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Why are books so short now and hard to find long novels

Why Books Feel Shorter and Why Long Novels Are Rarer

Attention Economy and the Shortening of Books

Market Pressures and Production Costs

Publishing Risk and Discoverability

Genre and serial formats

Literary Trends and the Rise of Short Forms

Self-Publishing Dynamics

Where Long Novels Still Survive

Longer Books Still Exist — Where to Find Them

The Shallows — How the Internet Rewires Attention and Reading

Moretti on Publishing Economies and the Rise of Short Forms

Media Multitasking and Cognitive Control — Ophir, Nass & Wagner (2009)