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one of those writers I read a lot of when younger [...], then sort of lost sight of afterwards.
On the one hand, rediscovering them can be fun. On the other, writers' careers can end because too many people lost track of them at the same time; if there's a good way to avoid doing that (1) I am open to suggestion.
Occasionally I poke through one of my libraries looking for old favourites I have not reread recently or an online discussion will prompt me to see if I have a copy of same somewhere. Or worst, some times it's an obit that sends me into the stacks...
1: "Publishers should publicize the midlisters more" isn't going to happen, absent technological developments making it cheaper to do so. And even then, I keep encountering upcoming books about which I can find no public online information.
On the one hand, rediscovering them can be fun. On the other, writers' careers can end because too many people lost track of them at the same time; if there's a good way to avoid doing that (1) I am open to suggestion.
Occasionally I poke through one of my libraries looking for old favourites I have not reread recently or an online discussion will prompt me to see if I have a copy of same somewhere. Or worst, some times it's an obit that sends me into the stacks...
1: "Publishers should publicize the midlisters more" isn't going to happen, absent technological developments making it cheaper to do so. And even then, I keep encountering upcoming books about which I can find no public online information.
