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Shakesthecoffecan:
That was my thoughts, hoping to be a thorn in the side of Universal, which has plenty of money, it might make sense to play them off rather than tie up their lawyers for however many years.
I hope they don't, just ain't right.
Shakesthecoffecan:
Here is a review of her book from 2005: (http://www.branscum.net/archives/2005/05/index.html)
May 14, 2005
Baffling PR: Novel or Nonfiction?
I understand that a certain flexibility, let's call it, has crept into the definition of nonfiction. There was one author, for example, who explained to students, although not her readers, that she had tweaked various things in her memoir. (For flow? To improve the narrative? Don't recall and don't actually object to the practice if it is disclosed to readers.) But what are we to make of this newly processed chunk o' marketing communications?
"The Book That’s Sending Shock Waves Across the Nation
"Author Janice Scott-Blanton releases her debut non-fiction novel 'My Husband Is On the Down Low and I Know About It,' published by JaRon Publishing Group.
"(PRWEB) May 14, 2005 -- On March 20, 2005, Janice Scott-Blanton’s released her debut novel with a celebration at the Zanzibar on the Waterfront in Washington, DC. Scott-Blanton has written a true to life novel that is taking readers on a journey into the life of Annette Hawkins (alias), who is confronted with her military husband’s lifestyle of living on the 'down low.' ... Scott-Blanton has conducted dozens of face-to-face and telephone interviews with Annette, reviewed a video tape and read journals that Annette and Lieutenant Colonel James Hawkins maintained over the years." Gotta wonder about that videotape. Was she watching home movies of a family BBQ or something considerably hotter?
Perhaps this book is nonfiction, with names changed to protect real individuals. Maybe it's a novel that was inspired, as the movie folks like to say, by true events. Fine either way. But a nonfiction novel? Get outta Dodge. Stop scaring the horses and confusing the pitifully few readers left in our great country.
Toast:
Is the american judiciary so far out of touch that someone can file a $250,000,000 case alleging that a story written in 1997, filmed in 2004, released in 2005 can be accused of stealing ideas from some laughable book self-published in early 2005?
Don't they have a little slip that you fill in giving the details of your case?
Do the "author", "lawyer", and "filing clerks" all think a 'great idea' becomes a film from May to September of the same year?
But then maybe you have to go into court to get thrown out of court.
I hope to god that he didn't sleep with the sheep, because then the case will probably go to $350,000,000.
nakymaton:
--- Quote from: Toast on January 28, 2007, 04:56:13 pm ---Is the american judiciary so far out of touch that someone can file a $250,000,000 case alleging that a story written in 1997, filmed in 2004, released in 2005 can be accused of stealing ideas from some laughable book self-published in early 2005?
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Maybe the lawyer plans to submit a time machine as evidence.
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: nakymaton on January 28, 2007, 05:44:59 pm ---Maybe the lawyer plans to submit a time machine as evidence.
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LOL...I wonder if that would even work. The whole thing is ludicrous and the book is crap...at least based on the excerpts I read. As I said in my earlier post, I believe this is all a publicity stunt, pure and simple.
And the fact that we are talkiing about shows that she is getting the publicity she wants. There are enough foolish people out there that will actually buy her book because of this. That's all the author wants.
L
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