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Originally Posted by Freeshadow
What does the author owe me (and the rest of potential readers): the content should match the description. That's honest too.
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I think the *publishers* owe us books that are properly labeled, so that those of us who purchase genre books can buy with confidence. I don't blame the author for those bad labels. However, if an author's work is consistently mislabeled, and the book's true genre is one I don't care to read, the author still loses. I'll stop buying the author (and I have refused to continue to purchase from authors who've pulled bait-and-switch tactics mid-series).
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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
I would also disagree with the author owing me, or you, anything as well. These are arm length transactions. Once the transaction is made, everyone's obligation is met.
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I get your point, I really do. But I have a strong objection to authors who create series and then don't continue them or take forever to finish them. No, the author is *not* my b1tch, but I feel in some way that there's an additional agreement in place when an author writes a series.
The author is asking us to take the chance that on the series, knowing that the storyline may not be well resolved in one book. So I'm asking them to actually resolve that storyline - and in a reasonable amount of time - eventually!
I know that authors don't have any control over the publisher pulling the plug on a series. But it's still frustrating.
It's gotten to the point that I pass on new series because I'm not willing to take a chance on an open-ended series ever getting around to finishing up. Or I'll wait until the last book is out until I buy any of the books.
Sure, I also get frustrated if the series goes places I don't like - but that's the luck of the draw. The author doesn't owe me the story I actually want to read.
Not to say I haven't quit reading those too, but I know that's the chance you take when diving into someone else's universe.