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According to today's Buzzfeed https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomiobaro/jojo-moyes-the-giver-of-stars-kim-richardson-bookwoman-of it sounds very much like this book represents a significant plagiarism. Who has read both Book Woman, by Kim Michele Richardson which came out first and Mrs. Moyes' book, and what is your take on this controversy?
Pam I read "Book Woman" in June 2019 and two months later Good Reads sent information about Moyes' book that was going to be released in October. I was im…moreI read "Book Woman" in June 2019 and two months later Good Reads sent information about Moyes' book that was going to be released in October. I was immediately suspicious about the entire thing but not having read Moyes' book yet, could only pose a question on the site so in order to get information out to people I used Cussy Mary and whether she was in both books as my question. I was troubled because Moyes' book will definitely get more play than "The Book Woman" and that did not seem fair. I've received some likes to my question and now I see BuzzFeed has picked up on the similarities also. I have not read Moyes' book yet, probably will but it aggravates me that her book has already been picked up for a possible movie but I never saw anything that showed that much interest in "Book Woman" which is exactly what I was afraid of due to the fact that Moyes has a bigger following.
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