velocipede2288
New Member
Most books used to be around 200-300 pages long, these days, they are 500-600 pages. Why is that?
Is it because the publishers think they can sell more at a higher price?
You can put all you need to know of a story into a book 200 pages long, and that is the way things used to be.
I have hundreds of books I collected years ago, that are no longer than that. Some of the best classic detective novels were that long. Dashiel Hamett, Phillip Marlow, Maigret,Columbo, Inspector Ghote,early Dalziel and Pasco-Now they are much thicker.
It is nice to have a slim novel you can stick in your pocket, you can't any more.
That goes for many of the classics also. Sir Walter Scott, H.G.Wells. George Borrow etc. Quite short and to the point.
So how about some pocket sized books again writers and publishers?
Is it because the publishers think they can sell more at a higher price?
You can put all you need to know of a story into a book 200 pages long, and that is the way things used to be.
I have hundreds of books I collected years ago, that are no longer than that. Some of the best classic detective novels were that long. Dashiel Hamett, Phillip Marlow, Maigret,Columbo, Inspector Ghote,early Dalziel and Pasco-Now they are much thicker.
It is nice to have a slim novel you can stick in your pocket, you can't any more.
That goes for many of the classics also. Sir Walter Scott, H.G.Wells. George Borrow etc. Quite short and to the point.
So how about some pocket sized books again writers and publishers?