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I mainly buy books online and I don't really actively look at the page count before I buy a book. I can see that if you buy a book in a store you get a sense of
by IMSAI8080 4y ago
I mainly buy books online and I don't really actively look at the page count before I buy a book. I can see that if you buy a book in a store you get a sense of the page count from the thickness and maybe some people dislike long books. Presumably though most books are now sold online and I wonder if other people do not check the page count either. I therefore wonder about the author's conclusion that it's reader driven or if it's more publishers choosing to publish shorter books and readers are just getting what they are given.
- soneca 4y agoMy speculation is that shorter books are read more often to the end and are recommended more often and more positively. Recommendations that I get from short books often come with the added argument ”and it’s so quick to read, you will finish it in a week”. Accordingly, when the recommended book is very long, it always comes with the caveat ”it’s long, though, worth it, but long”
- rr888 4y agoI have had the same problem. Open the package you already feel like you've been scammed. Its almost makes it worth paying the extra to use regular bookshops again.