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Why does it have to be a long book with a million anecdotes? Just give me the idea.
by Gravityloss 6y ago
Why does it have to be a long book with a million anecdotes?
Just give me the idea.
- wrnr 6y agoMost longform (like this post) are not to educate but to convince. To learn, one has to do.
- DoingIsLearning 6y agoI don't disagree with your point. However, for a lot of authors, the book's length/form factor is actually heavily influenced by their publisher and potentially even set in contract (prior to actually writing anything).
- 082349872349872 6y agoIMX it's safe to pass by those long books with millions of anecdotes, and more enlightening to attempt to untangle the cultural trends behind the specific products (and their visual and textual presentations) in the duty-free catalogue.
- kleinsch 6y agoBecause most popular nonfiction could really be boiled down to a blog post or two, but it’s hard to justify $15 for a 2-3 page pamphlet.
- Schiendelman 6y agoNow that’s interesting. We used to have the concept of Cliff’s Notes, right? For all these elongated pamphlets we could read, could we instead get a collection of related pamphlet-length core theses? Is there a model to that?
- rajandatta 6y agoPlatforms and Apps like Blinkist offer this. Curated summaries in about 10% of the original length.
- Gravityloss 6y agoDo you find Blinkist good?
- Schiendelman 6y agoThanks, I hadn’t heard of Blinkist - I appreciate the direction!