[access-uk] Re: Is this a sign of end to e-books
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 12:22:56 +0100
This looks like a marketing stunt to me. This is the strand of King's writing
which originated under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and is not published by
his regular publisher Hodder. His next proper Stephen King novel, Dr Sleep
which is a sequel to The Shining is definitely being published digitally in
September. I know because I have it on pre-order for the Kindle.
On 22 May 2013, at 11:49, Derek Hornby wrote:
> From The Times 22 May 2013
> Stephen King logs out of e-books and tells fans to buy print
> John Simpson
>
> Stephen King, the prolific horror writer, championed the nascent e-book
> revolution more than a decade ago by publishing an online-only novella.
>
> But in a sharp about-turn, he has decided not to release the digital rights
> to
> his latest book.
>
> King said that for his new novel, Joyland, he hoped that readers would
> return to
> bookshops to buy old-fashioned print editions. The book, due to be published
> on
> June 7 in Britain, will be available only in print format.
>
> "I have no plans for a digital version," the author told The Wall Street
> Journal. "Maybe at some point, but in the meantime, let people stir their
> sticks
> and go to an actual bookstore rather than a digital one."
>
> King's short story Riding the Bullet was published in 2000 in e-book form.
> The
> decision was thought to have been a significant step towards the new age of
> e-publishing. When he released the story, priced at 2 dollars, 50, King
> wrote on
> his website: "My friends, we have the chance to become Big Publishing's
> worst
> nightmare." In the novella, a writer sends a man-eating plant to a
> publishing
> house that has rejected his manuscript.
>
> Now, as it becomes clear that "Big Publishing" has cornered the online
> market,
> it seems King has decided to back traditional paper publishing. Joyland will
> be
> published by Hard Case Crime, an independent American publisher that
> specialises
> in lurid pulp fiction artwork on its book covers. In 2005, Hard Case
> published
> King's novel The Colorado Kid.
>
> Sales of e-books in the United States doubled in 2012 compared with 2011.
> Paul
> Ingram, the buyer for Prairie Lights bookshop in Iowa City, Iowa, said he
> hoped
> that King's decision would inspire other authors.
>
> Mr Ingram said that it was unfortunate that many people would rather buy
> books
> from their computer or mobile phone than browse the shelves at a bookshop.
>
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