I welcome the return of shorter books, myself.
I kind of feel that the trend over the last 30 years or so has been for ever longer books, partly because the technology of managing those books has become more workable and partly to justify price rises, and it's kind of nice that books no longer have to look thick on the shelf, however genuine that actually is.
On the other hand, I think a lot of self-publishers depend on high turnover of books to get their income, and that will usually mean shorter works.
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