We will put up links to good sources on copyright law to better educate our members and the public who visit our website. This FAQ will be put up on the website, printed in NINK and available to members for copying. We will archive past and future NINK articles on this issue on the website. But let me also tell you what we won't be doing. We won't be interfering with anyone's legal right to publish.
Plagiarists sometimes manage to publish again.
If they can get someone to take the risk and buy their work, we can, as individuals, decide not to buy their books. As an organization-we can't get into the territory of black lists and boycotts and interfering with someone's right to make a living. Finally, a personal note. I believe this has been a healthy if painful airing of a difficult issue. I want to thank Nora Roberts for putting into words, as only she can, what it's been like for her since she learned that Janet Dailey had plagiarized her.