Amen! When did providing readers with the information necessary to read the series properly start seeming like a bad idea?
The only thing I can think of is that someone did some research and found that more people were likely to put the book down if they found it was part of a series before they started reading it. But if they started reading thinking it was a standalone, and then got hooked, they'd do the looking to find the rest. Doesn't seem too likely, but it's the closest I can come to a rational explanation.
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Date: 2011-05-20 01:40 pm (UTC)The only thing I can think of is that someone did some research and found that more people were likely to put the book down if they found it was part of a series before they started reading it. But if they started reading thinking it was a standalone, and then got hooked, they'd do the looking to find the rest. Doesn't seem too likely, but it's the closest I can come to a rational explanation.