Authors The Return of the Hotties By Neal on Apr. 28, 2006 - 1:33 PM Jennifer Solow was so happy to see herself in last week’s roundup of hottie literati that she sent us another photo to press her case that much further. And it comes on the very day that Janet Maslin, in another of her semi- ...
Book Biz Viswanathan Coverage Echoing Itself? By Neal on Apr. 28, 2006 - 1:05 PM Back in our very first post on CopyKaavya, I mentioned the historical example of Jacob Epstein, who got caught plagiarizing from Martin Amis when Little, Brown published his debut novel back in 1980. Now, I don’t think it ...
Authors Miss Teen Wordpower’s Film Deal Evaporates By Neal on Apr. 28, 2006 - 12:03 PM When PW Daily came out this morning, its coverage of the Opal Mehta recall came with a new twist: citing Variety, they revealed that Dreamworks is pulling the plug on its plans to film Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel. (Interestin ...
Authors CopyKaavya: Recall reactions all over the place By Carmen on Apr. 28, 2006 - 9:55 AM At the Edgar Awards last night, the news of OPAL MEHTA being recalled became “the text message heard round the ballroom.” And while the official word from Little, Brown — who took up two tables at the banquet to ...
Authors CopyKaavya: advice for teen writers with big book deals By Carmen on Apr. 28, 2006 - 9:44 AM In the First Post, Nicholas Clee asks one of many questions that are swirling around Kaavya Viswanathan and the recall of her book: why did she garner such a huge advance, and why take such a risk? “The answer is the book in ...
Authors The Codebreakers have it By Carmen on Apr. 28, 2006 - 8:58 AM Not even 48 hours after reports about the so-called secret code contained within the judgement of the Da Vinci Code infringement trial broke, eager puzzlers have discovered what it is: a simple phrase, an homage to Admiral John Ar ...
Publishing Today in Wottakar’s: future plans for Waterstone’s By Carmen on Apr. 28, 2006 - 8:00 AM The Guardian profiles Tim Waterstone, the bookstore chain’s founder who’s looking to buy back in for the second time. Will he succeed? It all depends on who you ask. Says Caroline Dawnay of the literary agency PFD, ...
Publishing S&S: No, we’re not for sale By Carmen on Apr. 28, 2006 - 6:15 AM As soon as Lagardere bought out Time Warner Book Group, many (us included) began to chirp that Simon & Schuster might be next on the conglomerate’s acquisition list. Not so, says S&S CEO Jack Romanos to Publishing Ne ...
Authors How Opal Mehta Got Pulled from Bookstores By Neal on Apr. 28, 2006 - 12:00 AM Motoko Rich and Dinitia Smith share the byline on the NYT announcement of Little, Brown’s decision to recall How Opal Mehta… Got a Life, the Kaavya Viswanathan novel that contained numerous turns of phrase that mirrore ...
Authors CopyKaavya Should Read More Widely By Neal on Apr. 27, 2006 - 12:55 PM Here’s another passage from Kaavya Viswanathan’s NYT spin session that caught my eye, as the young author attempts to explain why her plotline was still authentically hers even though it so closely mirrored Megan McCaf ...