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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a next book" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly as "next" is an adjective that does not require an article like "a" before it.
Example: "I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series."
Alternatives: "the upcoming book" or "the following book".
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The first thing I did was redecorate the condo where we live, and I enjoyed that - but here I am, drifting into writing things again, and wondering, is this the right thing to do at my age?" Her agent and publishers may wear her down, but "I've decided there isn't going to be a next book.
Q: What are your plans for a next book?
A brilliant entry by this author, leaving us wanting a next book soon.
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The very vocal ones can change an author's next book, even an author's career, by what they say on the internet.
But he will not go to a vanity press with his next book, a novel about German spies living in New Jersey in World War II.
Even if a poet gets a big award, her next book may sell 2,000 copies instead of 200.
His money won him the right to appear in an Adam Mars-Jones's next book.
He published his next book, a collection of short stories, A Horse and Two Goats, in 1970.
Likewise, a Peugeot in her next book, "With or Without You," will become a Fiesta.
Maybe you are looking forward to a particular actor's next movie or a particular novelist's next book.
You might want to keep it a secret for the next book, or maybe you'd prefer to have a sad story.
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