Worth a trip to the British Library for one of our London based members?

Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK
On May 19, 2012 11:00 PM, "Andy Mabbett" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 19 May 2012 22:44, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote:
> > As I feared when we discussed this article early today, I'm not really
> > sure she is notable... I think that's why you can't find suitable
> > references to establish notability.
>
> I'd be very surprised if an author of at least nine novels, all
> published by a single mainstream publisher (implying commercial
> success) with some republished in large print editions, had manage to
> garner no press coverage, interviews, or reviews.
>
> That they have been published over a period starting in 1976 means
> that such coverage is likely to pre-date the web and may never have
> been available electronically.
>
> > I'm also a little concerned that a large portion (over a third) of the
> > article
>
> I think you're miscounting.
>
> > is copied word for word from the publisher's biography of her
> > (the 2nd reference). It's only one and a half sentences and its the
> > obvious way to convey that information, so it wouldn't usually be a
> > problem, but the article is just so short that it is quite
> > significant.
>
> SOFIXIT!
>
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> Andy Mabbett
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> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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