Well explain two easy methods to calculate book page count. Once you know your word count, follow one of our two methods below to estimate your page count. If youre writing an adult fantasy novel or an epic fantasy novel like game of thrones, your word count can skew higher at 90,000 200,000 words. While your perpage word count may change depending on choices made during your interior layout, this initial calculation is a good.
If you can decide on the right vision for your book, and you therefore know your trim size, you can tailor your writing to your target. Step 5 is to target your writing so you will be on track for your books vision. Aug 05, 2019 for most publishers, a book is novellength when its between 50,000 and 110,000 words. The answer is one page single spaced or two pages double. Some of these essays can be done in one day and others in one night.
Its too much hassle and timeconsuming time you couldve spent refining and perfecting your book content. A minimum count for a nonfiction ebook is about 10,000 words, as long as the content is solid. Margins and font for print books the editors blog says. It depends on the font you are using, of course, but in general, 250 300 words per page. You dont want to overwrite and be forced to use a teeny font. When you query a publisher, its customary to include your novels estimated word count. Estimates vary based on different kindle devices available, but the above settings translate into approximately 250 300 words per page on average. To obtain the double spaced length, multiply the values in the last column by 2. That being said you can usually assume about 250 words per a printed page. 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. If youre writing a young adult fantasy novel, you should keep your word count below 90,000 words or 300 book pages. When i started writing three years ago, the mg word count i kept hearing was no more than 30,000 words.
Writers digest recommends 80,000 to 89,999 words as a 100% safe range for literary, mainstream, womens, romance, mystery, suspense, thriller and horror. Understanding book layouts and page margins describes typical margins for a standard 6 inch by 9 inch trade paperback, including createspace book layout specifications reply. Depending on the ratio of dialog to narration, your word count could vary greatly. Can be publisher specific, ranging from 3,000 to absolute max 5,000. By using these three options to more accurately define your writing, the words per page calculator should provide a better estimate on how many words you need to write to fill a page. Aug 14, 20 understanding book layouts and page margins joel, thanks a ton for all of your info. If youre not a big fan of math, then you can eliminate the guess work by using standard manuscript format. How to find out the number of words in a book pen and. Thats approximately 300 pages of doublespaced type. Book spine calculator book thickness calculator what. The average nonfiction book is about 50,000 to 75,000 words, which is about 153 to 230 ebook pages. With the introduction of the new royalty system for kindle.
We write all research materials using 1inch margins and 12point, doublespaced, times new roman font. Learn the average wordcount for every type of novel, novella, genre, etc. Once the book is bound, it gets trimmed, and at this stage the 18 bleed is trimmed off. Of course, word count wont matter if a story doesnt hook the target audience. In the opposite direction, it can give a more accurate estimate of how many pages you have created if you only know the word count. The best way to guesstimate your page count is to assume 250 to 300 words to a page. On the layout tab, in the page setup group, click size, and then select more paper sizes.
Wordcounter will help to make sure its word count reaches a specific requirement or stays within a certain limit. Sharp objects has a word count of 80,565 and my utility calculates it at 80,7. For example, if an author has to write a minimum or maximum amount of words for an article, essay, report, story, book, paper, you name it. So, a 55,000word manuscript is about 220 typeset pages, and a 100,000word manuscript is about 400 typeset pages. Therefore, a 55,000 word book should be about 200 manuscript pages. Word counts for childrens books i received a request awhile ago to do a post on word counts for different age categories in childrens lit. Once the book is bound, it gets trimmed, and at this stage the 18 bleed is. Different books and publishers have different layouts for their pages. For the larger, 6 x 9 trim size, would be about 300 words per page. Amazon estimates a page count in an ebook to be around 187 words. I put both the word count on mine and the number of pages, being the word count divided by 330, which is the number of words on a typical paperback page. Words to pages determine page length from words count. Its too much hassle and timeconsuming time you couldve spent refining and perfecting. Assuming you use the standard conventions for manuscript format 1 margins, 25 doublespaced lines per page, and a 12 point nonproportional font like courier, then a good rule of thumb is one page equals 250 words for the mathimpaired, that means you multiply the number of.
When i started to work on novels i wanted to keep an estimate of how many words and book pages. I guess one thing im trying to say is word count is more than just an annoyance. Book printing costs for printondemand mill city press. Many, yes, but there are exceptions due to the layout and font size of a particular book. If a page is 500 words on an ipad, and 250 words on a kindle, it might be only 120 words on a phone. Reading length is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to and affiliated sites. Book spine calculator book thickness calculator what is a. Of course, if you just want to get your book out there, you can always format it for free and selfpublish. So a 200 page novel would be around 55,00060,000 words.
Better to have solid, clear information than rambling to make a page count. Another general guideline is to assume that your book will average 300 words per page. Word count to book pages resources for independent authors. Thus, divide your word count by 300 and you again get an approximate number of pages. Your best bet is to figure out what books yours is comparable to, then sit down and count the words on 23 typical pages. With the introduction of the new royalty system for kindle unlimited and the kindle owners lending library books for amazon prime, borrows are paid by.
If a page is 500 words on an ipad, and 250 words on a kindle, it. It depends on the font you are using, of course, but in general, 250300 words per page. Sep 20, 2019 if youre writing a young adult fantasy novel, you should keep your word count below 90,000 words or 300 book pages. At a writers conference i recently attended, publishing veteran jane friedman said 80,000 words is good for most fiction, below 60,000 isnt novel length territory, and above 120,000 is likely too much. The dimensions from the spine calculator include a 18. Word count estimates are not guaranteed to be accurate. The number of characters, the number of subplots, the. For example, atonement has a word count of 123,378 and my utility comes up with 110,765 words. In the apply to list, select whole document and click ok. We will be using amazons estimation formula, which is that there are 300350 words in a page they do take into account images as well, if your ebook has those. Ultimately, you can expect there to be roughly 300 words per page in a book you write as a whole. A 95,000 word bookeven by page countis a different story than a 70,000 word book.
I use microsoft word and a print page is different then a book page. Divide your final word count or the word count youre aiming for by 250 or 300 to arrive at your page count estimate. Count characters and words with the anycount tool for a precise estimate and get every single cent youve earned. Estimate your page count book designer linda parke. Assuming you use the standard conventions for manuscript format 1 margins, 25 doublespaced lines per page, and a 12 point nonproportional font like courier, then a good rule of thumb is one page equals 250 words. Then you multiply the number of lines by the number of pages in the book in this case, 300 pages. Youll use the word count in your word document to calculate book page count. Calculate book page count using word count for book design. Keep the type and elements that you dont want trimmed off at least 38. Readers looking for a good beachread in the mystery section will not likely gravitate towards a 1,000page book. Roughly 250 words per page, times the amount of pages makes 75,000 words. Amazon ebook page length by genre kindle page length. 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.
In standard manuscript format, your word count becomes about 250 words per page which makes 350 pages about 87,500 words. Here is what 187 words looks like in microsoft word. Enter your book s trim size into the width and height fields. Both rules of thumb are imperfect, but weve found the 250300 word per page rule works better more often than the 60 percent per page rule. All fonts in the cover should be embedded in the native program before publishing. To find pretty much any kids ya word count, you can use the ar bookfinder. Goodreads authorsreaders meet your next favorite book. Just to keep in mind, the average one spaced page usually contains about 3000 characters or 500 words. Sure there is, sheila the rule of thumb with most publishers is to average about 300 words per page. At a writers conference i recently attended, publishing veteran jane friedman said 80,000 words is good for most fiction, below 60,000 isnt novel length.
Well, while the accelerated reader program is lame in a lot of ways, this is a very handy tool. In 2017, the downward trend has continued, with an average book length of 273 pages. If you are an author of a book or know of a books accurate wordcount, contact me. We will be using amazons estimation formula, which is that there are 300 350 words in a page they do take into account images as well, if your ebook has those. First of all, find your word count in word by opening your document and looking at the bottom left of your screen. If they typed 300 double spaced pages, is that enough to match their. But in general there are about 250300 words per page. Using your current word count and the appropriate formula below, calculate the number of pages you can expect in your finished book. This trim size is good for only 200 to 250 words per printed book page.
Estimates vary based on different kindle devices available, but the above settings translate into approximately 250300 words per page on average. You get a copy of from russia with love, and then you count the number of lines on a typical full page not one of those halffull pages at the end of a chapter. The number of characters, the number of subplots, the pacing are all affected by word count. Examples of 300 word count pages might be a middle school reading response, a written answer to a test question, or an email newsletter. These standard guidelines provide an average of 300 words per page. Divide your word count by 390 to arrive at the approximate number of pages ex. These books are generally heftier in general, so for a 150page book you can target 45,000 words and 60,000 words for a 200page book. Reading length is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program. Any content not intending to be trimmed off should be a minimum of 0. Jan 08, 2018 calculate book page count using your word count. Book page count calculator how many pages is my novel. Jul 24, 2009 i guess one thing im trying to say is word count is more than just an annoyance. For most publishers, a book is novellength when its between 50,000 and 110,000 words.
Search for word count totals in books word counters. If you are an author of a book or know of a book s accurate wordcount, contact me. For instance, my novel runs about 101,000 words, which i would estimate at 101,000 300 336 pages. This means that a 75,000 word novel would be around 300 pages. This translates into just 20,000 to 25,000 words for a 100 page book, 30,000 to 42,500 words for a 150page book, perhaps just. You can easily calculate book page count using the word count from your word document. I agree that it seems like for a debut author, the agent really looks at that word count. In the opposite direction, it can give a more accurate estimate of how many. This should capture the authors writing style and provide a reliable estimate of the number of words used by the. This is due to the audience youre reaching preferring that length.
If your goal is 100,000 words then youre going to be looking at 400 standard manuscript pages. These books are generally heftier in general, so for a 150 page book you can target 45,000 words and 60,000 words for a 200 page book. Build your book format a paperback manuscript word for. Thats really hard to say, books are usually measured by word count and not page count.
Click librarian or teacher and then search for books like yours click on the titles to get all kinds of info about them, including wordcount. I believe amazon starts with an estimate in the 325wpp range, but then maps numbers of page turns in ebooks to generate an approximate page count. Enter your books trim size into the width and height fields. The average nonfiction book is about 50,000 to 75,000 words, which is. Discover the average number of words on a page by counting the number of words on three randomly picked full pages distributed throughout the book. It seems like ya novels are getting longer and longer nowadays, but maybe my attention span is getting shorter. A 95,000 word book even by page count is a different story than a 70,000 word book. Have you had lots of questions over the years about word s mirrored margins. Use your word processor to figure out your average word count per manuscript page and your total word count. Since opinions vary greatly, i did some research to verify the numbers in my head.
Average the count by taking the total number of words counted and divide by three. Sep 05, 2019 the cost to publish a book depends on a the length of the book and b the level of quality you want. Amazons initial estimate would run 101,000 325 310 pages. In 2015, the drop resumed as the average fell to 345. As you can see, a smaller trim size will produce more pages for the same word count, and a larger trim size will produce less. In north america, the standard used by editorial staff in figuring word count is 250 words per page, 10 words per line using a 12 pt.
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