As I said on another list, David, I think this was primarily a marketing stunt. On 19 Jun 2013, at 06:18, David Russell wrote: > I seem to recall that King once published a novel in six instalments only as > an ebook, without a print version. > > Sounds like a publicity stunt to me. > > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Trish Talbot > Sent: 18 June 2013 23:26 > To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: GUARDIAN PIECE > > Ian, Any idea why this happened? > Trish. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx> > To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:18 PM > Subject: [ebooktalk] GUARDIAN PIECE > > > There was a short piece in today's guardian bemoaning the pirating of > Stephen King's latest book, Joyland on the internet. the book was only > published in print. There was some indication that an electronic version > might be published in future. As many people have highly praised the book, > to me it seems a shame that they chose this route. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1432 / Virus Database: 3199/5921 - Release Date: 06/18/13 > > > > >