RARA-AVIS: 4 Novels a Year

Mark Sullivan (ANONYMEINC@webtv.net)
Thu, 10 Sep 1998 20:43:58 -0400 (EDT) As far as multiple novels per year, isn't that frowned upon in
publishing these days? Seems to me, I've read that they want no more
than one book a year, lest author split the market for their books and
have them competing against each other. I think I read Robert B. Parker
commenting on this, that he could write far more books, but his
publisher did not want him to, not that he has kept up quality at the
rate he does write. And isn't that why Stephen King started putting out
Bachman novels, because it was thought he was putting out books too
quickly and not allowing each one to sell for its natural period?

Mark

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