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Stephen King expressed shock this week that his e-book, The Plant, did not meet sales expectations. The best-selling horror novelist planned to upload a new installment each month, as long as enough readers paid for it. He was stunned to find that people would rather not pay for something they can get for free.
"Gee, what is wrong with people?" King said in disgust. King, who has played guitar for a group of authors-turned musicians known collectively as the Rock Bottom Remainders, is now more enthusiastic about his upcoming music venture. "Have you heard what they can do with music on the net now?" King excitedly described the sound quality of MP3 files he had recently heard. "I am going to try uploading some music files to my website. I won't be charging much, since I am just an amateur musician, but I figure if enough people pay each week, I'll put a new song on each week."
King is confident that this venture will turn out better than the e-publishing escapade. "Like I said, just think of me as an amateur musician. I thought I knew my fans pretty well, but a lot of those freeloaders weren't real fans or booklovers," he explained. "I know music fans pretty well. They won't try to "beat the system" or anything like that if they have the chance to show their support by paying for a quality recording of something they really like."
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