Nah, he's still kicking, I see him going around flogging the books his slaves write.

I read a couple of his own books years ago, and they were awful. The only reason I read two was because the first one was so bad, I thought it had to be an outlier. Turns out, No.

The upside of his new plantation publishing strategy, is that perhaps his writing slaves are better writers than he is. I wouldn't know, I don't care enough to bother to find out.