Decade in books: Writers work magic, delivery has transformed — USA TODAY, 12/30/2009
Nearly a decade ago, the book world was jolted — digitally — by one of its scariest and most popular writers. On his website, Stephen King launched a serial novel, The Plant, the first experiment in digital self-publishing by a brand-name author. Readers were asked for $1 for downloading each 5,000-word installment about a vampire … Read more