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First it was the Cooks Source editor devaluing writers and promoting plagiarism for profit. 

Then it was Gaspereau Press’s cavalier reaction to their Giller prizewinner’s lack of stock.

And then there was James Frey (again.)

What’s interesting about these stories is that the Internet isn’t letting them get away with it.

I should point out that I thought Mr. Frey got a raw deal from his publisher and from Oprah on the A Million Little Pieces controversy. Now that he’s devaluing writers’ work with crazy contracts? He’s trying my patience.

Here’s my summary of James Frey links:

Inside Full Fathom Five, James Frey’s Young-Adult-Novel Assembly Line — New York Magazine‏

Read the Brutal Contract from James Frey’s Fiction Factory — Daily Intel‏

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