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Old 02-03-2011, 07:50 AM   #1
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Suggestion to authors

I find that prolific authors seldom have any indication of book series or order in which they intend their books to be read, if so intended. I've gone to various authors' websites, their Amazon sites, etc. and I've never seen any indication of what order (if it matters) they intend their books to be read.

Perusing the forums, I came across Jeffrey Carver and his books (just as an example.. and not picking on him.) I checked out his site on Amazon and found a couple of pages of books.. some in series.. but no indication if reading in any order is intended. I hate picking up a new author to read and finding I've stumbled onto book 3 of a 4 part series.

Before I got my EBR, I was reading library books by a recent favorite author, Jack McDevitt. I had the same issue with his website. There was no clear order to his series... and he has several different series books... Alex Benedict and Priscilla Hutchins. It took some work to be able to figure out which books in what series to read to keep the flow consistent. However, in this particular case, they pretty much stand alone, still, I prefer to read in action sequence as some references typically are made to prior events.

I'd like to request that you authors please post such information in a prominent place on your sites where your work is made available, if you can do so.

Thanks!
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