Comments on: No Reader Left Behind, or If You Promise Them A Trilogy… http://booksquare.com/no-reader-left-behind-or-if-you-promise-them-a-trilogy/ Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Mon, 21 May 2012 06:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Speakeasy » Blog Archive » A Trilogy of One http://booksquare.com/no-reader-left-behind-or-if-you-promise-them-a-trilogy/comment-page-1/#comment-168464 Speakeasy » Blog Archive » A Trilogy of One Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:37:54 +0000 http://booksquare.com/no-reader-left-behind-or-if-you-promise-them-a-trilogy/#comment-168464 [...] decides, after publishing one book in a trilogy, not to publish any more? Kassia Krozser over at BookSquare has written an iarticle about just such a dilemma. Independent publishing really gives all [...] [...] decides, after publishing one book in a trilogy, not to publish any more? Kassia Krozser over at BookSquare has written an iarticle about just such a dilemma. Independent publishing really gives all [...]

]]> By: Book Calendar http://booksquare.com/no-reader-left-behind-or-if-you-promise-them-a-trilogy/comment-page-1/#comment-168463 Book Calendar Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:40:30 +0000 http://booksquare.com/no-reader-left-behind-or-if-you-promise-them-a-trilogy/#comment-168463 Then you can give the first book away for free as an ebook, and sell the others online once they get hooked. (This is the Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross story.) They did quite well doing this. Then you can give the first book away for free as an ebook, and sell the others online once they get hooked. (This is the Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross story.) They did quite well doing this.

]]> By: Lynne Connolly http://booksquare.com/no-reader-left-behind-or-if-you-promise-them-a-trilogy/comment-page-1/#comment-168462 Lynne Connolly Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:42:09 +0000 http://booksquare.com/no-reader-left-behind-or-if-you-promise-them-a-trilogy/#comment-168462 It may be that in these times of tightened wallets, authors will have to reach their "numbers" before the next book is considered, series or not. Of course it's always been that way, but the publisher now has less wiggle room before they have to drop a series. I blogged (elsewhere) about that recently, having heard of two new casualties to the phenomenon. It may be that in these times of tightened wallets, authors will have to reach their “numbers” before the next book is considered, series or not. Of course it’s always been that way, but the publisher now has less wiggle room before they have to drop a series. I blogged (elsewhere) about that recently, having heard of two new casualties to the phenomenon.

]]> By: bowerbird http://booksquare.com/no-reader-left-behind-or-if-you-promise-them-a-trilogy/comment-page-1/#comment-168461 bowerbird Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:42:05 +0000 http://booksquare.com/no-reader-left-behind-or-if-you-promise-them-a-trilogy/#comment-168461 plus the readers who get hooked on the third book might go back and buy the first two... -bowerbird plus the readers who get hooked
on the third book might go back
and buy the first two…

-bowerbird

]]> By: Angela James http://booksquare.com/no-reader-left-behind-or-if-you-promise-them-a-trilogy/comment-page-1/#comment-168460 Angela James Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:51:34 +0000 http://booksquare.com/no-reader-left-behind-or-if-you-promise-them-a-trilogy/#comment-168460 I feel similarly about Brenda Joyce's Francesca Cahill series, which it appears we will never see a conclusion to. I feel similarly about Brenda Joyce’s Francesca Cahill series, which it appears we will never see a conclusion to.

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