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Re:Writing books is not really a good idea by mattkevan on Monday May 10, 2021 @11:50AM (#27107386)
Martha Wells does this with her Murderbot Diaries books [1].

The series is fantastic and the latest book was great, but £8 for something that I finished in less than an hour felt a bit steep. Especially for an ebook with literally 0 marginal cost.

[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Martha-Wells/e/B000APZA1O?ref=sr_nt...

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Re:Writing books is not really a good idea by wccrawford on Monday May 10, 2021 @12:08PM (#27107590)
I'm sure it took me more than an hour to read that book, but I really enjoy that series so it was well worth the price to me. It's definitely a short book (novella?) but I get almost as much out of it as I do longer books.

And if the larger books are artificially padded, I actually enjoy them less.

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