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Originally Posted by Hitch
There is most definitely a trend in some genres toward shorter. NO argument. The entire alternate-universe sci-fi/fantasy supernatural arena, that was first populated by the Anita Blakes and Harry Dresdens. Now those come out like popcorn from the popcorn machine, nearly 3-4-6 "novels" a year, all around ...oh, I'd say 40-45K words tops? They live and die on Kindle Unlimited where everybody seems to get hat they want. The readers get new short tales, and the author gets money, and KDP/Amazon gets traffic.
I admit I miss the longer reads! I remember at least a few occasions, in my life, when I was going thither and yon, or travelling or whatever and I literally bought books in the bookstore based on the sheer vastness of the spine! LOL.
Hitch
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I remember when I was younger, picking up a long book and reading and find out I've read at least 1/2 by the time I stopped.
The problem with some series is that you get short stories published in a book with other short stories that you have no interest in and either you miss out on that short or you waste money on the book you mostly don't want. That really is annoying.