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Steve Ross, the senior vice president and publisher of Crown Publishers and Three Rivers Press, subsidiaries of Random House that have released Megan McCafferty's novels, issued the following statement this afternoon...
...Random House, which published McCafferty’s novels, is confident that “literal copying” occurred in Viswanathan’s book, according to a confidential letter from the publishing giant to Little, Brown that was obtained by The Crimson...
...statement released alongside Viswanathan’s yesterday, Little, Brown senior vice president and publisher Michael Pietsch said he received a letter from Random House on the morning of April 24 that included passages Random House had deemed similar between Viswanathan’s novel and McCafferty’s books...
...spokesman for Random House, Stuart Applebaum, said he could not confirm or deny the authenticity of the letter obtained by The Crimson. But, he said, "Publishing protocol dictates that one contacts the publisher of the book whose text may bear alleged similarities. So it is customary, it would be customary, for us to reach out to the publisher you name...
Though Viswanathan might not face copyright penalties from Random House, she could face a suit from her own publisher...