After reading through Poynter tonight, I discovered a recent story of a girl from Suburban New Jersey who wrote a chick lit book about a girl who is the daughter of Indian Doctors in Suburban NJ (autobiographical). The author, 19 year old Ivy League college student Kaavya Viswanathan, had a $500,000 two-book contract as well as a DreamWorks movie deal. However, a few pages were extremely identical to Megan F. McCafferty earlier novels entitled "Sloppy Firsts" and "Second Helpings."
This example is not only exactly what I am addressing with my program but also alerts me that maybe including something for authors within my program will be beneficial as well. This is all a work in progress.
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http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=52&aid=100604
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Great work.
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