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Originally Posted by ATDrake
Trying to game the system may net short term gains for some people who do it, but the long term result is a loss for almost everyone involved. Except Harriet Klausner, who's apparently Teflon-coated and will survive unscathed like cockroaches after nuclear armageddon. And Cassandra Clare, who's demonstrated what I'd consider an impressive ability to parlay a reputation for plagiarism into book deals were it not for the fact that publishers seem to be rather lax about checking or caring about rip-offs of other authors' works and glorified numbers-incompletely-filed-off fanfics taken straight to press, as long as the original creative parties don't sue and the repackaged books make big enough profits.
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When and how did reading book reviews become so complicated?