Tishie, I'm not saying that King isn't being fair or that he shouldn't get paid. All I'm saying is that I would hate to be in the middle of the serial and find out that it wasn't going to be finished because people weren't paying.
Also, someone calculated the cost of printer paper and ink to print out the serialized version yourself so that you could retain a hard copy, and it was some insane amount....close to $100, I think.