Midnight Sun

by Dave

I found a story posted on Yahoo! News this morning from Reuters.  Apparently, large segments of the final Twilight novel were leaked online, prompting this response from the author, Stephenie Meyer:

“I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on ‘Midnight Sun,’ and so it is on hold indefinitely.”

Of course, there is nothing here indicating that the final book will never be published.  But, my first thought upon reading this was, “How would Potter fans have reacted to such a statement from Rowling?”  Meyer’s frustration is certainly understandable.

But, do you think working as an author in this digital age demands a different thought process on their part?  The Internet often tiptoes a very fine line between democratic participation and total anarchy.  And nearly every piece of information in our culture is embedded at some point in that network.  HP, Rowling, and her various publishing/production partners seem to have exploited the Net very well.

It does seem that some of our readership here are also Twilight fans.  What do you think of this situation?

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