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Buying A Lie: The Harms And Deceptions Of Ghostwriting, T. J. Fosko
Buying A Lie: The Harms And Deceptions Of Ghostwriting, T. J. Fosko
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
Ghostwriters are hired by politicians, celebrities, professionals and even established authors to do the work of writing for significant monetary compensation. Although ghostwriters receive no professional credit for their authorship, publishers who employ ghostwriters enjoy the financial windfall of marketing a book by a well-known person. While the economic harm of purchasing a relatively inexpensive book from what the consumer thought was a best-selling author is relatively slight, the serious harm of ghostwriting is the message received by the consumer who thinks that the ideas and message of the book come from the purported author.
Despite the inherently deceptive nature …