Shorter novels appear to be the wave of the future. I think there will always be a place for the massive 17 book novel series, but shorter works have a couple of advantages:
You can take more risks with events that forever change the world. If you write a huge novel series and a massive world-changing event happens every book, the reader will get tired of it. However, if you write several shorter works in different worlds and each of them has a different and unique world shattering event, the reader may not tire of it.
As you said, more output. More books = more chances for readers / more sales.
Short novels are the wave of the future...and a return to the early 20th century.
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Exactly this, cheah. The novels of my beloved 60s and 70s horror paperback era are slim little 150-200 word things. You can sit down and complete one in an evening, or spread it out over a week of dips and dabs. The 300, 400, 500+ page behemoths of today are the children of Stephen King and those chasing after him. For Fantasy, replace Stephen King with J.R.R. Tolkien and the illusion of length being equal to prestige.
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