----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Copson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 2:57 PM Subject: [GO] Stratemeyer Syndicate
> What about the Animal Ark series? They are written by 'Lucy Daniels', who > doesn't exist - in fact, they're written by various authors in a very > uniform hack-work style. Even the name Daniels was a marketing tool; it was > chosen for library shelf proximity to another writer about animal stories, > name beginning with D,nametemporarilyescapingme...... > I'd forgotten the Ark - they are the first of that sort of thing in Britain aren't they ? They sit on the shelves next to Colin Danby's Farthing Woods books (just as John Francombe ebing next to Dick Francis must help his sales) > There is another series called the Sleepover Club - can't now recall name of > author (definitely having a senior moment!) but I've sometimes wondered if > they too are syndicated - they're tremendously formulaic. > > These are slightly different aren't they because, like Dr Who or Star Trek books, they are all credited to the real authors ?. I think Rose Impey wrote the first few and then handed them over when she got bored. I'm not sure that formulaicness is a guarantee of syndication though :-). I know as a child I was convinced Blyton was a syndicate but everyone insists she did write every word herself. On a similar note, I was hugely amused by this http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1349353,00.html Though GBP 6 a book seems quite pricey to me Nicky -- ________________________________________ Girlsown mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] For self-administration and access to archives see http://home.it.net.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/girlsown For FAQs see http://www.club-web.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/girlsown/faq-0.htm
