Stephen king, american novelist and shortstory writer whose books were credited with reviving the horror fiction genre in the late 20th century. Riding the bullet is a ghost story in the grand manner from the bestselling author of bag. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of. Stephen king is wellknown for experimenting with new ideas, and in march 2000 he arranged to sell a novella as an ebook. At the time, king was one of the first authors to release a digitalonly book and therefore is considered one of the pioneers of the ebook industry.
Riding the bullet by stephen king overdrive rakuten. Stephen king writes exclusive story of ebook horror for. Riding the bullet is a ghost story in the grand manner from the bestselling author of bag of bones, the girl who loved tom gordon, and the green milea short story about a young man. Set primarily in the future year of 1979, it revolves around the eponymous carrie white, an unpopular friendless misfit and bullied highschool girl from an abusive religious household who uses her newly discovered. The story, told in epistolary format consisting entirely of letters, memos and correspondence, is about an editor in a paperback publishing house who gets a manuscript from what appears to be a crackpot. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writers craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. Riding the bullet is a horror novella by american writer stephen king. Its the holy grail for collectors of stephen king books a true first edition of salems lot from 1975, the authors second book the presence and condition of a dust jacket is critical to a books value in the rare book world, but this particular jacket is exceptionally prized.
Ur follows kings earlier experiments with eformats. Riding the bullet king county library system overdrive. As king says in on writing, the first draft of a novel shouldnt take. The top 10 rare and pricey stephen king books litreactor. In fact, he was one of the first highprofile authors to embrace the. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.
Kings protest of the ebook industry comes at a time when the digital book industry is hitting an alltime high. Stephen king writes ebook horror story for new kindle stephen. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read on writing. He travelled back in time to the year 2000 in order to write the first massively successful ebook. A memoir of the craft ebook written by stephen king. Stephen king is shunning ebooks in favor of traditional print runs for his new novel. Carrie is an epistolary horror novel by american author stephen king. Column by gabino iglesias october 3, 2017 2 comments. Recent reports show that the industry grew by 44 percent from 2011 to 2012. His books gained their effect from realistic detail, forceful plotting, and kings ability to involve and scare the reader. It was his first published novel, released on april 5, 1974, with a first printrun of 30,000 copies. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading duma key.
Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of stephen kings critically lauded, millioncopy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work. The american author stephen king wrote a few parts of a story by the same name and sent out as chapbooks to his friends instead of christmas cards in 1982, 1983, and 1985. After his parents separated when stephen was a toddler, he and his older brother, david, were raised by his mother. Stephen king writes ebook horror story for new kindle. A list of stephen kings novels, organized oldest to newest. Riding the bullet is a ghost story in the grand manner from the bestselling author of bag of bones, the girl who loved tom gordon, and th. Stephen king reverts to type with new book joyland books.
Stephen edwin king was born in portland, maine in 1947, the second son of donald and nellie ruth pillsbury king. Readers and publishers are buzzing about stephen kings plan to release his new title exclusively in ebook format. A list of stephen king s novels, organized oldest to newest. Riding the bullet is an exquisite limited and gift edition thats published in a somewhat larger book format. Boek maken downloaden als pdf printvriendelijke versie. Stephen king, kelley armstrong, bill pronzini, simon clark, and ramsey campbell are the first contributors to a mindbending new series of shortstory collections that push the boundaries of horror and dark suspense to the bleeding edge. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The plant is an unfinished serial novel by american writer stephen king, published in 19821985 privately and in 2000 as a commercial e book. No matter the format, stephen kings work is spellbinding because the author himself is spellbound. Amazon launched that ebookstore in part because the year 2000 was the tail end of the dotcom bubble, and also in part because of a successful ebook promotion that happened earlier in the year. Ill give you mine, it was the shining, which actually is an interesting story on why that was my first book.
I, too, am disappointed stephen king has decided to abort writing installments of the plant. The plant is a serial novel published in 2000 as an ebook by stephen king. It ebook by stephen king 9781501141232 rakuten kobo. Ian hopper cnn interactive technology editor march 8, 2000. Riding the bullet kindle edition by king, stephen, mick. Were really excited about a major new story from stephen king, being the first. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. Stephen king takes a stand against ebooks public libraries. The first hugely popular writer of the tv generation, king published his first novel, carrie, in 1974, the year before the last u. Riding the bullet is a ghost story in the grand manner from the bestselling author of bag of bones, the girl who loved tom gordon, and the green mile a. From international bestseller stephen king the first ebook ever publisheda novella about a young man who hitches a ride with a driver from the other side. Bullet which king ghostwrote back in 2000 as an ebook exclusive. How stephen king made ebook history me and my kindle.
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