Sometimes plagiarism doesn't pay

You might remember that back in January there was uproar in the romance blogosphere when major author Cassie Edwards was shown to have engaged in extensive plagiarism of other people's work, both non-fiction and fiction. The initial reaction of her publishers was to ignore this, but now one publisher has announced that they will no longer be publishing her books. Full details in the AP report, but the meat is this:

"Signet has conducted an extensive review of all its Cassie Edwards novels and due to irreconcilable editorial differences, Ms. Edwards and Signet have mutually agreed to part ways," the publisher said in a statement Friday.

"Cassie Edwards novels will no longer be published with Signet Books. All rights to Ms. Edwards' previously published Signet books have reverted to the author."

Jane of the blog Dear Author has written a letter to Signet thanking them for taking this situation seriously. It's worth taking a moment to tell Signet that their action has been appreciated.