Cimorene

well, i would bet at least a hundred bucks (or the ten cents in my pocket) that nobody's read a cassie edwards book for a very long time. i'd be that she doesn't like to be edited anymore, and that she is touchy about her art/writing. i would bet that means that no one even NOTICED, and that they are super embarrassed about that.

plus, they won't be sued. she will be sued, and they partially indemnify her, but there's a clause in the contracts for most houses that specifically say that when an author plagiarizes, the publisher will have already duly investigated, and is not to be held responsible. etc.