Perkins agency in new york says its much easier to market a firsttime novelists book if the word count falls between 80,000 and 100,000 words, or roughly 300 doublespaced, typed pagesthe average novel length. Aug 11, 2014 childrens books, however, are allowed a lower word count than comparable books for adults. James patterson the mostselling author in the world is famous for his tiny chapter of a. Here is what 187 words looks like in microsoft word. Mims10 if you have a title page, halftitle page, page and dedication page, that takes up 35 pages of front matter, leaving 2729 pages for the story itself. James patterson the mostselling author in the world is famous for his tiny chapter of a page and a half around 250500 words. Word count is a direct way to measure the length of a novel in a. The word counter in microsoft word shows how many words per page there are. A general estimate is 400500 words per singlespaced page, and 200250. As a publisher who has laid out dozens of books for printinga 50,000 word manuscript should end up somewhere between 180 and 220 pages.
On the other hand, a modern fantasy novel might have a much smaller font and tighter margins then you expect to cram 400 words on a page. To obtain the double spaced length, multiply the values in the last column by 2. Before our book page count calculator, you had to dig around through multiple sources to figure out how many words per page for your exact font size and then do the math. The graph shows the average length of the top 100 bestsellers in each of the 30 main amazon kindle categories, measured in terms of the number of pages. Sep 18, 2015 1,000 words is 2 pages single spaced 4 pages double spaced. Use our handy table to discover how many pages a given word count yields, single or double spaced, in times new roman or arial 12 point font. Within a few pages the reader knows the plot of the story. Different books and publishers have different layouts for their pages. There are several factors involved in determining how many pages is 1,000 words, such as spacing, and font size and type.
If so, these books need to be the 7 x 9 trim size, and the slightly larger pages can hold 400 to 450 words per page. One thing to keep in mind with how many pages is words is that it depends on the text, its size, and the spacing youre using. These books along with the chapter books below are for the child who is beginning to read and can follow word concepts without pictures. There were rumors in 20 that amazon had set a minimum word. In two minutes, i found ebooks ranging from 10 to 950 pages. We show you the average number of pages youll write for 1,000 words, plus page numbers for essays from 500 5,000 words. Onethird of the novels that come into the agency are rejected because theyre too long or short, perkins says. Contest submissions are open december 1 to march 15.
These books can have as many as 3000 words and may have pages without a picture. Words per page is a free online words to pages calculator which converts the numbers of words you write into pages and allows you to change margins, font size and fonts. Each short story is accompanied by its own book cover. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. The overview below provides an indication of the number of pages required based on font. Pbs go from image only board books all the way up to full stories with significant illustrations. Your debut novel is 20,000 words long how not to self. For example, a ya novel might use a larger font size to increase readability leaving only 200 words on the page. May 11, 2009 if you analyse the contents of a typical bookshelf in an academic library, you will notice that many of the books are between 272 and 320 pages in length. A step up from picture books, these are for kids who have just started reading by themselves.
A minimum count for a nonfiction ebook is about 10,000 words, as long as the content is solid. That said, youll probably get a number somewhere between 250 and 350, so your story would come out at between 85 and 120 pages. If a book was 30,000 words long, how many pages would that. I think the fewest words i have in a book is about 15,000. There are too many factors that affect the number of words on a page for a meaningful answer.
There story was far shorter than words, but perhaps due to the visual medium of the book, it was fairly easy to get into. Words to pages determine page length from words count and. Words to pages determine page length from words count. It should me no shorter or longer than it has to be. Childrens books, however, are allowed a lower word count than comparable books for adults. Thats really hard to say, books are usually measured by word count and not page count. Final judges are aimee parkison for fiction, philip metres. Thus, 100 pages 40,000 to 45,000 words and 200 pages yields 80,000 to 90,000 words for the main body of the text this excludes the words used in the quotations down the sides of the books margins. Amazon ebook page length by genre kindle page length. However, because that length became a standard, theres now, more or less, a standard type story told in childrens picture books.
If you analyse the contents of a typical bookshelf in an academic library, you will notice that many of the books are between 272 and 320 pages in length. Oct 27, 2018 chris fox uses between 1,000 and 2,000 words. Apr 22, 2012 words is a collection of ten short stories, each approximately one thousand words in length. Apr 22, 2016 do i care about the characters after the first words.
Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. The golden extent for many publishers is 288 pages about 90100,000 words without tables or figures. Better to have solid, clear information than rambling to make a page count. They range from science fiction and fantasy, to adventure and horror. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. Onethird of the novels that come into the agency are rejected because theyre too long or.
Book page count calculator how many pages is my novel. The number of pages that words take up in word depends on the font type, font size, spacing, margins, and. The length can vary greatly between genres, though. That being said you can usually assume about 250 words per a printed page. Some 6090k ya books get classified as hilo, but i dont think they were specifically. Mar 20, 2020 the average adult novel runs approximately 100,000 words while those in other categories run 80120,000 words. The stories are told mainly through action and dialogue, in grammatically simple sentences one idea per sentence. I have 15 books selling in the amazon kindle store of varying lengths. The typical books wordsperpage count tends to range between 225 and 275an average of 250. The average adult novel runs approximately 100,000 words while those in other categories run 80120,000 words. I havent had one reader, in thousands of sales, write to tell me that one of my books was too short. Find a book thats formatted in the way you imagine your book as being, and count the number of words on a typical page. Do i care about the characters after the first words. Due to wide variation between definitions, it is always a good idea to put a word count at the bottom of your product description when selling an unusuallength book.
Its too much hassle and timeconsuming time you couldve spent refining and perfecting your book content. Jan 07, 2015 however, because that length became a standard, theres now, more or less, a standard type story told in childrens picture books. Amazon estimates a page count in an ebook to be around 187 words. But depending on the ereading device and the font size setting, it varies significantly between a phone, a tablet, or a kindle. Using amazons number of words as a guide, 5,000 words would equal 26. All but one of these stories is available elsewhere for free elsewhere in ebook format. My thoughts on this are not very popular, but i believe the answer is what my advanced writing teacher told me about paper length and i think that extends to books and novels as well. Some of these essays can be done in one day and others in one night. A general estimate would be 10 to pages for 5000 words, singlespaced. If a page is 500 words on an ipad, and 250 words on a kindle, it might be only 120 words on a phone. Every category will have an average length, including childrens books, young adult, business books, etc. Often a parent or teacher might read the book aloud and then it is lovingly read again and again by the young reader.
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