Stephen King to Pen Kindle Exclusive

Amazon.com may have written a new storyline into the publishing world: Along with today's announcement of a slimmer, faster (but still $359) Kindle reader, the online giant revealed that it has signed horror writer Stephen King to a deal for an exclusive e-book, reports the Wall Street Journal. King appeared at Amazon’s press conference today and read selections from the novel, titled Ur.

Signing a “name” author to provide a book available only through Kindle has been a concern to publishers since the device debuted last year. The Journal speculates that Ur—which features a Kindle-like device—could be published as a physical book at a later date. (More Amazon stories.)