Imagine - what if we 'ineffective' little bloggers could get Coulter's book pulled? By now, you know that The Rude Pundit and Raw Story have caught Coulter red-handed - much of her "book" is taken from other sources but not attributed - this is known as PLAGIARISM. And you may remember that Little Brown pulled Kaavya Viswanathan's first (and last) novel after they caught her lifting large portions from two books by Megan F. McCafferty.
Other plagiarizers haven't fared so well either. RedState's Ben Domenich was pushed resigned from the WaPo after he was caught playing stenographer. The Weekly Standard has made a cottage industry out of pummeling Doris Kearns Goodwin because she didn't have quite enough footnotes.
I'm sure the 'ol Standard will immediately call for Coulter's book to be pulled.
Well, of course they won't, but we sure can. Her publisher is:
Crown Publishing Group
Random House, Inc.
1745 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
(212) 782-9000
The email is here, but it's probably better to drop them a postcard. Or send a stern letter. What do you think? Will Crown pull the book, or take the money and run?
tags: bush coulter random house kaavya viswanathan plagiarism ben domenech crown publishing redstate.org doris kearns goodwin rude pundit raw story megan mccafferty godless
0o0o0o0o0, That would be so sweat...
Posted by: Fred | June 15, 2006 at 01:04 PM
you are godless!
Posted by: Comandante Agi | June 15, 2006 at 02:03 PM
I'll definitely send a letter. Few things make me as blindingly angry as hearing about people who steal the work of others, and then make money (and or fame) from it.
Grrrrrrrrrrrr.
Posted by: litbrit | June 15, 2006 at 02:11 PM
I had to double check to make sure you said "pulled his book"...
Posted by: actor212 | June 15, 2006 at 02:16 PM
I wrote: "Now that she has been exposed as a plagiarist, aren't you the least bit concerned that you might be sued for damages in proportion to how many copies you've sold?"
Posted by: actor212 | June 15, 2006 at 02:18 PM
Ooh - I like the way you think. Nuthin' like wrecking her market permanently. Though she has no one to blame but herself.
Posted by: kfred | June 15, 2006 at 02:42 PM
Why do you hate America, Blogenfreude? Why?
Posted by: Robot Buddha | June 15, 2006 at 02:45 PM
This is sweet alright. Not only am I sending an email BUT I copied & pasted the entire RAW STORY article as a review on Amazon.com!!!!
Tee hee. Hope the monster goes down in flames.
Posted by: HelenWheels | June 15, 2006 at 04:22 PM
Ha. Tell them Rude Pundit and I have more to come!
The key thing isn't turning out to be the plagiarism. It's the sources.
Talon News seems to have higher standards than Coulter and her publishing house.
Her endnotes are almost worthless. Instead of citing the right wing or specious source she really used...she mentions other sources instead.
We - RP and me - could use some help in getting this out there more. I mean...it is kind of strange that Ben Domenech seemed to get more attention than Coulter is. And at least he wasn't ripping off far right suspect sources to make his arguments.
thanks,
Posted by: Ron Brynaert | June 15, 2006 at 05:00 PM
Why won't she just mix a bunch of liquor and pills and aspirate her own vomit and die (semi)peacefully in her sleep? Failing that, how about she aspirates on *my* vomit and dies?
Posted by: Thesaurus Rex | June 15, 2006 at 08:24 PM
I'm definitely going to do some blogging on this. I hate the woman. She's an evil cretin. I think she's really harmful and if we can help take her down we're doing society a world of good.
Posted by: HelenWheels | June 16, 2006 at 08:24 AM
Somewhere, someone much more clever than I pointed out that "the shit she's spewing is not even her own ..."
Posted by: blogenfreude | June 16, 2006 at 08:28 AM
You people are unbelievable morons! It's obvious that Coulter's intelligence and wit is beyond your collective comprehension! I have read some of the stupidest posts on this blog and wonder if any of you made it past the 3rd grade?
Posted by: Michael | June 16, 2006 at 09:24 AM
I have read some of the stupidest posts on this blog and wonder if any of you made it past the 3rd grade?
Watch it! Those were four of the happiest years of my life!
Posted by: blogenfreude | June 16, 2006 at 09:32 AM
I am all over it, bf.
Posted by: SAP | June 16, 2006 at 10:11 AM
I bet U of Michigan Law School is so proud of Little mAnnie.
Posted by: evilchemistry | June 16, 2006 at 10:52 AM
Michael: I'd love to see your blog. I bet it is far superior to this one.
Posted by: Comandante Agi | June 16, 2006 at 12:34 PM
Michael's blog is so bloggy, it's blogorific!
But only he can see it because it's invisible.
Posted by: Robot Buddha | June 16, 2006 at 12:58 PM
Signed.
Sealed.
Delivered!
Fuck that horrid bitch and the words she has stolen! None of her thoughts are original, so it comes as no surpirise that her written words are equally uninspired.
I hope they pull it.
And even if they don't, I hope they get their publishing asses sued right along with hers!
Posted by: gary | June 16, 2006 at 01:27 PM
Okay, this post made me late for work this morning. However, tomorrow, when I am NOT working, Crown Publishing Group is going to get a letter sent to them by myownself.
Not only is she evil, but little ms. Annie Cancer is stupid.
Posted by: DivaJood | June 16, 2006 at 02:43 PM
Having had my own work (research paper) plaigeried by an adversary and data I presented first hand not even acknowledged, I know how insulting this would be to the authors of the writings Ms Coulter stole. I think she should be taken down. Her vapid, berzerker commentary is enough reason, but that would be censoring. Letting people see her insanity is enough for saner minds to evaluate. Crush her.
Posted by: JAG | June 16, 2006 at 03:17 PM
Failing that, how about she aspirates on *my* vomit and dies?
Posted by: Thesaurus Rex
Don't put your mouth there!
Posted by: actor212 | June 16, 2006 at 04:09 PM
It's obvious that Coulter's intelligence and wit is beyond your collective comprehension! I have read some of the stupidest posts on this blog and wonder if any of you made it past the 3rd grade?
Posted by: Michael
My IQ is twice your weight, and I'm factoring in your Cheetos eating, Sprite gulping, no-exercise 'cept running from mama when she calls me to lance her boils fat ass into account.
That's right: four figures! See ya in the funny pages, sport!
Posted by: actor212 | June 16, 2006 at 04:10 PM
Does this mean she pretends to be someone else when she gives random guys handjobs on the DC Metro?
Posted by: Tony | June 16, 2006 at 08:56 PM
Ann Coulter is Satan's Bitch. Her hands should be cut-off and her tongue cut-out so we never have to read or hear another vial thought from the meanest bitch on the planet.
Hopefully, her little voting fraud problem will put her away for awhile. The she can really be someones bitch.
Oh, I forgot, burn the bitch's books
Posted by: Scot | June 16, 2006 at 09:25 PM
I was in a conversation about Ann today.
She is kind of like a meaner, convervative Howard Stern...
Except WAY less hot.
We can't in a bunch about her any more than the convservatives
Posted by: Crackpot Press | June 16, 2006 at 10:29 PM
She and the bush daughters should be supporting the troops, doing social work in iraq.
Also if more chicken shit bird colonels were with the troops, along with frontline generals, there wouldn't be any investigations about war crimes being committeed by our troops. Cocktail generals and bird colonels need to be leading from the frontlines. Then you wouldn't see all the crap floating down from the top onto our troopers. The officers need to be schakled instead of the enlisted men.
Posted by: alex hanson | June 17, 2006 at 08:48 AM
didn't it take a public tongue-lashing from Oprah for thepublisher to do anything about "A Million Little Pieces"? The publishers then waited until the second fictional autobiographical book was nailed for the same problems to end their contract with the author.
The publishers are making too much cash off Coulter's hot little potato of a book to do anything. I'd, personally, like to see those whose work was plagiarized to sue Coulter and the publisher for their shares of the profits and then to sue Coulter every friggen time she plagiarizes again. Maybe then she won't make money hand over fist without having to work to make her own illogical statements up.
Posted by: ol cranky | June 17, 2006 at 09:52 AM
Scot...Ann would just resort to spewing out her ass if nothing else was workable.
Posted by: sumo | June 17, 2006 at 06:45 PM
As long as the bitch sells books - her publisher will stand by her. And there have been plagiarists who have weathered the storm and not been dropped by either agent or publisher - Doris Kearns Goodwin comes to mind. Coulter has called for the assassination of presidents - and no one in Congress followed the law and charged her. Somehow I doubt plagiarism will make much of a difference either.
Posted by: The Fat Lady Sings | June 18, 2006 at 11:47 PM
Sadly, no. The book is selling. If real publicity results from this, it'll probably sell more copies. People who like Coulter aren't coming from the high ground to begin with, you know?
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