npub1psdfxfpxz2cwmmnsk60y3nqpn2tqh9n24h4hstvfkwvr6eaek9js499sr7 (npub1psd…9sr7) It would probably be possible (which is not to say it would be a good idea) to set up a mechanism where a reader can commit that _if_ all the books in a promised series get published _then_ they will immediately buy all of them, in a way that lets the publisher (and author) see that the demand is there even though the earlier books aren't being bought yet.
I can't see it actually working very well: it would be difficult, or at least more trouble than it'd be worth, to _force_ readers to pay up, and publishers and authors still wouldn't be getting the money until the whole series was finished.
You could layer on further complexity to deal with the second of those problems: no doubt there would be financial institutions willing to buy "$X+$Y+$Z once all three books are done" and sell "something less than $X when the first book is done, something less than $Y when the second book is done, and something less than $Z when the third is done". But I expect everyone involved would hate it.
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