The Unwritten "Laws" of Books
This is a list of norms that we take for granted around books. They are invisible constraints on what books contain, or what they are meant to achieve.
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All the Material in a Book Must Be Original Content
Books May Not Share Chapters
Books that Are too Long (over 200 pages?) Won’t Sell
We Overprotect the Ideas in Books
Books Don’t Make It Easy to Talk with Authors or Other Fans
Books Don’t Get Updated Much, if at All
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