Why not? Helaman 3:14
Mormon bemoans the fact that "a hundredth part of the proceedings of [the Nephites]... cannot be contained in this work."
He's a historian. He would deeply care about that not being achievable!
Answer:
It had to be short enough to be printable by Joseph Smith in the 1830's in a printing press in Palmyra. It had to be portable enough to carry as books across the world by missionaries from the 1830's to today. It had to be short enough that people would be able to think, "Hey, that's not too bad. I can read that." 531 pages in English is not too bad, especially considering that 20-30% of every page is footnotes.
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