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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'm generally OK with whatever an author feels compelled to do RE their various series. I just wish that 1) the series mindset wasn't the de facto standard for speculative genres, and 2) authors/publishers were more upfront about the fact that they're launching a "franchise". I'd like to read more fantasy, for instance, but I'm not interested in starting any unfinished (and often overly ambitious) series' with open-ended installments right now.
It's also pretty hard these days to get a straight answer about whether series books have satisfying endings or not. It's not in the publisher/authors's best interest for potential readers to have the requisite knowledge to decide whether to read now or wait for series completion; and fans who've already read them can't seem to stop themselves from waffling about endings because they want more people to read them right NOW!
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It's even worse with self-pubs. There are many, many indies who start what seems to be a huge and ambitious series, the first book is published... and that's it. Nothing more. Yes, life happened, or the author lost interest, or the book didn't sell, but why not say it openly then? I've even written to a couple of authors and asked what their plans are re the sequels. They didn't answer me. Leaving the readers hanging like that is what I don't get. If you can't/don't want to write anymore, say it. People will understand.