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29.11.2022 - 08:21 / msn.com
Bob Dylan has offered his "deepest regrets" to fans over an "error in judgment" in using a machine to sign copies of his new book. The 81-year-old 'Blowin' In The Wind' star was caught up in a furore after $600 limited edition copies of his tome 'The Philosophy of Modern Song' were advertised as "hand-signed" but were later found to have been autographed using an "autopen" which replicated his scrawl. Bosses at publishing company Simon and Schuster have acknowledged the blunder and offered refunds and now Dylan has explained how the situation came about.
In a statement posted on Facebook. com, he wrote: "To my fans and followers, I’ve been made aware that there’s some controversy about signatures on some of my recent artwork prints and on a limited edition of ‘Philosophy Of Modern Song. ’ I’ve hand-signed each and every art print over the years, and there’s never been a problem.
" Dylan went on to tell fans he decided to use a machine to help him with signing sessions after being struck down with a bout of vertigo and then being stuck in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. He went on: "In 2019 I had a bad case of vertigo and it continued into the pandemic years. It takes a crew of five working in close quarters with me to help enable these signing sessions, and we could not find a safe and workable way to complete what I needed to do while the virus was raging.
So, during the pandemic, it was impossible to sign anything and the vertigo didn’t help. With contractual deadlines looming, the idea of using an auto-pen was suggested to me, along with the assurance that this kind of thing is done ‘all the time’ in the art and literary worlds. " The folk legend added that he's now doing all he can to "rectify" the situation,
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Bob Dylan has said that allowing an ‘auto-pen’ machine to be used to scrawl his signature onto books and artwork prints was “an error in judgment”.This follows the admission last week from book publisher Simon & Schuster that the “hand signed” copies of Dylan’s new book ‘The Philosophy Of Modern Song’ it had been selling for $599 were not, in fact, hand signed.That admission in turn followed chatter online that the signatures appearing in the signed copies of ‘The Philosophy Of Modern Song’ were all very similar indeed, albeit with some slight variations having seemingly been built into the machine-based signing process.The book firm initially denied that the hand signed books were not hand signed, later implying that it had not been aware that an auto-pen had been used. But once it became clear that technology had been employed, Simon & Schuster issued an apology and pledged to refund all the $599s that had been paid by Dylan’s fans.The man himself admitted in a statement this weekend that the auto-pen has been used to sign artwork prints as well a books.
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