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As an author from time to time, I am keenly sensitive to the dynamic where so many books could have been a single essay, but there's no money in essays. Unless
by a4isms 4y ago
As an author from time to time, I am keenly sensitive to the dynamic where so many books could have been a single essay, but there's no money in essays.
Unless you have something to sell, and presto, so many essays and blog posts are really advertisements for the author or their employer.
- ghaff 4y agoThings like business books in particular may benefit from a somewhat longer-form article that fleshes out stories, case studies, and examples. But most of them don't need to be 250+ page books.