: Re: Are fantasy books expected to be trilogies? Lately, more and more fantasy books I've seen are part of a trilogy. Is this because readers like it, or is it a cynical plot by publishers to

I am answering this purely as a reader. I am not a professional writer, so I can only imagine the pressures a series would put on the author.

It is an interesting question, as I do indeed see so many more series on the shelves - obviously a trend that many follow.

As a reader, I like trilogies etc. because if I like the story, I will get so much more with many books than I will with just one! But at the same time I don't like to wait; when I browse book-stores, I will avoid trilogies unless the whole set is out. (This is just as true for on-line shopping as it is for those other ones, you know, the off-line ones.. "book stores" I think they are called.)

If I read the first novel of a series when it comes out, it will inevitably be at least a year before I get the next. Likely I will have forgotten enough of it that my passion for reading the next is lower. Harry Potter was a notable exception (thanks to a certain wonderful seven year old). Anyway, so I love omnibuses.. complete series - or books that are definitely stand-alone: I despise it when I get a book that doesn't state clearly "I am the FIRST IN A SERIES.."

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