autopen

A signature in a book may seem like a few seconds of work, but – as evidenced by Bob Dylan’s recent use of an autopen – it’s a big endeavour when hundreds of books need to be signed.Dylan has issued an apology after admitting using a machine to autograph 900 limited “hand-signed” editions of his book The Philosophy of Modern Song, which sold for $599 (£498) each. But he’s not the first person to make use of the technology. Autopens have been openly used by politicians for a number of years, with Barack Obama becoming the…

Photo: Fred Tanneau (Getty Images)Americana legend and 10-time Grammy award winner Bob Dylan, who famously couldn’t be bothered to issue a statement after becoming the first musician to win a Nobel prize, issued an exceptionally rare apology this week for using a machine to automatically duplicate his signature. The machine-generated signatures appeared on limited purchases of Dylan’s new book, The Philosophy of Modern Song. Fans, according to CNN, reportedly forked over $599 to obtain one of 900 copies of the book which…

Bob Dylan didn’t hand-sign hundreds of copies of his new book “The Philosophy of Modern Song.” Now he says his decision to digitally sign the expensive editions instead was an “error in judgment.”The “Like a Rolling Stone” singer addressed the controversy Saturday on Facebook, after fans who paid $600 each for the signed, limited edition of the book complained about suspicious similarities among their respective purchases — this after publisher Simon & Schuster included a letter with each copy verifying the…