And if you search for "thin book", singular, only thinbook.com comes above my little article.
It blows my mind that for a few weeks, at least, I've owned the thin book meme on Google. That tells me that the subject isn't getting nearly the attention it deserves, so thanks for opening up this forum for it's discussion.
In my linkfests and book reviews, I offer these completely arbitrary guidelines in answer to the question, Is it a thin book?
Less than 300 pages: Yes
300 to 399 pages: No, but close
400 to 499 pages: No
500 to 599 pages: Far from it
600 or more pages: Hell, no!
If you're hesitant to think of a 300 page book as thin, you're not alone. But we're talking about the computer book publishing industry here, we have to start somewhere.
So thanks to the others who've replied "Thin!" for keeping the meme alive. O'Reilly usually gets it, as does No Starch Press, and New Riders gets it about half the time.
Please, Mr. or Ms. ctrimble, join the Thin Book Movement. If your firm needs convincing, check my article for the reasoning that makes it easier for us readers to buy thin books than thick ones.
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Keep them under 300 pages. If that's impossible, start by keeping them under 400 pages.
In December, I posted a brief article called The Thin Book Movement on my weblog, Skipping Dot Net, and somehow it got enough attention (without even being Slashdotted) that if you search Google for "thin books", I'm the number one result.
And if you search for "thin book", singular, only thinbook.com comes above my little article.
It blows my mind that for a few weeks, at least, I've owned the thin book meme on Google. That tells me that the subject isn't getting nearly the attention it deserves, so thanks for opening up this forum for it's discussion.
In my linkfests and book reviews, I offer these completely arbitrary guidelines in answer to the question, Is it a thin book?
- Less than 300 pages: Yes
- 300 to 399 pages: No, but close
- 400 to 499 pages: No
- 500 to 599 pages: Far from it
- 600 or more pages: Hell, no!
If you're hesitant to think of a 300 page book as thin, you're not alone. But we're talking about the computer book publishing industry here, we have to start somewhere.So thanks to the others who've replied "Thin!" for keeping the meme alive. O'Reilly usually gets it, as does No Starch Press, and New Riders gets it about half the time.
Please, Mr. or Ms. ctrimble, join the Thin Book Movement. If your firm needs convincing, check my article for the reasoning that makes it easier for us readers to buy thin books than thick ones.
- Shane