Have the Barney and Adventure series gone out of print and disappeared? I don't think so! They're sitting safe in my bookstore with other Award titles (Award titles are many in the local bookstore.) However, I haven't seen the Secret series - are they in print? Amazon search reveals that they are; but there is no Secret title in the bookstore, why I can't fathom because they also are published by Award. So then....?lizarfau wrote:It might help to explain why, from a publishing/costs perspective, the Famous Fives, Secret Sevens, Five Find-Outers and the school stories have remained in print while the Adventure and Barney ones have disappeared.Philip Mannering wrote:Word Count:
1. Famous Five = 45,000 words or so.
2. Five Find-Outers = 40,000 words or so.
3. Adventure = 60,000 words or so.
4. Barney = 55,000 words or so.
5. Secret = 45,000 words or so.
6. Malory Towers = 45,000 words or so.
Who'd have thought the Secret Sevens were longer than FFOs? They felt so much slighter!
Liz
Anyway, as Robert correctly said, I was referring to the Secret series, not the Secret Seven series. I didn't count them because I have only a single title - which I'm certain will count no more than 20,000 words (I could be wrong, though.)