Novella Ur available on Kindle and for download

**Bev Vincent** · 02-10-2009 12:26 PM

Here's a Huffington Post interview with King after the press conference yesterday.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffWE-L3MJMI"]YouTube - Stephen King at Amazon Kindle 2.0 launch - Hidary Huff Post interview[/ame]

**herbertwest** · 02-10-2009 02:39 PM

should maybe rename the thread no? "ONLY on kindle" : will be able to download it too...

**Gris** · 02-10-2009 05:11 PM

Whole thing has me feeling extremely let down.

It's an Advertisement. The whole story is an Ad for Kindle. Amazon bought Stephen King and made him write a very long, and I'm sure very good, Ad for their toy.

**mystima** · 02-10-2009 07:35 PM

it kinda reminds me of the electronic books and logs they had in the Star Trek series. thats just how i see it. might get one a few years from now when it gets into a better price range.

**herbertwest** · 02-11-2009 01:46 AM

Yep, Stephen King is in that case a great Marketing tool : that doesnt mean that the Kindle 2 will sell more, but we will hear about it...

**Mr. Rabbit Trick** · 02-11-2009 07:29 AM

In what seemed an extraordinary kind of advertorial, the sort of paid placement that writers and high-end jewelry companies have occasionally been known to engage in, Stephen King explained that Amazon had approached his agent in January to see if he would write a story for exclusive download to Kindle 2. At first he declined, but reversed himself and started writing on January 18th what became a novella called Ur. In it, the protagonist gets a Kindle and eerie King-like happenings ensue.

Bezos assured us that the story is "terrific." King assured us that "it isn’t as though the two things" - the book and Amazon’s digital enterprise - "are in conflict. It’s like peanut butter and chocolate, when you put them together you get a whole new taste treat." In fact it was like nothing so much as a mutual admiration society.

http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/7...s-unbound.html

**obscurejude** · 02-11-2009 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by Gris

Whole thing has me feeling extremely let down.

It's an Advertisement. The whole story is an Ad for Kindle. Amazon bought Stephen King and made him write a very long, and I'm sure very good, Ad for their toy.

This is modernity. What were you expecting? For better or worst, its a free market society.

**mae** · 02-11-2009 02:42 PM

Ms. Mod over at sk.com says:

I got some more information from Steve's agent this morning about the release of the story to the general public. Kindle will have an exclusive on the story for its users first but will then release it (anywhere from 1-3 months after) to the general public.

**herbertwest** · 02-12-2009 01:06 PM

MrRabbit : 10 mins you said?

**jhanic** · 02-12-2009 01:10 PM

Amazon has made Ur available immediately. Here's the link.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001RF3U9K

Thanks to Lilja's Library for the notice!

John

**jhanic** · 02-12-2009 01:11 PM

Amazon has made Ur available immediately.

Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...ljslibrthew-20

Thanks to Lilja's Library for the information!

John

**Matt** · 02-12-2009 01:29 PM

I modified the thread title a bit.

**mae** · 02-12-2009 04:10 PM

Anyone read it yet? The review on Amazon sounds very intriguing, making me feel this is not just a case of Amazon approaching King with cold hard cash and making him write a long ad copy for them.

**Randall Flagg** · 02-12-2009 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by jhanic

Amazon has made Ur available immediately.

Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...ljslibrthew-20

Thanks to Lilja's Library for the information!

John

Yes, but the way I read this, one must download it to a Kindle.

**mae** · 02-12-2009 05:11 PM

Yeah us regular folk have to wait.

**herbertwest** · 02-13-2009 05:03 AM

Do you think there would be anyways to get figures of downloads through kindle? i'd be nosy...

**CRinVA** · 02-17-2009 07:22 AM

the and for download - it's still only avail for download to a Kindle - right?????

no Kindle - no readie!!!!!

**Bev Vincent** · 02-17-2009 09:27 AM

Yes, for an as-yet unspecified period Amazon has an exclusive. A few months, perhaps.

**CRinVA** · 02-17-2009 09:36 AM

Thnaks Bev - arg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**mae** · 02-17-2009 10:02 AM

There are lots more reviews at Ur's Amazon page now. All over the place, some are loving it, some are outright hating it. Apparently there are also Dark Tower ties.

http://www.amazon.com/UR/product-rev...DateDescending

**oy-the-brave** · 02-19-2009 02:54 PM

I received 350.00 worth of gift certificates for Amazon.com yesterday and downloaded UR, read it today.

I loved it and to say there are DT connections is an understatement, I would call it a DT story.

**Randall Flagg** · 02-19-2009 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by oy-the-brave

I received 350.00 worth of gift certificates for Amazon.com yesterday and downloaded UR, read it today.

I loved it and to say there are DT connections is an understatement, I would call it a DT story.

Downloaded it to a Kindle?

**oy-the-brave** · 02-19-2009 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by Randall Flagg

Originally Posted by oy-the-brave

I received 350.00 worth of gift certificates for Amazon.com yesterday and downloaded UR, read it today.

I loved it and to say there are DT connections is an understatement, I would call it a DT story.

Downloaded it to a Kindle?

Yeah I got a Kindle for Christmas.

**CRinVA** · 02-19-2009 05:36 PM

lucky you!

**herbertwest** · 02-20-2009 06:23 AM

only one reader on this board so far?

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