Tbaby4real:


Tomi is a UK based writer.

Buffalowings3:
Stupid woman..
She wanted to cash in on the rave reviews of tom's novel..
Why not choose another title.

I still maintain my stand...

BluntBoy:

No, it is foolish to use publication dates.

Copyright date is what matters and since titles can't be copyrighted, Tomi shouldn't have made an accusation in the first place.

deepwater:


To be honest are you okay?
Like seriously?

Based in UK? writes a book? and people in other Nations wont read it?

I dont even get your point? i dont know why u quoting BTCH

topcatking:
Nora Roberts? Plagiarism? I beg to differ. Tomi is an upstart writer. ( I have read children of blood and bones, and there is nothing special in it...really).
Don't come here , yelling New york times bestseller, being a harvard alumni( your contacts and the prestige itself can make you famous). She only wrote a young adult (africa themed) fantasy tale.
Not to detract from Tomi Adeyemi's achievements, I think she over-reached and with this singular act, stabbed herself and her career in the foot.

Nora Roberts is one of the most respected, successful and awarded writers of all time. She has been writing bestsellers since the world was young.


Google both persons and see.


Title plagiarism? Tomi dey Jonze

AHCB:
why is it foolish to use publication dates?

BluntBoy:

The first rule is that your work is copyrighted the very instance you create it.

In the UK and many other countries, copyright is an automatic right. Once you create your work, it is automatically copyrighted. It is automatically recognized as your work.

What some writers do is to email their work to themselves. The email will carry a date so that when you ever have to defend your copyright, you can prove that you have written your work before the person that plagiarized it.

The reason why it is foolish to use publication date is that it doesn't prove that a book was written first.

If Writer A finishes a work in 1990 but does not publish and Writer B lifts a passage from Writer A's manuscript and adds it to his own book and then publishes his book in 1995. If eventually Writer A publishes his own book in 1996, it may appear like he plagiarized Writer B when in fact it was Writer B that plagiarized him.

So, publication date does not prove anything.

AHCB:
I see. Thanks for explaining.

Africanness:
Such a long story. It could have been way shorter.

Tbaby4real:


Pele, oma wa alright.
You ask if Nigerians read. I said Tomi is UK base (which was an honest mistake) cos I meant US and that makes you scream or cry? I thought you were normal hence my reply to you, didn't know you just escape. Pele

vizkiz:
Errr.... Summary?

sisisioge:



Ose o...one silly disrespectful first timer! The rule is to have facts before making any accusations.

AHCB:
BluntBoy. I saw this on facebook, I thought it might intrigue you.