Midnight Sun draft made available after leak

Midnight Sun Draft released by Stephanie Meyer

Have you read the first chapter of the Midnight Sun Draft? It is Twilight from Edward’s perspective. If you were keen to read what happens next then you can stop searching for illegal copies of the Midnight Sun novel as Stephanie Meyer has decided to publish it herself and you can download it here!

Download your copy of the Midnight Sun Draft

Stephenie Meyer has written a substantial draft of Midnight Sun (about 260 pages) – and somehow it has been leaked on the Internet. Here’s what Meyer had to say over on her blog:

“I did not want my readers to experience Midnight Sun before it was completed, edited and published. I think it is important for everybody to understand that what happened was a huge violation of my rights as an author, not to mention me as a human being. As the author of the Twilight Saga, I control the copyright and it is up to the owner of the copyright to decide when the books should be made public; this is the same for musicians and filmmakers. Just because someone buys a book or movie or song, or gets a download off the Internet, doesn’t mean that they own the right to reproduce and distribute it. Unfortunately, with the Internet, it is easy for people to obtain and share items that do not legally belong to them. No matter how this is done, it is still dishonest. This has been a very upsetting experience for me, but I hope it will at least leave my fans with a better understanding of copyright and the importance of artistic control.”

Meyer is imploring fans not to read the incomplete Midnight Sun draft – as it is not in the form she wanted it to be read in. But to save fans from tracking down an illegal copy she has decided to make it available herself.

Midnight Sun Draft Leak – was it a set up?

I’m really not sure what to make of this – when I first heard about it I felt sorry for Meyer, when an author puts her heart and soul into writing a book it’s awful for it to be pirated. Other people have a slightly different point of view though. Over at Maw’s blog people are suggesting this is some sort of conspiracy theory – that Meyer was concerned about fan’s reactions following the less than positive response to Breaking Dawn, and wanted to ‘test the waters’ before expending too much time and effort on Midnight Sun.

I’d love to know what you think. Is this just another nail in the coffin for internet piracy, or a clever piece of marketing? Did you come across the ‘illegal’ Midnight Sun draft? Did you read it then – will you read it now? Post in the comments below and let me know your thoughts.

Printable Copy of Midnight Sun

Many readers are asking how they can print out a copy of Midnight Sun so that they don’t have to read it on the screen.

Here’s what you do – right click on the link below and select ‘save target as’ – save the file to your hard drive and then simply print it out.

Click here to download the Midnight Sun draft

Enjoy the read and be sure to post back to let me know what you thought of it.

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