this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
12 points (100.0% liked)

Books

10369 readers
7 users here now

Book reader community.

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml
wraptile@lemmy.ml
12
‘Does it really matter who wrote it?’: the rise of ghostwritten celebrity fiction (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 year ago by soyagi@yiffit.net to c/books@lemmy.ml
7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Spacebar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Yes, because the truth matters. It will always matter.

Steven King using his Bachman alias is infinitely better than a celebrity author lending their name to someone else's work. An alias is dishonest but usually done so as to not distract. A ghostwriter is fraudulently using a known name to get you to buy something.