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The other books in the series are all long out of print correct? If so and if the paper book indicates it's book 4 in a series then that could be a big problem right there.
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Oh yes, this is definitely part of the problem. But the reprint market being what it is (lousy), I couldn't persuade Tor to reissue the older books. Believe me, we have had conversations about this.
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I don't know what paper sales are like for Science Fiction these days, but I'd think it'd be one of the top genre's of folks making the switch to ebooks.
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You'd think. And clearly there are a lot of SF readers here. But I haven't really seen much evidence that either readers or writers of SF are making the switch in great numbers. Both groups tend to be great collectors of books, for one thing. The physical books matter.
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You mention they're the worst numbers of your career, but maybe they aren't great for others writing in the same genre?
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According to my editor, many people are having the same problem, and it's not just SF. Much of it has to do with tremendous consolidation in the wholesale distribution business, which has squeezed out diversity in favor of lowest common denominator (bestsellers). So many mmpb's never get distributed decently in the first place.
It's a systemic problem.