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Business books are entertainment, not strategic tools

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593 points ZeroTalent | 1 comments | 09 May 25 20:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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abetaha ◴[10 May 25 00:49 UTC] No.43942334[source]▶
I am always amazed how most business book authors take a simple idea that could be described in one page, and turn it into a 200+ page book with popularizing narrative. What's more amazing is that the ideas are usually commonsense, but due to human nature are seldom practiced.
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1. ghaff ◴[10 May 25 01:44 UTC] No.43942603[source]▶
It's the way the publishing industry works. There may be an article or possibly two or three articles with case studies, etc. but a published book needs to be 250 pages or so.

I really felt like I was fluffing up a book when I went through a publisher. For the second edition I felt it was a bit better as I trimmed some stuff and added a dedicated chapter with a legal co-worker. But it's downside to working through a publisher. Probably won't do it again and have self-published other shorter works.