Would you commit to signing your name until your hand ached and you couldn't write straight? Here's my take on Bob Dylan's Autopen controversy, just published today in Zibby Magazine.

https://tinyurl.com/ZibbyMagJLDylan

#autopen #bobdylan #writersofmastodon #authorslife #signedbyhand #booksmatter #WritingCommunity #writerslife #publishing #ampublishing #amwriting #amwritingfiction #regalhousepublishing #regalhouse #zibbyowens #zibbymag #zibbymagazine #teamregalhouse

Bob Dylan apologizes for using autopen device to 'hand-sign' new book

#BobDylan #autopen #hand-signed
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/bob-dylan-autographs-intl-scli/index.html

What has surprised me most about the autopen debackle is the amount of people who only NOW are getting bad feelings about Dylan's thievery and fraudulence. Case after case of blatant theft they have shrugged off as "great artists steal" and "the folk process", but now, when a magic pen has been used, they stop respecting him. #autopen #bobdylan

@Pjciam Thanks for the info about the song — now I want to see that movie! I don’t know what to think of the #autopen #caper —except it sounds like fraud. How much did Dylan know about it? Why did a reputable publisher do this— and think no one would ever know! S&S has a lot of ‘splaining’ to do! 😳

Collectors Question 'Hand-Signed' Copies Of Bob Dylan #Book
"Did #BobDylan take pen in hand and autograph 1,000 copies of his new book The Philosophy of Modern Song?"

The 81-year-old music legend rarely signs his name on anything – so when Simon & Schuster started hyping an “Exclusive Edition Signed by BOB DYLAN” on its site, collectors jumped at the chance..."

On the Bird site, Simon & Schuster later offered refunds saying it was a "penned replica."

https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/collectors-question-hand-signed-copies-of-bob-dylan-book-1.18804925
#autopen