Response to "Move over, Meerkat Manor"

I did not enjoy reading this article. It's simply not my type of reading. I did find pieces of it to be interesting though. I was quite amused with how Edwards placed the facts about the Meerkats in the romance novel as if they belonged. I feel as if she could have plagiarized something else and it would have blended in so much better. Who's expecting that topic of facts in a romance novel? I find it mature yet necessary that he didn't file a law suit against her. Most people would've looked at it as a way to make money and not let her steel the writing. But I believe that Tolme knew that it was embarrassment enough for her with the attention that article gave her. I did, however, disagree with Tolme at the end of the article about his opinion on plagiarism. I realize that it is wrong and also a form of steeling, but i don't think that it is the issue that he makes it out to be. In the end, I think Edwards made a poor decision by plagiarizing in her romance novel not only because she stole but it didn't enhance her novel in any form.