On May 13, 9:37=A0pm, Chris McCrohan <cmccro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Not true. The Bachman books didn't sell anywhere near as well as the
> King books, and only sold in respectable amounts when they were
> republished under King's own name.
>
> In this regard, Jordan actually seems to have surpassed King; the
> books written under Jordan's various pseudonyms do all seem to be
> selling quite well.
>
> However, if an author gets too popular, there's a a danger that their
> editor will be less willing to point out flaws in their work. After a
> point, a writer becomes popular enough to sell books on star power
> alone, and the editor doesn't want such an asset running to another
> company who would be all too willing to publish whatever the writer
> might churn out. As has been mentioned already in this thread, this is
> what happened to Jordan - he got too popular, and Tor wasn't willing
> to ask him to cut down on all the clothing descriptions, braid
> pulling, and foldage of arms beneath breasts.
Nice.
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