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Wednesday, March 12, 2003

Publishers who turn writing into a horror story of its own

It was every author's dream - sending a book to a publisher and getting an enthusiastic response.
But what happened next was, until yesterday, beyond almost any author's worst nightmare. The managing director of the publishing firm liked the idea behind the book so much that she took it over and sold it at the Bologna book fair as her own.

· Bologna [GuardianUK]