Scribner disclosed yesterday that they will issue an ebook version of Stephen King’s forthcoming new hardcover UNDER THE DOME, set for hardcover publication on November 10 at $35.00, on Sunday, December 24. Spokesman Adam Rothberg says, “Given the current state of the marketplace and trends in digital book pricing, we believe that this is the most appropriate publishing sequence for this particular 1088 page work of fiction.” Stephen King echoes the last-month pre-price-war strategy of “we’re doing it to help the bookstores,” though at least he recognizes the irony. He tells the WSJ, “I never thought we’d see people preordering […]
