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Originally Posted by nekokami
Is this because you assume that if not enough people pay, the author won't distribute any further books? Or because by paying for one book, you are given access to the next book?
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He do not write any more books. Or more books in the series that was not payed for. Each written and released book is free. You contribute to the continued authorship.
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There is an assumption that most people *will* remember to pay after reading a good book, and I still think that is a flawed assumption.
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That is why you have commuity building also. Like blogs.
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Regarding the "collect pre-order payments before the book is published" scenario, I know of one author who effectively did that by asking people to subscribe to a book that would be released one chapter at a time, but only if enough people subscribed (Diane Duane). That project is still ongoing, and is only up to Chapter 8 after over 2 years. See http://www.the-big-meow.com/ for more info.
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There was one or two author at Worldcon that had done this very successfully. I think it was Lawrence Watt-Evans and Phil Foglio.