Bob Dylan Puts Out an Apology for Book Controversy

On Friday, singer Bob Dylan released an apology for a book controversy. According to Variety, Dylan released a statement apologizing for having “an error in judgment in using machine technology to affix duplicate signatures to artwork and books that were advertised and sold as hand-signed over the past three years.”

In his apology, Dylan revealed that he had been using autopen signatures since 2019, due to being diagnosed with a case of vertigo which caused it to be difficult to use a pen. Over the course of the pandemic, Dylan said he continued to use the autopen machinery because he “was not able to have staff assist him with the hand-signing he had previously done.” Dylan promised fans that he would rectify this mistake, and that he would be “working with Simon & Schuster and my gallery partners to do just that.”