[ SECRET POST #1834 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1834 ⌋


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Notes:

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

This. If they're that obscure, chances are they're not making the sales needed to keep getting published. I'd always rather my fav authors be popular and continue getting published than them being my special little secret and not getting any new canon from them. Plus, popularity means lots of people to discuss their works with.

[parenthesised.livejournal.com]

Seriously, this.

Publishers are looking to make money from their authors, and if, say, a series doesn't sell as well as they expected, they have options. For example, they can pay the author a settlement, pull out of the contact and leave the last book unpublished. Or they can finish the series but spend less money on each book, creating less publicity etc, so that the books do even worse and the author's rep diminishes.

Even if you can't afford to buy books by your favourite authors, I understand that the publishers work out how books are doing in libraries through average. From this, writers get a small percentage of the book's worth, multiplied by average number of loans. I'd guess (although I have no idea) that publishers similarly get some funds from library loans. And, either way, queues are useful. Queues show that the book is in demand.

Why does this affect you? Using the earlier example, publishing companies are seriously unlikely to buy the last book in a failed series. You may never get to read it. And, even if the series continues to be published, this may be the last thing you read from your favourite author.

Which is not to say I don't understand - I do. As a teenager, I hated seeing people who, obviously, couldn't possibly care as much as I did at my favourite bands' gigs. It felt like they were stealing something very important from me. But, when I think about it logically, I'd still rather my favourite artists kept making music and going on tour...