Author Stephen King is the ultimate good guy. In an effort to help brick-and-mortar bookstore sales, King has chosen to delay the release of the e-book version of his latest novel, Under the Dome. The hard-cover (traditional) version of the book will be available in bookstores and online on November 10th. The e-book will not be available for download until December 24th at 12:01 AM.
Why the decision to delay the e-book edition? According to the Wall Street Journal, it's not because Stephen King is a luddite. In fact, his last novella, Ur, was actually sold exclusively on Amazon's new Kindle. King just wanted to do what he could to give both independent and national bookstores a chance to make some money.
Kudos to King. I'd forgotten that you could be both a good human being and a shrewd businessperson at the exact same time.
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