That is not to say that normal books will decline. Of course they won’t. There will always be a place for big, satisfying stories to burrow through. But it seems that the rise of short stories are partly caused by our falling attention spans. The habits have changed, and the rise of shorter fiction has begun.
Yes, the Internet has changed the way we read not just the news but also fiction. Head to Science Fracture to learn more about it.
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