessons are there to be learned from...

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Posted on February 19, 2019 at 8:49 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

On Monday night, a sharp-eyed fan sent romance author Courtney Milan an email that no writer wants to receive: someone...

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Tagged As: Plagiarism, Romance, Scandal

Posted on July 24, 2018 at 9:57 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We found a post explaining how to prove you’ve been plagiarized ... and of course, we received official permission and...

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