Sep 18, 2015 5, 000 words is 10 pages single spaced, 20 pages double spaced. A typical novel will normally be 60,000 to 100,000 words, with some of the larger thrillers and genre novels being much longer. As it was described above, your text may contain longer words, for example medical or chemical terminology. It depends on the font you are using, of course, but in general, 250300 words per page.
I want to know because i am 66 of those into my first novel, and i set my goal at 350. There are no hardandfast rules for the number of pages in a book. The 5 x 8 trim size means about 250 words per page. 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. On camp nanowrimo, you can set a goal anywhere from 30 to 999,999 words, hours, lines, or pages for your project the annual write thon nanowrimo requires participants minimum of 50, 000. The number of pages changes depending on the number of words, the font and the font size. Convert words to pages with our free word counter tool. According to my computer, my second book has 62,389 words. As ebooks became a viable business model, the rise in popularity of books in the 20,000word range opened the door for authors to publish books about topics that didnt require a full 60,000 word treatment. Generally any novel around 200 pages250300 words per page and has 55,000 words can be considered a short novel.
Aug 11, 2014 youve just finished writing your book. A 20,000 word count will create about 40 pages singlespaced or 80 pages. That said, youll probably get a number somewhere between 250 and 350, so your story would come out at between 85 and 120 pages. Your debut novel is 20000 words long how not to selfpublish. We show you the average number of pages youll write for 1, 000 words, plus page numbers for essays from 500 5, 000 words. As ebooks became a viable business model, the rise in popularity of books. The answer is around 4 pages single spaced, and 8 pages double spaced. Meanwhile picking the book next to it on the shelf, clash of the sky galleons has roughly 250 words a page, which would bring your total up to around 160 pages. Your word processing software and settings may result in slightly different pages. This tool is useful when writing essays at university to determine how many pages you are required to write.
Calculate book page count using the word count from your word document. So how many pages is that if you were to print your book. However, this rule can be bent for the following reasons. Theyre so massive that they get split up, but they are singular works with over a pages.
Jan 01, 2011 there are too many factors that affect the number of words on a page for a meaningful answer. Todays question is from sheila, who says, an agent just requested my novel proposal, and asked about the word count. Meanwhile picking the book next to it on the shelf, clash of the sky. But oviously i cant possibly read 100 pages every single day, with other things in the way.
This website converts the number of words to the number of pages, online and for free. Without a good reason, for a nonfiction book i would try to keep your book less than 75,000 words because people just dont have time to sit and read for long stretches of time and your readers are less likely to finish your book the longer it gets. Your job is to write a good story, and that means including all the detail needed to to make it good, and to leave out anything extraneous. Calculate book page count using word count for book design. A young adult novel will run between 20,000 and 40,000 words. Mar 15, 2011 a 20 page doublespaced paper is about 5000 words, so a 20, 000 word paper would be about 80 pages. 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.
He asked me how many pages it is but is there an appropriate way to. All in all, it will still show you the result that will only slightly differ from the actual one. Most editors wouldnt recommend going over 80,000, as it will inspire bad taste among readers. I thought if i read about 100 pages everyday, it would be 200 days. Without a good reason, for a nonfiction book i would try to keep your book less than 75,000 words because people just dont have time to sit and read for long stretches of time and your readers are less. I told him its roughly 150,000 words, but that ill be cutting it to perhaps 120,000 by the. Your job is to write a good story, and that means including all the detail needed to to. If youre asking how how many pages 15000 words would fill, you are most probably writing a minidissertation. Last year a twitter follower brought to my attention a post called how i went. A check of some of the bestseller lists on kindle reveals. A 40,000 to 80,000word memoir is around 150265 pages, a standard booklength for the genre. My book, according to your helpful calculations, 20,000 words will be about 73 pages, 1. If a book was 30,000 words long, how many pages would that be. As it was described above, your text may contain longer words, for example.
The most common are 250 words, 275 words and 300 words per page. Your debut novel is 20,000 words long how not to self. Not true i am in the middle of writing a 20 page paper and as of now i have 5,412. Im already at a little over 65,000 so i was wondering how many pages i could expect to have. For a printed book, 37,000 words is definitely on the short side less than 150 pages so publishers may not be interested as pricing will be low and volumes needing to be correspondingly. I just finished the malazan series each book is more than pages 11,147 pages total for all 10 books. A 20,000 word count is about 40 pages singlespaced or 80 pages doublespaced. The most common rule for a memoir is that it should not go more than 80,000 words.
Mysteries and young adult books run between 40,000 and 80,000 words. Thus, 100 pages 40,000 to 45,000 words and 200 pages yields 80,000 to 90,000 words for. The last column indicates the approximate pages for an single spaced academic essay with. Your tiredness levels suggest that youve written an epic trilogy. In any event, i struggle to accept that 2500 words can be called a book in any form. Our tool is designed to show the estimated number of pages for a typical text written with most commonly used words. However, when you check the word count, it says 20,000 words.
Therefore, a 55,000 word book should be about 200 manuscript pages. I thought it was better to put up the first volumes then leave them off. Most adult books are about 90,000 words, and no longer than 100,000 words unless youre jk rowling. Words to pages determine page length from words count. If a book was 30,000 words long, how many pages would that. Estimate your page count book designer fiona raven. Jan 08, 2018 so 15,000 words would run to 288 pages, and 30,000 words would run to 576 pages. Im sorry to be the one to tell you this, but 20,000 words is not a novel. Youll discover if you end up printing your book print on demand the way of the future that a single book is expensive, and it behooves you to keep your page count low. A 20 page doublespaced paper is about 5000 words, so a 20,000 word paper would be about 80 pages. One of the most popular posts on the thesis whisperer is how to write words a day and not go bat shit crazy. Every university has different rules for the format these should be submitted in.
Im just writing my first novel 20000 words done so far, was just wondering, would it be best to set microsoft words page set up to the size of a regular paperback book to see how that pans out or just. Its no longer necessary to estimate according to the 250wordsperpage formula. For most publishers, a book is novellength when its between 50,000 and 110,000 words. Mind you that great classic, the little prince, was such a work. Theres the same problem with a dance to the music of time, mission earth, a couple of the chinese classics, and others i put up.
At a writers conference i recently attended, publishing veteran jane friedman said 80,000 words is. Find a book thats formatted in the way you imagine your book as being, and count the number of words on a typical page. We explain two easy methods to estimate your books page. A 20,000 word count will create about 40 pages singlespaced or 80 pages doublespaced with normal margins 1. Quickly flip open the 20,000 words book, however, and the quick division of words into syllables syllable has you scanning quickly within sections of the book.
Theyre so massive that they get split up, but they are singular works with. 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. If you complete the word count, which comes to about 200 pages, you win the challenge. Even a 5000 words essay, at a little over 20 pages, is only slightly longer than an online article or blog post. 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. For the use of stenographers, students, authors and proofreaders. Likely fixed in this edition, the only word i routinely not included in the 1965 edition was penicillin. Find a book thats formatted in the way you imagine your book as being, and count the number. Depending on the genre of book you are writing, word count can be critical in. If you are adding a book to the list that has multiple editions, please add an edition that has fewer than 100 pages. Generally i consider any novel that is less than 300 pages to be a short one, 500 page a medium sized novel and anything more than 750 a lengthy novel. Alternatively, a short, say 20,000 word, hardback or paperback will have. This translates into just 20,000 to 25,000 words for a 100 page book. Here is a partial list of wellknown novels that contain roughly 50,000 words, which in turn is roughly 175 pages, and are thus comparable to the average size of a nanowrimo winners novel see also list of.
There are too many factors that affect the number of words on a page for a meaningful answer. This of course will depend on your word processor settings and how you format your work, however, with standard margins and arial or times new roman 12 point font your results should be about the same. Here is a partial list of wellknown novels that contain roughly 50, 000 words, which in turn is roughly 175 pages, and are thus comparable to the average size of a nanowrimo winners novel. We explain two easy methods to estimate your books page count. Im just writing my first novel 20000 words done so far, was just wondering, would it be best to set microsoft words page set up to the size of a regular paperback book to see how that pans out or just leave it on a4 and guess how many pages would be done. Im sorry to be the one to tell you this, but 20000 words is not a novel. Aug 05, 2019 for most publishers, a book is novellength when its between 50,000 and 110,000 words. The new words will pop out through the entire book gradually, but when you get through the beginning the words you met so far will cover most of the book. Buy 20, 000 words by louis a leslie online at alibris.
Frequently asked questions getting published meg cabot. A published author in 10,000 words or less writeraccess. Your mileage may vary of course depending on what font you use, whether you use multiple spaces after a period, and your paragraph spacing settings. How many words in 350 pages typed and double spaced. So a 400 page manuscript would be about 240,000 words. Thrillers and epic fantasy often clock in at over 100,000 words. If youre trying to figure out how many pages your book will end up being, a page in a six by nine book which is a pretty standard size for a nonfiction book is about 250 words equals one page. I told him its roughly 150,000 words, but that ill be cutting it to perhaps 120,000 by the time im done. There are several factors involved in determining how many pages is 1, 000 words, such as spacing, and font size and type. Book page count calculator how many pages is my novel. Jan 16, 2015 one of the most popular posts on the thesis whisperer is how to write words a day and not go bat shit crazy. Buy 20,000 words by louis a leslie online at alibris.
How to write 10,000 words a day the thesis whisperer. I would expect typical text whatever that is set in 12 point times new roman to contain approximately 600 words 4000 characters per page. Generally i consider any novel that is less than 300 pages to be a short one, 500 page a medium sized novel and anything more than 750. A 20page doublespaced paper is about 5000 words, so a 20,000 word paper would be about 80 pages. What is noticeable, however, it that short read ebooks are very popular.
This of course will depend on your word processor settings and how you format your. Last year a twitter follower brought to my attention a post called how i went from writing 2000 words to 10, 000 words a day by the fiction writer rachel aaron. May 11, 2009 for a printed book, 37, 000 words is definitely on the short side less than 150 pages so publishers may not be interested as pricing will be low and volumes needing to be correspondingly high. If you want to calculate any other word count for a 4. 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. Not true i am in the middle of writing a 20 page paper and as of now i have 5,412 words i am not. These questions made us fill the need of a book page count calculator we put at the bottom of this page.