Plagiarism is almost the least of your worries because the accuser must prove the book is a plargiarlized work which can (though history proves not always) be very difficult. Plagiarism is not easy to prove, although this should be no excuse for you to let it slide or not be on the look-out. Remember, this is your reputation on the line.
As noted in class and previous notes, Plagiarism is THE GREATEST AND LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES; YOUR ONLY DEFENSE AGAINST IT IS THE INTEGRITY OF THE AUTHOR. In this sense, you want to do your due diligence and you will have to do some fact-checking yourself (which is good if you had an internship where you did this such as i did, you will thank god you are a good fact-checker - it's a job unto itself). Or, when you move up and have your own EA, then you can use your intern as a fact-checker, which is an interesting job in any publishing house. You certainly could do worse than being a fact-checker. it is one of the most interesting jobs, if you ask me.
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