http://ross-teneyck.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] ross-teneyck.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2008-12-28 04:41 pm (UTC)

I always figured the increasing length of books was linked to steadily rising prices: readers were subconsciously trying to maintain a certain ratio of pounds of words per dollar in order to avoid feeling ripped off.

However, that fails to account for the differential between genres.
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