What is going on with Midnight Sun?

Question

I hear that there is something about illegal copie being sent out.. What is happening due to that? I need feedback =)

Answer 1

she is pretty much throwing a tantrum because some of her book got leaked

i belive she should just show us all that we should all wait and get the Better book and the HOLE book.

its pretty much pissed me off completly.

Answer 2

stepheniemeyer.com

it talks about what happened...

Answer 3

Oddly enough, I am told that the leak first appeared here. I have heard there was someone posting that they had it and would send it to anyone who wanted it. Anyone heard that?

The book is on hold indefinitely. Probably forever. SM is throwing a major hissy fit and blaming the people who read it instead of whoever leaked it. That is very wrong of her, and people continue to drop out of the Twilight fandom cloud. A lot of them end up over at Amazon.com in the Breaking Dawn section. Pax-C  

Answer 4

Twelve Chapters of Midnight Sun were leaked on the internet...and Stephenie Meyer's freaking out about it. It explains on her website why she feels like her rights as an author are being ignored and everything...as the people above me have said, she is going about handling this so wrong. Putting the book on hold because her feelings have been hurt is ridiculous.

Answer 5

Meyer is annoyed at the leak of the first 12 chapters of Midnight Sun. I understand she's annoyed, and needs time to sulk, but punishing all her fans of the book she promised them and throwing a fit by canceling them for the rest of the year seems a bit overboard.

Angel_U

Answer 6

This is what Stephenie Meyer said on her website:

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.

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. 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. The manuscript that was illegally distributed on the Internet was given to trusted individuals for a good purpose. I have no comment beyond that as I believe that there was no malicious intent with the initial distribution.

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.

So where does this leave Midnight Sun? My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. If I tried to write Midnight Sun now, in my current frame of mind, James would probably win and all the Cullens would die, which wouldn't dovetail too well with the original story. In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely.

I'd rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun. It was only an incomplete draft; the writing is messy and flawed and full of mistakes. But how do I comment on this violation without driving more people to look for the illegal posting? It has taken me a while to decide how and if I could respond. But to end the confusion, I've decided to make the draft available here (at the end of this message on the Midnight Sun page). This way, my readers don't have to feel they have to make a sacrifice to stay honest. I hope this fragment gives you further insight into Edward's head and adds a new dimension to the Twilight story. That's what inspired me to write it in the first place.

I do want to take a moment and thank the wonderful fans who have been so supportive of me over the past three years. I cannot begin to tell you how much each of you means to me. I only hope this note will stop all the confusion and online speculation so that the Twilight universe can once again become the happy escape it used to be. After this incredibly busy year, I am now focusing on spending more time with my family and working on some other writing projects.

--Stephenie

Answer 7

well, the first 12 chapters leaked online, and now it may not be released!! :(((( she is TOTALLY overreacting and I am very upset that she probably wont finish it! how could she do this to us???

visit www.stepheniemeyer.com for the full story!

Answer 8

Save Midnight Sun

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savem...

Answer 9

Well it's already been said.  Generally, Meyers pretty much wrote the entire series before she ever tried to sell it to a publisher.  She printed off some copies of the original drafts of her books and handed them out to friends and family, and guess what, when she started making bank, I guess some of those friends and family wanted in on it too.  So, when they got a hold of the hot topic that is the first twelve chapters of Midnight Sun, someone let it leak to the internet.  To get attention, just for fun, on accident, or whatever, it's been leaked and Meyers is upset.  Well, more than upset.  Like everyone is saying, she's throwing a huge fit over it.  Even though honestly, if you have something hot like that, why not be smart like JK Rowling and keep it to yourself and only yourself so such an incident won't happen?

Thus Midnight Sun is on hold.  Probably won't be coming out until Meyers gets over it or she needs/wants more money and needs an easy way out.  But hey, I hear she's planning to branch out into a lot more other stories so we'll have to see if this tantrum affects those sales.