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Old 03-10-2015, 01:54 PM   #70
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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
Yep, I've seen numerous short stories expanded into novels (generally to their detriment).

2001 came from the short story The Sentinental
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress was a short story which became a series of novels
etc.
etc.
I have seen many a short turn into a multi book Series
Venus Prime
Alpha and the Omega
...

The 'has no ISBN' must be the blocking condition as Bigger Publisher Houses are always releasing Omnibus.

What about Collections? Sometimes the same story appears more than once in 'collections', or Anthologies
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