Looks Like Some Library Fiction Shelves are Due for Shifting

Link to September 9 AP article in the Oshkosh Northwestern, "Author Patterson to write 17 books in 3 years".

Excerpt: "Jim has all of these incredible franchises," says his literary representative, Washington attorney Robert Barnett, who cited such popular series as "Maximum Ride," "Daniel X" and the Alex Cross detective stories. "And when you put all of those franchises together, that’s a lot of books."

Hachette announced Tuesday that the ultra-prolific novelist will turn out 10 adult thrillers, one nonfiction work and six novels for young people by the end of 2012. Financial terms were not disclosed.

My loss, perhaps, but Retiring Guy has never been able to figure out what all the fuss is about here. I'll take Myron Bolitar over Alex Cross any day.