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Also, what about books of essays? I'm not entirely sure it would address Greenspun's point about where to publish an article on how to put together a workable DSLR setup, but essayists have published many 20-page pieces just by putting together enough of them to make up a book.

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You must have missed this part:

"How about a collection? If an author writes enough essays, eventually they can be collected into a 200-page book and distributed commercially. Many authors are experts on only a single subject and should not be encouraged to continue scribbling."

All the essays in such a book don't have to be from the same author.

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