James Patterson Cancels the Publication of The Murder of Stephen King - GalleyCat

Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today took him to the GalleyCat site. There our adventuresome kitty boy found a post about bestselling author James Patterson.

Why would you call it that?

According to a post by Maryann Yin, James Patterson decided not to publish his novel The Killing of Stephen King. The novel was written for the James Patterson BookShots series. These are books 150 pages or less. After learning about fans who had caused problems for author Stephen King Mr. Patterson decided not to publish the book.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Humans ... Why would you even consider a title like that to begin with?"

Note: This is a short post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post, tootle over to James Patterson

The Pulp Fiction Dime Novel Is Making a Comeback

Panzer made a short trip into the Catosphere today. Our intrepid kitty explorer went to the Observer site.  He hasn't been there for a long time, so it took a while and a lot of digging to find a post for you.

According to the post by Parker Richards, mega-bestselling author James Patterson has a new project called BookShots. It's meant to be a resurrection of the old time Dime Novels. The books will be novella length, less than 150 pages, paper books. Since these will be physical books, they won't be in competition with Amazon's Kindle Singles which are similar but digital.

Whew! I am so glad Mom is better.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... If Mr. Patterson's business turns out to be successful, I wonder if Amazon will follow suit with shorter physical books?"

Note: This is a medium read today. You should only need a cup of tea and a muffin.

To read the post, tootle over to pulp fiction