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- From: mgb@slipknot.mit.edu (Michael G. Baker)
- Subject: Re: SK cancels Dark Tower series!
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:51:33 GMT
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- jholstei@scott.skidmore.edu (jeremy holstein) writes:
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- >This one hot off the rumor mill. Donald M. Grant and Stephen King
- >have confirmed, due to lack of sales on the paperback editions, that
- >the Dark Tower series will NOT be continued. Apparently while the
- >limited editions of the Dark Tower sold fairly well, sales of the
- >paperback were abysmal. And, as everyone knows, you don't make much
- >money off of limited editions.
- > Personally I think this is a terrible mistake on King's part. He is
- >alienating those fans of his that LIKED the Dark Tower series (myself
- >included). I would certainly like to see the ending which he's had in
- >mind for so long. Secondly, when it comes to Stephen King, money
- >should not be a factor. The man is rich. If Donald M. Grant makes
- >money off the series (which he does... At least more than most of his limited
- >editions...), he should continue publishing them in that fashion until
- >done.
- > The problem with the paperback sales it seemed to me was market
- >saturation. Too many copies printed. The different covers didn't
- >help either. That just encouraged dealers to order more and have more
- >copies stuck around on the shelves. What we need is lower paper-back
- >print runs for this series. Give the large print runs to his main
- >stream books, while only printing enough to satisfy fan demand out
- >there. You only need to print 10000 or so books to clear a profit
- >(and really that is being very generous. I know of some authors whose
- >print runs of 3000 or so still net a profit), and there's got to be
- >more than 10,000 fans of the series out there....
- > Reactions? Comments? What did most people out there think of this
- >series?
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- Oh please say it ain't so!!!!! I love the Dark Tower series. I
- was anxiously awaiting news on the next one. I guess I got it but I
- don't like it.
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