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Publishing giant Random House is “certain” that a novel by Kaavya Viswanathan ’08 contains “literal copying” from its own author’s works, according to a letter obtained by The Crimson...
...continuing to investigate this matter, but, given the alarming similarities in the language, structure and characters already found in these works, we are certain that some literal copying actually occurred here," Min Jung Lee, the assistant general counsel of Random House, wrote in an April 22 letter to Carol Ross, the general counsel of Little, Brown, which released Viswanathan’s debut novel “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life” this month...
...Random House is the publisher of “Sloppy Firsts” and “Second Helpings” by Megan F. McCafferty. The two books have sold a combined 300,000 copies, according to the firm...
...letter, the Random House lawyer Lee told Little, Brown: “[W]e would appreciate your prompt and serious attention to this matter...
...letter, Lee wrote that some illustrative examples of similar passages between “Opal Mehta” and the two McCafferty novels were enclosed, along with copies of the McCafferty books. The missive, which came on the letterhead of Random House and its parent company Bertelsmann, said that it was transmitted “by hand delivery...