Originally Posted by murraypaul
I think the issue is the reverse.
When the author becomes successful enough, they no longer have to listen to feedback from their editors. Unlike first-time authors, they know that the publishing house won't turn the book down, because it will sell on their name alone. This is also why in a series of books, the length of a book strictly increases as the series progresses, the author allows less and less cuts to be made.
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