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I mean, you're holding an AMA about being harassed and threatened by a NYT staffer and not really providing any context... As far as I can tell from browsing your web site and all the links above, you believe the Times permitted a fabricated story based substantially off of your book to be published as nonfiction. Then you sought attribution, although you haven't really provided any specific instances of misappropriated content, other than general subject matter, and received inappropriate responses.

The thing is: (1) I don't know if there was any impropriety prior to your allegations of misappropriation; (2) I don't know how hard you pushed seeking attribution/acknowledgement; (3) I don't know what you said to them; (4) I don't know what they said to you; (5) I know you're claiming harassment and physical threats but I haven't seen any proof other than self-referential blog posts.

So, you're saying you have no actual proof of impropriety other than the inappropriate responses you received to your allegations? Yet you're writing a whole book about perceived improprieties?

Right? This whole things seems super circular. As far as I can find, the only support for any of the arguments come from the author herself and self-referential links to her own blog.

But as far as we know, the only reason you've received these responses is because you've been harassing them about an imagined misappropriation.

I understand what you're trying to do but you can't provoke a response from someone on purpose and then try to hold them accountable for that response as though it's some systemic issue.

Isn't this whole book/AMA basically recourse for the misappropriation?

I guess what I don't see is what transgressions really took place if there wasn't any stolen content? Other than inappropriate reactions to your allegations of improper attribution.