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  • Series? Or Stand-alone books?


Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

 

73 responses

  1. Yes. 🙂 I like both. (Just answering here rather than on blog today as that’s about all I have to say.)

  2. My post’s up. Essentially…it doesn’t matter to me with books–whether it’s standalone or part of a series is not a conscious factor for me (though I’m sure there’s more weight given to continue with books in a series than to try something new, especially if I come in late and there are multiple books presently unread for a series I’ve started into).

    http://comicreviewsbywalt.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/booking-through-thursday-serial/

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  6. Great question! =)

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  9. Stand-alone! I think book series can easily become a quick cash-in for the writer.

    http://www.thebookpirate.com/2011/03/24/booking-through-thursday-serial/

  10. I like both, but wrote my response all about the series that I have read from childhood on.

  11. It doesn’t matter as long as it’s a good read.
    My complete answer is posted.

  12. There are definitely ups and downs of both. Click on the link to read my response and learn more: http://thestoryqueen.blogspot.com/2011/03/booking-through-thursday-2.html

    Thanks!

  13. I am rather late weighing in on this discussion but here’s mine.

  14. General fiction: stand-alone.
    Genre fiction: series.

    Gory details: here: http://unrulyreader.blogspot.com/2011/03/booking-through-thursday-serial.html

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  16. I love both, but I’m not a fan of James Patterson-esque series, for example. If it’s a series, I want it to be a personal story.

    http://lisasanuma.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/booking-through-thursday-series-vs-stand-alone/

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  19. Series, if all of Dickens and all of Austen will count.

  20. Forget my last one. I messed up and wrote here my answer about multi-tasking. Sorry. I’ll put it in the right place.