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Well, that sucks. j-whitt987 Send a noteboard - 03/10/2010 05:47:13 PM
Tor has cancelled the Spellbinder trilogy's final volume due to poor sales. Rawn was 1/4 of the way through writing the final book but has now abandoned it and started work on a new trilogy, Glass Thorns, with Book 1 planned for 2012.

Some of Rawn's fans (i.e. all of them) have noticed that this new project is very definitely not The Capital's Tower (the 10-years-late-and-counting conclusion to her Exiles trilogy), which Rawn had indicated (although apparently not outright guaranteed) would be her next project post-Spellbinder and The Diviner, a semi-standalone follow-up to The Golden Key. So when Glass Thorns starts, Rawn will have two incomplete trilogies behind her just as she is starting on a third.

Regardless of the reasons for this decision, this cannot be a wise move. Rawn was never a massive-selling author in the first place, and at-best midlisters are much more vulnerable to public opinion and reputation issues than bestsellers (who are more or less bullet-proof). Rawn is, rightly or wrongly, now known the author who can't finish trilogies before moving onto the next project, which cannot bode well for sales of her new series.


I loved the Sunrunner books when I read them. I'd like to read more of her stuff, but if the series aren't gonna be completed I'm not gonna pick them up.
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Melanie Rawn leaves a second trilogy incomplete, starts a new one - 30/09/2010 11:41:02 PM 1243 Views
I would be enraged. I'll remember never to buy a book by her. *NM* - 01/10/2010 03:02:51 AM 231 Views
Re: I've only read the Sunrunner books. It's a shame. - 01/10/2010 10:11:29 AM 608 Views
Re: I've only read the Sunrunner books. It's a shame. - 01/10/2010 11:05:24 PM 570 Views
I also think it's bad decision by Tor - 02/10/2010 01:01:26 PM 559 Views
Well, that sucks. - 03/10/2010 05:47:13 PM 557 Views

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