Bob Dylan Apologizes For Using Machine-Printed ‘Signatures’ in His ‘Hand-Signed’ Books

Bob Dylan accepts the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year award at the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year show in Los Angeles. Iconic American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan (real name Robert Zimmerman) has apologized to fans who bought his new book, Philosophy of Modern Song.Bob Dylan has issued a rare public statement, apologizing for an “error of judgment” amid controversy over his use of a machine to sign private copies of his new book which were advertised as “hand-signed.” Initially, it was claimed that the copies were being sold with the musician’s own signature, but it later turned out that some of them contained copies of it.On his social media, Dylan said he “never had a problem” with book signatures until he began suffering from severe vertigo in 2019, which was exacerbated the following year by COVID-19.