Simon & Schuster issued an apology -- in addition to $600 refunds -- after admitting that the signatures discovered within the books weren't individually performed by music legend Bob Dylan himself.
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Simon & Schuster issued an apology Sunday — in addition to $600 refunds — after saying that books “hand signed” by Bob Dylan weren't individually inscribed by the music legend.
“To those that bought ‘The Philosophy of Fashionable Tune’ restricted version, we wish to apologize,” wrote the publishing firm in an Instagram publish. “Because it seems, the restricted version books do include Bob’s unique signature, however in a penned duplicate kind.
“We're addressing this instantly by offering every purchaser with an instantaneous refund,” the assertion concluded.
The assertion comes days after a number of complaints had been lodged in opposition to the corporate when purchasers discovered similarities, through comparisons on social media, between autographs.
The books, which hit cabinets Nov. 1, got here with a letter from Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp that vouched for the signature’s authenticity, however they had been apparently performed with a replica apply referred to as “autopen.”
In “The Philosophy of Fashionable Tune,” Dylan compares totally different items starting from Hank Williams’ “Your Cheatin’ Coronary heart” to Jackson Browne’s “The Pretender.”
The Submit has reached out to Dylan for remark.
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