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Anna Drake · 12-06-2011, 07:20 PM

Ah, I see what you are protesting. When I think of a series, I think of one stand-alone book with the same sleuth (sorry, I'm a mystery nut) investigating a new crime in each book. Think of Tony Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee series. Each book has its own beginning, middle and end. But today I was given a free download of the first book in a series. Well, to my mind, it was simply the first third of one book. To learn the rest of the story, I'd have to buy probably two or more books.

I can't believe I first read about this practice here and then encountered my first example of it a couple of hours later.

12-06-2011, 07:20 PM	#165
Anna Drake Zealot Posts: 104 Karma: 2175016 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: rural Illinois, USA Device: Kindle	Ah, I see what you are protesting. When I think of a series, I think of one stand-alone book with the same sleuth (sorry, I'm a mystery nut) investigating a new crime in each book. Think of Tony Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee series. Each book has its own beginning, middle and end. But today I was given a free download of the first book in a series. Well, to my mind, it was simply the first third of one book. To learn the rest of the story, I'd have to buy probably two or more books. I can't believe I first read about this practice here and then encountered my first example of it a couple of hours later. Last edited by Anna Drake; 12-06-2011 at 07:31 PM. Reason: I did not want my book cover to show with this post. Sorry. Is there any way to delete this post?