It's orders of magnitude more likely for a series to be discontinued by the publisher due to poor sales than because the author is taking too long to produce the next volume. Martin and Rothfuss became so infamous for this exactly because it's so rare. On the other hand, midlist authors get their series cancelled before their completion all the time.
Anyway, personally I find this worry strange. For me if a volume in a series is not worth reading unless it gets a sequel, it's not worth reading at all.
Bergmaniac t1_ja84nqj wrote
Reply to after ASOIAF and kingkiller I dont dare to start reading unfinished series, I wonder statistically how much people are same and if it sffects other authors? by [deleted]
It's orders of magnitude more likely for a series to be discontinued by the publisher due to poor sales than because the author is taking too long to produce the next volume. Martin and Rothfuss became so infamous for this exactly because it's so rare. On the other hand, midlist authors get their series cancelled before their completion all the time.
Anyway, personally I find this worry strange. For me if a volume in a series is not worth reading unless it gets a sequel, it's not worth reading at all.