Because it is fucking psychotic to suggest splitting a book the length of a game of thrones or a feast for crows into two books. It's either a naked money grab to bilk the handful of fans he has by forcing them to pay double or its just a naked attempt to torment the same handful of fans by withholding the climax.
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You're always so vehement, I love it. One man's psychotic is another man's sane.
Like I said, yes, there is no reason that it has to be two books. The link I posted shows word counts well over 300k and even 400k for many popular books. However, in the real world, things aren't so cut and dry. His publishers are shitty. Bakker isn't successful.
If its a choice between cutting content or two books, I'd pick two every time.
If its a choice between one big book and two small ones, both with the same content, one would certainly be better.
If they would be the same and Bakker/publisher want to make more money, I honestly wouldn't be upset.
Everyone's gotta make a living, and I'm far more willing to support someone like Bakker doing a money grab than someone like GRRM, or JK Rowling. My reasoning is that those two are rich, and don't need more money, and Bakker is not and could use it. Is that reasoning biased? Yes. But I'm not trying to convince anyone else to think that way.