Novel scare from Stephen King

Horror author Stephen King says he and his readers could become "big publishing's worst nightmare" by downloading a new novel from his website for $US1 ($2) an instalment.

On his website, readers will be able to download the opening instalment of King's The Plant, the first time a significant release has bypassed a publisher.

He said the whole process will be "on the honour system" and the second instalment will go online on August 21.

King started the novel 10 years ago.

Links:

www.stephenking.com