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...Opal Mehta?? controversy has inspired tremendous outrage among many observers, most of whom have no connection to Viswanathan, nor any inclination to read her novel. Some have decried this reaction as gratuitously vindictive, and indeed, there has been a measure of jealousy inherent in the smugly satisfied public response. But such sentiments sheath a measure of meritocratic rage that I find deeply heartening...
Viswanathan also said Monday that she will revise her book to take out all of the “inappropriate similarities” between “Opal Mehta?? and McCafferty’s novels...
...York Public Library system has ordered 91 copies of the book, and 116 patrons are waiting for copies to become available, according to a librarian who looked up the figures yesterday. Megan Martin, a senior at White Plains High School, said she had read “Opal Mehta?? when it first hit bookstores earlier this month and was immediately struck by the resemblance to the work of her favorite author. “I was just like, this sounds really similar,” Martin said. “The Jessica Darling series got me through high...
...some of the copying may have occurred because she has a photographic memory and has read McCafferty’s novels three or four times each. Michael Pietsch ’78, the senior vice president and publisher of Little, Brown—which released “Opal Mehta??—told the Times yesterday that the publishing house would not sue Viswanathan for breach of contract. Most book deals include clauses that the writing must be original, according to Justin Hughes, the director of the intellectual property law program at Yeshiva University?...
Michael Pietsch ’78, the senior vice president and publisher of Little, Brown—which released “Opal Mehta??—told the Times yesterday that the publishing house would not sue Viswanathan for breach of contract. Most book deals include clauses that the writing must be original, according to Justin Hughes, the director of the intellectual property law program at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School...