Kevin Calman asked Martha Wells:

Some of the comments I've read elsewhere about the Murderbot Diaries publishing format and cadence imply that you are intentionally spacing them out to milk them economically. I would prefer not to believe that. What is your explanation?

Martha Wells Kevin, first, I am a traditionally published author, and I do not control the publishing format, cover art, price, packaging, retail, or distribution of any my 24+ books published by 7+ different publishers. Second, The Murderbot Diaries are a series of novellas, each under 40,000 words, about a third the size of a novel, and they are published by Tor.com, which publishes many novella series in the same way, including series by Paul Cornell, Myke Cole, Seanan McGuire, Sarah Gailey, JY Yang, Guy Haley and Margaret Killjoy. (https://publishing.tor.com/books/) A little research online, like maybe looking up the name of the publisher, would have told you that without insulting me first thing on a Sunday morning.

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