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Q&A Is it acceptable for a tech book to consist of only 2 chapters?

I am interested in writing a book on a particular class of natural products. It would discuss the products' isolation and biological functions - these are the two chapters that I can fit into the b...

1 answer  ·  posted 12y ago by Anil‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:14:27Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Anil‭ · 2019-12-08T02:14:27Z (over 4 years ago)
I am interested in writing a book on a particular class of natural products. It would discuss the products' isolation and biological functions - these are the two chapters that I can fit into the book.

So my proposed book would only have 2 chapters, which may run to about 75-100 pages each. This intuitively seems like a very low number of chapters for a book, even though that's simply the number of topics I want to cover.

Are tech books with so few chapters publishable? Is this something seen frequently?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-03-06T03:40:49Z (about 12 years ago)
Original score: 2