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* Many of the ''Literature/BabySittersClub'' books fall victim to this trope. The series was being published on a monthly basis for most of its run after it became suddenly popular, with ghostwriters coming in as early as book #23[[note]]([[JustifiedTrope justified]] in part because the creator of the series, Creator/AnnMMartin, knew very little about California and got a writer who did)[[/note]] and having completely taken over writing by the mid-90s with book #58. That includes the various Super Specials, the ''Mystery'' sub-series, various additional books, and spin-offs such as ''Little Sister'' (which was ''also'' being put out monthly), ''Literature/CaliforniaDiaries'', and ''The Kids in Ms. Coleman's Class''. However, Martin was still involved, as she was the one creating the plots for the ghostwriters to use, and acknowledged them both at the front of the books they wrote and in the SeriesFinale book ''Graduation Day.''

* ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' takes a fantastical take on this trope, where instead of using ghostwriters, an actual machine is used to write books for BreadAndCircuses purposes. Julia, [[WrenchWench who maintains the machines]], mentions that the produced books use the same six scripts over and over.

* The "pulpzines" featured in the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novel ''Down'' by Laurence Miles are "autolit", literature written by non-sapient computers ("lit-engines") to a pre-set formula. (Calling books written by an ArtificialIntelligence, "autolit" is offensive.)

* Many of the ''Literature/BabySittersClub'' books fall victim to this trope. The series was being published on a monthly basis for most of its run after it became suddenly popular, with ghostwriters coming in as early as book #23[[note]]([[JustifiedTrope justified]] in part because the creator of the series, Creator/AnnMMartin, knew very little about California and got a writer who did)[[/note]] and ghostwriters having completely taken over writing books by the mid-90s with book #58. That includes the various Super Specials, the ''Mystery'' sub-series, and spin-offs such as ''Little Sister'' (which was ''also'' being put out monthly), ''Literature/CaliforniaDiaries'', and ''The Kids in Ms. Coleman's Class''. However, Martin was still involved, as she was the one creating the plots for the ghostwriters to use, and acknowledged them both at the front of the books they wrote and in the SeriesFinale book ''Graduation Day.''

* Since his death in 2001, Creator/RobertLudlum has continued to have novels published under his name -- as of 2019, ten authors had written 26 Ludlum novels to add to the 27 he actually wrote (his name is usually in the title, ie. ''Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Initiative'').

* Many of the ''Literature/BabySittersClub'' books fall victim to this trope. The series was being published on a monthly basis for most of its run after it became suddenly popular, with ghostwriters coming in as early as book #23[[note]]([[JustifiedTrope justified]] in part because the creator of the series, Creator/AnnMMartin, knew very little about California and got a writer who did)[[/note]] and ghostwriters having completely taken over writing books by the mid-90s with book #58. That includes the various Super Specials, the ''Mystery'' sub-series, and spin-offs such as ''Little Sister'' (which was ''also'' being put out monthly), ''Series/CaliforniaDiaries'', and ''The Kids in Ms. Coleman's Class''. However, Martin was still involved, as she was the one creating the plots for the ghostwriters to use, and acknowledged them both at the front of the books they wrote and in the SeriesFinale book ''Graduation Day.''

* Many of the ''Literature/BabySittersClub'' books fall victim to this trope. The series was being published on a monthly basis for most of its run, with ghostwriters coming in as early as book #23 ([[JustifiedTrope justified]] in part because the creator of the series, Creator/AnnMMartin, knew very little about California and got a writer who did) and ghostwriters having completely taken over by the mid-90s with book #58. That's not even mentioning the various Super Specials, the ''Mystery'' sub-series, and spin-offs such as ''Little Sister'' (which was ''also'' being put out monthly) ''Series/CaliforniaDiaries'' and ''The Kids in Ms. Coleman's Class''.

* Many of the hundreds of ''Literature/BabySittersClub'' books fall victim to this trope; the series having been published on a monthly basis for most of its run, with ghostwriters having completely taken over by the mid-90s. That's not even mentioning Super Specials, the ''Mystery'' sub-series, and spin-offs such as ''Little Sister'' (which was ''also'' being put out monthly) ''California Diaries'' and ''The Kids in Ms. Coleman's Class''.

* Pulp magazines from the early 20th century had enough words in each weekly issue to fill an airport novel, and therefore successful publishers employed stables of professional authors who could write stories at an almost industrial pace. Creator/UptonSinclair was able to write 50,000 words per week and had two full time secretaries to type his stories as he dictated them.

* Badger Books used this model. They did have at least [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Fanthorpe one author]] who tried to work within the constraints of this type of design to make his stories [[SoBadItsGood enjoyable, even if in a stupid way]], so they were at least tolerable. Sometimes the company would recycle the same cover artwork for more than one book.

* Sometimes implied to be the case for the ''Six Bunny Wunnies'' series in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}, although Snoopy resents the suggestion:
-->'''Snoopy''': Miss Sweetstory does ''not'' "grind them out"! How could anybody "grind out" such an obviously great book as ''The Six Bunny Wunnies and the Female Veterinarian''?!