I suppose it's not just the author who was cheated, but the audience. The author might be OK with not getting as much limelight as planned, but if I went to a b

I suppose it's not just the author who was cheated, but the audience. The author might be OK with not getting as much limelight as planned, but if I went to a book festival to see and hear a favorite author, but instead it was some random instagram goober promoting themselves talking, I'd be pissed too.