Kevin, I'm glad that you brought this up.
At first, I thought that each chapter should be recorded as one section, as long as it fits on a CD.
Then, the arguments in favor of 15-minute sections made a lot of sense to me.
As I prepare to record my grandfather's autobiography, which is in the PD, I will take this into account. Some of his chapters are quite long, and probably could be broken up. I agree: as long as I keep the outro and intro brisk, smaller chapters can make a recording more accessible to people who have varied preferences. When the outro and intro are drawn out and clearly enunciated... then I find short chapters to be annoying!
Must it be chapter by chapter?
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On intro-outro: use the abbreviated versions. 
Don't add your blog, location, year, or even "read by ..." until just the last outro.
Don't add your blog, location, year, or even "read by ..." until just the last outro.tovarisch
- reality prompts me to scale down my reading, sorry to say
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I'm not sure what you mean by brisk - I personally find people racing through the intro most disruptive. And as has been said, in a Solo there is no need to identify yourself every chapter - introduce yourself first chapter if you wish , and in the outro of the last.
When we have had surveys about times, most results I have seen say about 30 minutes, but it does obviously depend on where you are listening and what you are listening to, informative information can need a break for both the listener and the reader (for example Gray's Anatomy), but a murder mystery with a 45 minute chapter broken up into 15 minute chunks would not only be annoying, it would not be the way the author wrote it - the chapter breaks are part of the plot usually.
Anne
When we have had surveys about times, most results I have seen say about 30 minutes, but it does obviously depend on where you are listening and what you are listening to, informative information can need a break for both the listener and the reader (for example Gray's Anatomy), but a murder mystery with a 45 minute chapter broken up into 15 minute chunks would not only be annoying, it would not be the way the author wrote it - the chapter breaks are part of the plot usually.
Anne