Fans buy the 'wrong' Stephen King book

[Neesy]

This is from the Telegraph out of the UK. I am surprised it has not been posted yet so here goes!

Fans buy the 'wrong' Stephen King book - Telegraph

 

[ReallyRosie]

I am embarrassed to admit how many wrong books I have e-purchased.

 

[blunthead]

That bites. I guess people have to be more careful.

 

[Kurben]

Don't they check? Even after they read it? I would never make such a mistake.

 

[Neesy]

Don't they check? Even after they read it? I would never make such a mistake.

They are buying the E-book version, and Stephen King did not make "Joyland" available in that format - only in written hard copy form.

 

[Kurben]

But still...

 

[skimom2]

What a horrible person.

 

[Kurben]

What a horrible person.

Eh, are you referring to the author of the other Joyland or perhaps, i shudder to think, me?

 

[skimom2]

Eh, are you referring to the author of the other Joyland or perhaps, i shudder to think, me?

Not at all! The other writer. Sure, people should have been more careful before downloading, but treating her misgotten gains as a joke is like slapping them twice: once when they bought her "horribly written stream of consciousness novel" and again when she waves the money they wasted in their faces.

 

[Kurben]

Not at all! The other writer. Sure, people should have been more careful before downloading, but treating her misgotten gains as a joke is like slapping them twice: once when they bought her "horribly written stream of consciousness novel" and again when she waves the money they wasted in their faces.

Agree. And i did understand you were not alluding to poor little me. Just joking.

 

[Neesy]

Eh, are you referring to the author of the other Joyland or perhaps, i shudder to think, me?

Well you do like to read your books by flashlight Kurben!

 

[Neesy]

Not at all! The other writer. Sure, people should have been more careful before downloading, but treating her misgotten gains as a joke is like slapping them twice: once when they bought her "horribly written stream of consciousness novel" and again when she waves the money they wasted in their faces.

I took it that it was all a mistake (but not necessarily intentional) - do you think she should have refunded their money?

 

[prufrock21]

In order to tell King from not-King, you have to be a Constant Reader. I really enjoyed this: ... reviewer Sheila Peebles from Ohio, who wrote: "Probably one of the best books written by Stephen King. Not the usual King story but instead a warm wonderful story".

 

[blunthead]

I took it that it was all a mistake (but not necessarily intentional) - do you think she should have refunded their money?

I think she should at least contact sK and/or his fans with an apology and an offer to compensate. I expect, however, since she's the type who chose instead to broadcast how she's spending sK's money, that scenario ain't. I wonder how her writing career will turn out now.

 

[skimom2]

I took it that it was all a mistake (but not necessarily intentional) - do you think she should have refunded their money?

Yup. Keeping ill-gotten gains is stealing in my book.

 

[Spideyman]

Isn't there a legal issue here? Or does it go back to Buyer beware.

 

[Neesy]

Yup. Keeping ill-gotten gains is stealing in my book.

Isn't there a legal issue here? Or does it go back to Buyer beware.

She is on tumbler under stephenkingmoney.tumbler.com

 

[hipmamajen]

You can return e-books pretty easily to Amazon, so anyone who bought it and realized it isn't what they wanted should be able to return it and get their money back. I wonder why people didn't do that?

I agree, the blog is in poor taste...

 

[FlakeNoir]

She is on tumbler under stephenkingmoney.tumbler.com

I just tried a search with the address in your post Neesy and got taken to something completely different. (uh-oh, hope I haven't been malwared.)

Does Marsha need to know about this do you think? Is she advertising her stuff under the guise of Stephen? (I didn't read the article..)

 

[AnnaMarie]

No Flake, she's not. Her book was written first, and happens to have the same title. People are downloading thinking it's King's. And even after reading it, some still think it is his.

I think what she's doing is funny. And since at least one review said it was Stephen's best work, I don't think she's stealing from anyone. Plus, they could get their money back if they quickly realized they bought the wrong book.