Publishing takes another step out of the Gutenberg era this week when a new story by horror impresario Stephen King is released, at the witchy hour of 12:01 a.m. E.T. on March 14, exclusively in electronic form. The 16,000-word tale, Riding the Bullet, issued jointly by Simon & Schuster and Philtrum Press, King's personal publishing imprint, can be ordered online for $2.50 in formats compatible with a variety of e-book and computer devices.
King is not the first writer to release a book without benefit of paper and print, but he is by far the most famous and commercially powerful. Reader...
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