The Big Book Business

 - Urbino, Italy - When browsing the contemporary literature section in your local bookstore, you may have noticed the lack of big books. Almost all fiction now is about 300 pages - exception made for fantasy books, but they're generally a collection of volumes - and, to me, this is due to a few factors. The very first reason is definitely the "industry" side of books. They've now become pretty much like any other product, so everything in it is made to sell, and authors are set to become trademarks. This explains why so many writers nowadays publish a new book once a year, something that obviously results in short novels, which leave their readers hungry for more.

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