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TeamPooka

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2. plus her agent is a thief....

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 3, 2015, 08:23 PM

Feb 2015

To Steal a Mockingbird?

The notoriously private author Harper Lee is now waging a public courtroom battle. Her lawsuit charges that in 2007 her agent, Samuel Pinkus, duped the frail 80-year-old Lee into assigning him the copyright to her only book, To Kill a Mockingbird—then diverted royalties from the beloved 1960 classic. Mark Seal investigates a scandal packed with publishing legends
By Mark Seal

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/08/harper-lee-dispute-royalties

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There are many concerns about this "new" book. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #1

plus her agent is a thief.... TeamPooka Feb 2015 #2

Some acts are impossible to follow Brainstormy Feb 2015 #3