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by Zanta 2700 days ago
I had the exact same reaction to it. Some enormous fraction of all non-fiction is an essay-length idea stretched out into a book length. It's disrespectful to the reader, but it's what they need to do to make a sale. No one wants to buy a pamphlet
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It's especially disrespectful when the books are being market to people who want to be efficient.