Fake King Short Story on Amazon

[Seneca_V]

Hi,

I'm sorry if this has been posted or if it should go somewhere else. A story called Cold Finger by someone calling themself Stephen King was brought to my attention on Facebook. I went and looked at it and it's obviously not by Stephen King and there's no note on the page or anything that it's not the real Stephen King. All but one review are from people who feel they were tricked. I just wanted to bring it to your attention in case it shouldn't be there using King's good name. The link is below. Thank you.

Cold Finger - Kindle edition by Stephen KING. Children Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

 

[blunthead]

I think as long as the publisher doesn't advertise an author with sK's name as sK himself it's not illegal to use that name, unless perhaps it's not the person's legal name. It's caveat emptor.

 

[Moderator]

Hi,

I'm sorry if this has been posted or if it should go somewhere else. A story called Cold Finger by someone calling themself Stephen King was brought to my attention on Facebook. I went and looked at it and it's obviously not by Stephen King and there's no note on the page or anything that it's not the real Stephen King. All but one review are from people who feel they were tricked. I just wanted to bring it to your attention in case it shouldn't be there using King's good name. The link is below. Thank you.

Cold Finger - Kindle edition by Stephen KING. Children Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

We've been round and round with Amazon about this particular author and yet it still continues.

 

[Seneca_V]

I just wasn't sure. That makes sense though. I just read the excerpt and I knew it wasn't King (lots and lots of adverbs, lol!) I was just noticing the reviews and people felt they'd been duped thinking they were downloading a story by King.

 

[king family fan]

I just wasn't sure. That makes sense though. I just read the excerpt and I knew it wasn't King (lots and lots of adverbs, lol!) I was just noticing the reviews and people felt they'd been duped thinking they were downloading a story by King.

Hey Sen. Good to see you my friend.How you doing?

 

[Tiny]

Hhhmmm. Is it a real guy named stephen King or what? thye guy should use his middle
name if it is...like Stephen Jonh King...or something.

 

[Kurben]

Hhhmmm. Is it a real guy named stephen King or what? thye guy should use his middle
name if it is...like Stephen Jonh King...or something.

Exactly. Probably the reason he can use the name with no hindrance. Obviously he doesn't mind selling a lot of books to people thinking they bought a book by the real King. Personally i think a writer ought to show both his and Kings readers some respect and add an initialor something or adopt a penname even (Ross MacDonald did) , that would be the gentlemanly thing to do.

 

[Pucker]

. . . that would be the gentlemanly thing to do.

A disappearing species, sad to say.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...Cold Finger?....I thought that was a Bond novel......

 

[mal]

A disappearing species, sad to say.

Maybe it just seems that way because we are older or, perhaps the world was a better place a generation or two ago.

 

[danie]

Perhaps I'm chasing a fly around the room calling it bad names.
You never know.

 

[@PM]

...Cold Finger?....I thought that was a Bond novel......

By Liam Fleming?

 

[GNTLGNT]

By Liam Fleming?

.....yep, and Bond will be played by Shawn Connerlay.....

 

[lowman]

I thought there was somone else using his name cause there were books i never heard of before that had his name on it and im thinking"naw this just dont sound like our sk". Thanks for sharing that with us seneca V.