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‘Does it really matter who wrote it?’: the rise of ghostwritten celebrity fiction
(www.theguardian.com)
Book reader community.
Yes, because the truth matters. It will always matter.
Steven King using his Bachman alias is infinitely better than a celebrity author lending their name to someone else's work. An alias is dishonest but usually done so as to not distract. A ghostwriter is fraudulently using a known name to get you to buy something.