I agree that he owes us nothing. But I’m sure he owes the money people at Bantam or Random House something

I remember some Facebook post about Patrick Rothfuss, under which an employee for a publisher or something made a similar statement. They claimed that while he morally owes fans nothing, he contractually owed the publisher a novel, but they genuinely believed he had not actually written anything in several years.

In that case, ok I guess?

To be clear, your post reads like a legitimate question, especially considering the community you've posted to. I appreciate a good shitpost, but I tend to interpret questions on asklemmy and nostupidquestions as serious.