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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice
Are they by established authors? Or newer ones?
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A lot of non-fiction I read falls into this category; I think the author is unwilling not to use every last bit of research.
Certainly not!
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Some books I imagine we only get the "director cuts" version and not a perhaps tighter, more focused book with cruft removed.
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I know “too big too edit” is a thing and I also think the publishers are complicit; they can charge more for a hefty tome and it requires less work than a closely edited book would.
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Originally Posted by andyh2000
Books I'm really, really enjoying - I usually wish they were longer.
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If I’m really, really enjoying it, I have a tendency to read it in smaller bits, both to prolong the enjoyment and to avoid bombing through it inattentively. But in the middle of too many longer books I start to feel as if the author is spinning his wheels rather than working out the story arc.