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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
It will not be worth all the trouble. The ones that split the books up too much will be a great annoyance for readers. In the end it will govern itself - the limit of having 10 books borrowed at a time is detriment enough. If a reader had to use up all 10 slots for one book, how likely is it to do that on a regular basis?
And then this:
does not only apply to buyers, but subscribers as well. It is too inconvenient.
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I hope you're right, but it must be working for some authors/publishers or they wouldn't keep doing it? I think Ilona Andrews wrote the second book in the Cleansweep series the same way as the first. Shrug. I honestly don't follow a lot of that because I detest serials. That's not to say I won't read the book when it comes out as a book (I might. I'm on the fence but that is because, while I loved the first book, I'm not sure the characters grabbed me enough. She prices below 5 dollars though on her self-publihed...so. There's a good chance I'll buy it!)
I would guess it really depends on the author AND the type of reader. It may also depend on the type of book. I've seen at least one author who writes what she called "episode fiction." There were something like 29 pieces. Her stuff is essentially "soap opera" for the book world. They're they self-contained stories, often different characters, same world, with various ongoing sagas. I believe they tie into each other and somehow (perhaps?) get "resolved" by the end of the episodes.
I know other authors who write novella sized chunks--complete stories, but shorter than your average book at about 25k to 40k. There are 2 to 12 in the "series" and the characters sort of tie-in--you get to read about Sue and Dan and then their friends or the guy who didn't get picked, but was a side character and that sort of thing.
If the right audience can be found and the books are marketed correctly, it might work. I don't know.