midnight sun chapters 13 24 by stephenie meyer

No matter how this is done, it is still dishonest. Unfortunately, with the Internet, it is easy for people to obtain and share items that do not legally belong to them. 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. 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.

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. I did not want my readers to experience Midnight Sun before it was completed, edited and published. I have no comment beyond that as I believe that there was no malicious intent with the initial distribution. The manuscript that was illegally distributed on the Internet was given to trusted individuals for a good purpose. Due to little changes I made to the manuscript at different times, I can tell when each left my possession and to whom it was given. I have a good idea of how the leak happened as there were very few copies of Midnight Sun that left my possession and each was unique. As some of you may have heard, my partial draft of Midnight Sun was illegally posted on the Internet and has since been virally distributed without my knowledge or permission or the knowledge or permission of my publisher.

Midnight sun chapters 13 24 by stephenie meyer