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I saw that article earlier.
That's a seriously worrying trend. I mean, yeah, there are some authors who can put out two, maybe even three quality books (of an average length, say 350-500 pages) a year, for some years. Most authors? Over a longer period? No, just no.
As an enthusiastic reader, of course I'd love it - in theory! - if my favourite authors put out a new book in my favourite series every two months. In practice, I'd rather wait a year and have the book be well-written and without plot holes or inconsistencies or other signs of being far too rushed to print.
And in practice, I know that very few authors (or author-editor teams, even) could manage to keep up the quality and consistency over several years.
I don't much like the idea of waiting 4-5 years for each book in a series either, but a book a year still seems like a pretty good rate in every way to me... that gives enough time for the author to write the book (and have the occasional day off and allow for short periods of recharging the batteries) and for a couple of rounds of actual editing.
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