Will readers wait to buy "The Pale King" from their favorite bookstore if they can have it from Amazon almost a month earlier?
David Foster Wallace's "The Pale King" is released online – before it appears in bookstores
David Foster Wallace's "The Pale King" goes on sale on April 15 in bookstores – but Amazon and Barnes & Noble have been selling it online since March 22.
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