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Aaron Swartz had some interesting things to say about the length of most non-fiction: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001229 http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001229
by dionidium 11y ago
Aaron Swartz had some interesting things to say about the length of most non-fiction:
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001229 http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001229
- Joof 11y agoCame to say something along these lines. Often books say very little in as many words as possible. Part of a 'more stuff for your money' philosophy. Textbooks have this problem as well until you hit graduate subjects.
- bubalus 11y agoA lot of the best graduate textbooks are pdfs of lecture notes. 40 pages, no nonsense.
- mertd 11y agoI wonder if Amazon (and other e-book reader vendors) can do something about this. Add a feature to trim the book only to the pages or sections that people have highlighted, shared, spent time on the most.