NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 12: Writer Stephen King arrives at the premiere of “The Mist†presented by Fujifilm and Vault at the Ziegfeld Theater on November 12, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
Photo: Bryan Bedder/2007 Getty Images
Stephen King, e-book champion and veteran of roughly every major publishing format available, is opting to keep his new horror novel Joyland strictly as a paper book. “I have no plans for a digital version,†King says. “Maybe at some point, but in the meantime, let people stir their sticks and go to an actual bookstore rather than a digital one.†Does King count Amazon as an “actual bookstore,†though? Because Joyland is available for pre-order there. Also: What does “stir their sticks†mean?