Stephen king has forayed into the e-word. And his latest 'book' UR, is already a hit, although it is not in any bookshop yet.
UR is available only as an e-book and was released to coincide with the launch of Amazon's upgraded Kindle reader, have reached "five figures" after barely three weeks on the market.
In 2000 King's novella Riding the Bullet was downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, overwhelming Amazon.com and other online sites. Amazon.com does not give specific sales numbers of the Kindle or for individual books, although experts say popular titles sell in the thousands or better.
The Kindle 2, a slimmed-down model with upgraded components and storage capacity, went on sale Feb. 9 for $359. The gadget downloads books, newspaper stories and blog posts over a wireless network.
UR, available as a download for $2.99, is about a college English instructor whose pink Kindle allows him to access new books by famous dead authors as well as newspapers that tell of a future event that he is compelled to try to forestall.
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