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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Related rant: The Man in Lower 10 by Mary Roberts Rinehart is listed as the first in a two book series: The Miss Cornelia Van Gorder Mysteries. But that character doesn't appear in the book at all.
Related: A book I really enjoy, Kiln People by David Brin is listed as the first in a series called The Kiln Books. But there is no sequel and so far as I know there never was one intended. The book was not marketed as part of a series and I believe the series label is pretty recent.
Who watches this stuff? The publisher? Amazon? |
The publisher, I'd expect. I've seen them do weird things like giving an International Standard
Book number to
a candle, and that results in Goodreads picking them up.
Also, this review on the link amused me enough to repost here
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I found this book difficult to hold, regardless of sitting position. I prefer the format of traditional paper books or digital books, rather than this cylindrical shape that the authors have chosen, which is neither. It does not fit well on a bookshelf, nor can I add it to my Calibre library.
It's quite clear that this is a spinoff and doesn't hold a candle to the original. You'll certainly not see me waxing poetic about this. The lack of content meant that I was done reading it, wick as a flash. Despite that, it didn't make much scents. I thought about giving it another go, but my interest has tapered.
Bad shape and poor story, why then was this created? I can't help but think that the author has some ulterior votives.
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