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(OPE-L) A hypothetical question for Editors and Authors

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Suppose someone came to you with a proposal to publish
3 volumes (yet to be written) on _Capital: A Critique of Political
Economy_.  The author makes it clear that s/he wants
to 'eventually' publish books on other, related topics.  Suppose
you tentatively agree to publish these books.
 
Now suppose that the author comes back -- some time later --
with a manuscript for Volume 1 of _Capital_ which is over
700 pages long!   This is _much_ longer than the author-to-be
indicated when s/he originally discussed the book publishing
proposal with you.
 
QUESTION:  are you going to ask the author to cut the
size of the manuscript?  If so, to what length?  Would
you expect the chopped-up, edited-down version to be an
"improvement"?
 
In solidarity, Jerry
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