I do think there's a good argument, especially in nonfiction, that many longer books could just be replaced by articles ("this is a book that could be an article" is like "this is a meeting that could have been an email")

Tho peeps get less cred for it. Under the model that books are expensive business cards (much like university degrees are signals for discipline and hard work), your story doesn't work anymore... articles don't get you that book-like kudos

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Books Suck, Says Andrew Tate (The Atlantic, Joel Halldorf)

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> I do think there's a good argument, especially in nonfiction, that many longer books could just be replaced by articles ("this is a book that could be an article" is like "this is a meeting that could have been an email")

yes. 100%. 
Tho peeps get less cred for it. Under the model that books are expensive business cards (much like university degrees are signals for discipline and hard work), your story doesn't work anymore... articles don't get you that book-like kudos