new to king and I noticed he used to be with double day. does anyway know why he left them or why they left him etc. if they dumped him I would say that was a mistake. lol
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Funny - I went looking for my copy of "On Writing" only to discover I cannot find it - so looks like that was one I got from the library then. Shoot!I don't remember exactly where I read it, it must have been "on writing" I think, but he felt he wasn't given the consideration he deserved when dealing with them. It stemmed from one meeting Stephen King had with them where he was made to feel that he was just another writer to them, or something along those lines. I think, don't quote me on it
I just found something on-line that may be relevant:new to king and I noticed he used to be with double day. does anyway know why he left them or why they left him etc. if they dumped him I would say that was a mistake. lol
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Way back when, I was a Doubleday book club member - I think that is how I ended up purchasing Dreamcatcher (???) - that one is by Doubleday isn't it?Even after King had bestsellers with 'Salem's Lot and then followed by The Shining, there were a few times when he went to the Doubleday offices in NY to meet with his editor Bill Thompson. They would be walking in the halls and the 'mucky-mucks' would be walking towards them and they would not even recognize Steve. Bill would have to introduce/re-introduce King to them. How's that for making your highest selling in-house author feel welcome and needed? As stated above, the tipping point was when they made him cut sections of The Stand- telling him either you do it or we will. Lord knows what it would've been like had 'they' had their chance at editing it down a few hundred pages. The Stand wasn't the last Doubleday King book either- that honor goes to Pet Semetary. If I remember correctly Doubleday took King to court over his 5 book deal after he left them, saying that his Night Shift didn't truly count as a 'book' as it was a collection of short stories and he therefore owed them another book. I do not have tender feelings towards Doubleday Publishing, Inc......
Nope, Dreamcatcher was published by Scribner. He wasn't airbrushed either. I don't think he would like it if they re-touched him- he ain't a supermodel, just a down-to-Earth writer from Maine.Way back when, I was a Doubleday book club member - I think that is how I ended up purchasing Dreamcatcher (???) - that one is by Doubleday isn't it?
Anyhoo - here is a pic from the back of The Stand - maybe he was not 'airbrushed' for that cover of the magazine I posted on here earlier after all (somewhere on here but not sure which thread).