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Heh. Most I'd say. I find cover art usually goes from bad to absolutely horrible. Books should only be bound in black leather with the title and author in gold lettering on the front.

You say that because everyone dislikes the book or because you have reason to believe the book is that bad?

Yes that is what I meant. She hated the book and made sure it wouldn't be republished until about 40 years after her death.

Huh. I always was under the impression that royalties weren’t earned on library lending. Interesting to learn about this.

This is the best answer IMO.

1. Find a book/author you are interested in checking
2. Search for other peer reviewed publications by the author
3. Search peer reviewed databases for citations of that book

The more peer reviewed publications from that author, usually the better. It means they are masters in their field and aren’t afraid to have their peers check their work. It also gives you more references to pull from in your own research.

The more times the book is cited, usually the better. However, check the citations to see if they are using them as reference and verification or refuting something from it.

To be honest, it sounds like what you really need to be doing is searching specific topics on peer reviewed databases and just digging in!

Some spots to check:

• JSTOR - “Journal Storage” provides access to journal articles, books, images, and primary sources
• APA - American Psychological Association has essential psychological content to support research, education, practice, and general wellbeing
• PubMed - National Library of Medicine comprises biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books
• Cambrige - Cambridge Core is the home of academic content from Cambridge University Press with research and academic information from journal articles and books
• Cochrane - gathers and summarizes the best evidence from research to help you make informed choices through systematic reviews and meta-analysis of existing research
• ERIC - Education Resources Information Center provides access to bibliographic records of journal and non-journal literature from 1966 to the present
• Scopus - combines a comprehensive, expertly curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature

It's just you, great read.

Probably the vast majority of books fall into this category.

Good lord. He sounds exceptionally arrogant for someone only doing the bare minimum to keep being commissioned.

A favorite series of mine in the mid 90s was Nightworld by L J Smith. The last book was set to be released in 2000 and was even in the system at Waldenbooks where I worked at the time but was cancelled due to author health reasons. While the series is very corny to me now I would still love to read the last book!

The Tennant of Wildfell Hall was written by Anne Bronte, not Charlotte. Perhaps you meant though that Charlotte hated Anne's book and deliberately tried to bury it? Sorry if I misunderstood you.

Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings series. Great books. Bad covers and titles.

Reddit hivemind says piracy isn’t stealing and that authors are asking for it by making ebooks.

> In any case I've always enjoyed his work and hopefully this was just an outlier or something.

Yes. Certainly felt like an outlier

> I've got to admit that he deserves better than that.

I agree that saying "spark is fading" was a bit of exaggeration on my part. Perhaps to draw attention to my point.

But give up on him? No way!

Are you any good at drawing spiders?

Another tip is don’t be afraid of checking Sparknotes if it helps you to fully analyze and appreciate more complex books.

Why? Because I pointed out your entire argument applies to the resell market? Ok, penguin & Schuster.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is one of my favorite books but I refuse to own a copy because all three cover options are terrible. Particularly the one that's just an outline of a hand with words. It's ugly and it doesn't remind me of the story at all.

I think I'm also just really sensitive to certain color combinations. I don't mind the artwork on A Court of Silver Flames, but I didn't buy a copy until B&N came out with the black edition. Gray and orange, with traffic-cone orange under dust jacket is just nauseating and I didn't want to see it on my shelves day after day.

The Kate Daniels covers are also pretty bad and put me off reading that series for a while. They used at least three different models for Kate, none of which look like her, and the art itself is like a bad photoshop job. They're not just tacky but dated snd I don't get why they never got a redesign. The French editions have beautiful artwork that fits the series so well. I'd buy English editions with those covers in a heartbeat.

I thought it was way overrated. It was an ok book. Just ok

Thanks for the clarification time marches on. I haven’t read the final copy yet. It was a fad for me that the last book ruined. Now I don’t have much time to read.

One infamous one in Doctor Who is Campaign. It was a book that was commissioned by BBC Books on the basis of a synopsis however Jim Mortimore veered wildly off the synopsis which resulted in the book being cancelled. The download that I've linked even includes a section at the end that explains how the book was written and why it wasn't accepted. Just bear in mind that it was written by Mortimore so we can't say that his view of events is what happened.

It's a very weird book, the basic concept was the First Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan meet Alexander the Great but are scattered throughout time and have to find each other. Given the reason for cancellation, the book as written is not that.

JD Salinger is a great rabbit hole to go down. “Three Stories” are bootleg short stories and the Unpublished short stories Vol 1 and 2 are hard to find. Then all the unpublished novels and stories that his son Matt has been getting ready to publish since Salinger’s death in 2010

They have done tons of interviews so a Google search would do you well but you could also check their Wikipedia pages in and see the plethora of GOT writing projects and timeline stuff they are in charge of and see they both moved to George's neighborhood to work with him Daniel Abraham Ty Franck

Yeah, I was being lazy. This guy definitely cares more about accuracy.