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Originally Posted by hildea
The only reaction I don't have any sympathy with, and which reeks of entitlement, is those who act as if the author owes them the next book, and think it's reasonable to criticize them for chosing to do other stuff -- whether that's going to conventions, painting their house, writing other books, or anything else.
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When a book is standalone, or the type of series in which every book can be read as if it were standalone, then sure, you're right, there's no obligation on the author to write any more books. When it's the sort of series that's a single story spread over several books, though, it's a different kettle of fish. In that situation I think the author does have an obligation to purchasers of the earlier books to conclude the story in a reasonably timely fashion. There is a clear implication when the earlier book is sold that the reader won't be left hanging indefinitely.