>Paying for a book is worth it, as the book is actually a complete thought. On the other hand, there are so many books out there that could be a (long) blogpos

>Paying for a book is worth it, as the book is actually a complete thought. On the other hand, there are so many books out there that could be a (long) blogpost, or series of articles, but are filled with mindless repetition, just to pad out the wordcount to have a book-sized publication. There used to be a type of publication called a pamphlet, which was longer than a magazine article, but shorter than a book. It was what we'd call a "longread" today. Medium is trying, however ineptly, to try to bring back that market segment.