and the STORY goes on...
"Nobody associated with the plagiarism accusations is pointing fingers at Alloy, a behind-the-scenes creator of some of the hottest books in young-adult publishing. Ms. Viswanathan says that she alone is responsible for borrowing portions of two novels by Megan McCafferty, "Sloppy Firsts" and "Second Helpings." But at the very least, the incident opens a window onto a powerful company with lucrative, if tangled, relationships within the publishing industry that might take fans of series like "The It Girl" by surprise.
In many cases, editors at Alloy — known as a "book packager" — craft proposals for publishers and create plotlines and characters before handing them over to a writer (or a string of writers).
The relationships between Alloy and the publishers are so intertwined that the same editor, Claudia Gabel, is thanked on the acknowledgments pages of both Ms. McCafferty's books and Ms. Viswanathan's "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life." Ms. Gabel had been an editorial assistant at Crown Publishing Group, then moved to Alloy, where she helped develop the idea for Ms. Viswanathan's book. She has recently become an editor at Knopf Delacorte Dell Young Readers Group, a sister imprint to Crown.
Ms. Gabel did not return calls for comment. " to read the rest of the article please click here or go to :http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/27/books/27pack.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5087%0A&en=adc168b209bf0b6d&ex=1146283200
posted by hasina nicole reid at 3:45 AM
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So, do you think these revelations about 17th Street and Alloy will mean changes for the "teen lit" genre, or will it just fade into the background since Little Brown has pulled Kaavya's book off the shelves?
Do you think that the revelations about 17th Street and Alloy will affect the "teen lit" genre or will it just fade now that Little, Brown has pulled Kaavya's book off the shelves?
it will fade. They , the publishers make to much money to give up the routine.
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