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andrewburt · 07-31-2012, 10:03 AM

So, which do you prefer for trilogies, three separate books or all in one?

We're publishing a very long three-part science fiction book; it's 250,000 words long (compared to your common SF novel at about 80-100,000 words). It naturally falls into three books, based on time, but the main characters progress through all three and it's one unified, epic story. We're releasing it both in ebook form and in print.

Which excites you more as a reader, reading something like that all at once? Or do you enjoy it more when it's in three books, with three covers, getting excited to wait for the continuation and conclusion? (And if so, how long between releases?)

07-31-2012, 10:03 AM	#1
andrewburt Science Fiction Writer Posts: 231 Karma: 124188 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Golden, CO Device: several	Which do you prefer with trilogies? So, which do you prefer for trilogies, three separate books or all in one? We're publishing a very long three-part science fiction book; it's 250,000 words long (compared to your common SF novel at about 80-100,000 words). It naturally falls into three books, based on time, but the main characters progress through all three and it's one unified, epic story. We're releasing it both in ebook form and in print. Which excites you more as a reader, reading something like that all at once? Or do you enjoy it more when it's in three books, with three covers, getting excited to wait for the continuation and conclusion? (And if so, how long between releases?)