2 responses to “Why I finish books”
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I had that same thought about Kindle singles and business books. So many of them pad out middle chapters with case studies and repetitive points so a shorter, punchier format (I think its around 18,000 words isn’t it?) would be excellent. Kind of like what Seth Godin is doing with his imprint I suppose
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Absolutely – reading more books in parallel about a particular subject is interesting. I’ve been reading psychology/neurology books a lot over the last couple of months. Some books – Thinking Fast & Slow, Your Brain At Work – are compelling and packed with usefulness from beginning to end. Others are kind of Gladwell-lite collections of anecdotes appended to a strong premise or idea…
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