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October 30, 2006

 

Stephen King Books That Break the Bank

coverAbebooks.com has posted a list of the Top 10 most expensive Stephen King books ever sold on the site. The number one book on the list is:
The Regulators, Sold in July 2004: A leather-bound copy with four Winchester bullets emerging from the front cover and the shell cases entering the rear of the book - signed by "Bachman" and dedicated to Harlan Ellison. Sold for $8,000

- C. Max Magee @ 2:16 PM ~ comments: 2 ~ Links to this post

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These are all fantastic. Ok, so the enormous price tags could be questioned, but each Top Ten entry reflects the power of books as a commodity in their own right.

Also, the fact that King has used his Bachman persona to sign the $8,000 top spot book, is a triumph for the art of writing - celebrating that author / character tension in such a stellar novelist.
# posted by Anonymous Mel @ October 31, 2006 12:51 PM
 
It's a little sad, though, to think that some equally wonderful books make the same amount - for their entire advance.
# posted by Anonymous Emil Stringer @ November 01, 2006 6:11 PM
 

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