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I'm surprised to see the apparent parallels between criticisms of Ms. Rowling in this thread and among publishing professionals. I guess it's something in the zeitgeist. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 07-18-2013 at 08:58 PM. |
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Thanks, Harry! It's interesting to learn her own opinion about it.
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Five years is about the right timeframe for her to have written the book, have it bounce around, find a home, and get published. It also explains while Casual Vacancy and not the promised mytery was released first. Really sad her attempt to step out from under the shadow of her reputation got shortcircuitted by a blabbermouth revealing a secret he had no right to reveal. |
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I imagine that the Law Society (the professional oversight body for the legal profession in England) might well have something to say to the gentleman concerned about this breach of client confidentiality.
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The information was in the link given in post #99, the one that I quoted.
It was the law firm that told what happened, and in previous stories it was claimed that the tweet was anonymous. The only way in which Rowling could have known that the author of the tweet was a woman is if the unmasking was a fabrication. |
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There seems no reason to suppose that there's any deception here. It was the law firm which contacted Rowling's agent about the disclosure. Perhaps Ms Callegari subsequently told Mr Gossage that she had leaked the information. She wasn't breaking any law by doing so, but Mr Gossage very likely was breaching the solicitor's code of professional ethics by breaking client confidentiality in this way.
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Tbh, the above was kinda tongue in cheek since I never read author bios until after I've read a book, liked it and want to know more about who wrote it (even then I'd probably google it instead). Only time I do tend to research authors and base a book decision on that is buying reference books, for those I'd be pretty miffed if an author made up a bio (although again, I'd be more likely to use google than a bio when making a decision). I can see some people getting wound up but it doesn't really bother me that much. I guess it's a tough issue to solve when using a pseudonym though. Putting the Bio aside though, I think it's quite a good thing for her to write under a pseudonym for numerous reasons, many of which have been touched on in this thread. Shame the info leaked. Last edited by JoeD; 07-19-2013 at 09:53 AM. |
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