I don't like Stephen King, so this doesn't affect my reading, but what strikes me is the arbitrariness of this decision. For one book he proclaims digital-only is fine, for another book it's paper all the way. He's the all-powerful author, so he gets to dictate to the benighted masses.
I can respect a principled stand against digital books, even if I don't agree, but I can't respect this kind of flip-flop. Is it an experiment? Does it amuse him to do this simply because he can? Or does he crave the publicity to feed his ego?
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