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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
I'll pass, personally.
I like to read stage 1 and 2. Sometimes some stage 3 work is worth a look. I never bother with stage 4 from anybody.
(How to tell a stage 4 from a regular collaboration? Check the ages of the authors. If they pretty much match, or the fame stage is pretty much the same, figure it's a true collaboration. If the big name of the two is much older and/or the second name is much less famous, figure a stage 4...
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I think this depends more on the publisher than the writer. Some publishers are taking care with their co-author relationships, and sometimes even an unbalanced co-author can work under their care. For Ex, if you see any book with David Drake and another single author, what usually happened is that Drake made an extensive outline and then handed off to the other author. On the other hand, books with Eric Flint's name plus a co-author indicate much more extensive co-operation, and in most cases Eric does the final edit. In general, I trust the collaborations engineered by BAEN, but not by some other publishers.
Anne McCaffrey has been getting way past the point of originality when working alone. She NEEDs a co-author to make it work. I didn't keep the last few of her solo books, but her dragonriders stuff has transitioned to her son Todd. I like those, but not her other series.
um, except an older series, her "Brain Ship" series where other authors took the idea and wrote new works in the same setting.