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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Indie or tradpub: I want big, bold words in the description of the first book in a new (planned) series declaring, "THIS BOOK DOES NOT CONTAIN A COMPLETE STORY." 
And no... resolving a minor plot arc somewhere toward the end of a book, and then moving on with more tease-ey, cliffhang-ery content clearly intended to sell the next book does not count. I want to read books that have beginnings, middles and comprehensive conclusions. And I want to know before committing if that's what I'm going to get. |
I prefer my books to be a complete story as well. But there might be an overarching story that can span several books to finish. That's one problem I had with the GRRM books. I also only read the first 3 books, never read the rest (also didn't watch the series). The books were simply never finished. It was one big story with no end in sight.
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Originally Posted by John F
How do you define "part of something else"?
Take Stephen King for example, a lot of his books have characters from other books, but I believe most people would consider them standalone (The Stand, Salem's Lot).
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I was thinking of Larry Niven's Known Space. He has made several standalone books and several series of books. Who are mostly connected in some form as they almost all take place in the the same universe.