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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
I don't think it's so far-fetched. . . . It just has to be properly packaged, and find a following, to work.
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I think there is a small portion of readers whose reading attention spans are limited for whom serialization will work. For the majority of readers, I doubt it will work in the U.S. Americans tend to require instant and complete satisfaction, which a serial publication doesn't supply. I do not think the analogy to comics is fitting; you are comparing a minimal effort reading experience to something that requires interest and retention. If a comic reader stops reading for a few months and then picks up the comic again but at its current place, there is no sense of mystery or loss as regards the storyline. Not so with quality fiction that is serialized.