Average the count by taking the total number of words counted and divide by three. What is a good way to get the word count of a kindle book. At times the readers of books may be interested in discovering how many words they read. When you query a publisher, its customary to include your novels estimated word count.
Fantasy novels tend to be longer than most other novels. However, there is a wide range of acceptable word counts for nonfiction books. This website converts the number of words to the number of pages, online and for free. Calculate book page count using word count for book design. How to calculate a word count per page pen and the pad. 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. Other issues such as margin space and paragraph length will likely result in some variation from the calculations given. Estimate your page count book designer linda parke. Jun 30, 2008 publishers dont work on pages they work on word count. A way to check word count of published books anita nolans blog. Scroll down the field names to select numwords or numpages.
How to increase your novels word count noveldoctor. Theres no point in obsessing about word choice if your story has whole scenes and whole subplots you can axe. Well, the answer is about one half page single spaced or one page double spaced. Cutting a manuscript down to size is often a very effective exercise.
This is because these programs only count actual words, but publishers. The binding, font and paper size establish how many pages a published book will be. I publish my books first on smashwords and then, after they pass vetting for the smashwords premium catalog, i publish them on amazon as well. Here 125% is the magnification at which the screen image of a page is being presented, 1 is the number of words that is selected, 4,007 is the total word count for the document, 69 are the pages partially visible on the screen, and 27 is the total page count for the document. To check word count, simply place your cursor into the text box above and start typing. So an 80,000 word manuscript would translate to approximately 350 pages. If you know how long the book is, you can divide it into eighths to find the perfect timing for all your major turning points. Publishers word count requirements were set up back in. While we make every attempt to make our calculators as accurate as. So before clicking on wordcount see the whole word.
These include using published information about the book to determine an exact word count, estimating the number of words based on industry standards and. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. 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. However, the true word count depends on the category in which youre writing. Upload multiple documents including microsoft word, microsoft excel, adobe acrobat pdf, and html or paste your text. 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. Smashwords gives a precise word count for each and every b. Youll use the word count in your word document to calculate book page count. Im trying to count the number of words from a text file, namely this, to start. Position the cursor where you want to insert word count or page count, and click insert quick parts field. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference.
Nobodys stopping you, of course especially if you think your 100,000word novel justifies the word count. Hi joan, a live word count of the entire document is reported at the bottom left of the document window. I put in anne of green gables and clicked on the first entry, and it listed the word count as 17,129. Mar 15, 2009 assuming for a moment that your word count is wrong and the book really is longer than your agent wants it to be, you have to weigh her advice in relation to your own instincts as a writer. Word count estimates are not guaranteed to be accurate.
How do you get a word count in a pages do apple community. Unfortunately, they dont offer word count so ive created an algorithm based on the number of pages, genre, and the dimensions of the book. Move the pointer over the right side of the word count, then click the arrows to see character and paragraph count. Now im seeing a lot more mg books with up to 60,000 words, so i think the water has become a bit murky here. But if i calculate it using the formula, 272 manuscript pages times 250 wordspage equals 68,000. Sharp objects has a word count of 80,565 and my utility. Since epublishers are not confined by paper pages, the word count in epublishing is almost moot, although a few specify not over 120,000. Use the word count feature of the word processing program to track the word count. Assuming for a moment that your word count is wrong and the book really is longer than your agent wants it to be, you have to weigh her advice in relation to your own instincts as a writer. If you are an author of a book or know of a book s accurate wordcount, contact me. Microsoft developed the ui to display documents on metaphorical pages because thats what users wanted to see, but its for viewing purposes only. No matter how much you adjust the other variables, if the ms is only 50,000 words in length instead of 95,000, then you have a problem if the book was announced as being 288 pages in length but the most it can be stretched to is 160 pages. We explain two easy methods to estimate your book s page count. The word counter doesnt store your text permanently.
Jul 23, 2015 on the choose details dialog box, find pages in the details list and select the check box next to pages so there is a check mark in the box. For paperbacks you get 2550 lines per page, with 35 being a good average. Book length word count science fiction and fantasy world. For example, a 2000 word essay is approximately four pages when single spaced and eight pages when double spaced. Most publishers have manuscript guidelines you can refer to for the correct formatting. According to my computer, my second book has 62,389 words. 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. Calculate book page count using the word count from your word document. How does one know the page count conversion from microsoft. The number of pages changes depending on the number of words, the font and the font size. Find out how long it will take you to read any book by using our book word count search.
If youre writing a young adult fantasy novel, you should keep your word count below 90,000 words or 300 book pages. Using your current word count and the appropriate formula below, calculate the number of pages you can expect in your finished book. Count number of pages is there a way to find the number of pages of all the files located in a folder which has been saved in word. The longest is the order of the phoenix with a word count of 257,000 words. There are several methods for determining the word count of a given book. If you dont know how to find your documents word count, this article shows you how. You should be writing in size 12 font on standard sized paper, not trying to emulate the look of a published book. Aug 07, 2010 use the word count feature of the word processing program to track the word count. On the choose details dialog box, find pages in the details list and select the check box next to pages so there is a check mark in the box. Book page count calculator how many pages is my novel. No matter how much you adjust the other variables, if the ms is only 50,000 words in length instead of 95,000, then you have a problem if the book was announced as being 288 pages in.
At one extreme you get large print books with 250 words on the page. When i started writing three years ago, the mg word count i kept hearing was no more than 30,000 words. Go play cricket or bake a souffle or save the whales. Ive tried using a section break on the titlecover page, but the page count still counts. I want it to say page 1 of 19, since the title page doesnt count. First of all, find your word count in word by opening your document and looking at the bottom left of your screen. Sep 12, 2012 put a title the exact title in the search engine, then click on the title, or one of the titles if more than one comes up.
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. Word count, with a little help from amazon alexis grant. Usually, only great epics get away with more than 100,000 words because of the brilliance of the material and content, like j. On the macro level in any type of edit, but especially a wordtrimming one, you always want to start with the big picture. Wordprocessing programs have a function that calculates the number automatically, but the results are not reliable in the publishing world. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. Most young adult novels fall between 55,000 and 70,000 words. If your program works successfully, you should calculate that there are 30 words in this file. Obviously, a prime determinant of book size is the word count. This should capture the authors writing style and provide a reliable estimate of the number of words used by the.
I clicked on the unabridged version, and it lists the word count as 97,364. Put a title the exact title in the search engine, then click on the title, or one of the titles if more than one comes up. Youll see the number of characters and words increase or decrease as you type, delete, and edit them. Click view in the toolbar, then choose show word count. This tool is useful when writing essays at university to determine how many pages you are required to write. Cutting a manuscript down to size is often a very effective exercise for improving a book, but its not right for every book. How to find out the number of words in a book pen and. Estimate your page count fiona raven book designer. For instance, my novel runs about 101,000 words, which i would estimate at 101,000 300 336 pages. The average fantasy novel should have between 50,000 and 150,000 words. You can show the word count, character count, and number of paragraphs in a document. Everything is as desired, except the page count includes the titlecover page.
Honestly, there is no way to calculate how many pages your book will be. A books word count does matter and if you get it wrong, this can. The actual word count for the hunger games is 99,750 and my utility calculates 94,743 words. 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. Aug, 20 pages for ipad and iphone includes all the important functions you need to create a successful document. Basically, instead of applying a formula for word count, we apply the final format and see what results. Academic books might put 600 words on a page with works of reference squeezing in words. I know you can look up the number of files in a folder, but dont see the number of pages. There are too many variables between the designed book and a word manuscript to predict the page count exactly. Some people consider 50k or more to be novel length, while others consider that to be a novella up to the 75k word count. So an 80,000word manuscript would translate to approximately 350 pages. Those of you who dont care about traditional publishing can leave the room now. In an earlier post i discussed broad issues relating to word count and. Im leaving this in the list to show that word count isnt offered for every book.
Choose your book type, genre, and audience for a word count and page. Jan 08, 2018 wondering how many word pages equal a book page. Opt already knows how many words opt has in the ms. Goodreads authorsreaders meet your next favorite book. Our book page count calculator will help you figure out how many pages your final book will contain based off of our your current word count.
As a result, a 100k manuscript can size up very differently on a shelf. 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. This tool is helpful for all authors everywhere who want to figure out how many pages their final book will contain based on their current word count. The simple and straight forward way to count words in pdf document is to convert it first into a format that word processing softwares like microsoft word, libre office writer or open office writer understands. Ive been researching the word countspages of ya novels to make sure im not under or over. The pages column is added to the far right of the current columns. Search for a book, tell us how fast you read, and start reading. A novelist of my acquaintance insists that the only way to estimate the number of words in a book is to multiply the number of pages by 250. How to get the page counts for multiple word documents at once. The number of images, bullet or numbered lists, quotations in the text, the font, size, and linespacing chosen, margins, number of subh. Not counting covertitle page in page cou apple community. As far as page count goes with consideration to word count, that depends on what others have already mentioned as well as how much dialogue is contained within the text. Like a general fiction novel, a good target word count for a memoir is 80,000 words. Aug 16, 2004 i want it to say page 1 of 19, since the title page doesnt count.
This is a true statement if your goal is to be published through traditional methods someday. Average word count per page creative writing forums. You can also copy and paste text from another program over into the online editor above. Page count is determined by the publisher, not the writer. Secondly, when it has been created as a picture, you could use abbyfinder to transform objects one pdf page copied into words, but truth to tell, i am not sure what happens when pdfs texts are too long.
It is a way an author can estimate word count, but its just as easy these days to use the word count function on your average word processing program to get a pretty accurate count. 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. Word processing programs have a function that calculates the number automatically, but the results are not reliable in the publishing world. Arial, calibri, comic sans ms, courier new, times new roman and verdana. The way you decide the number of words, is to count how many in a solid block of writing of say 10 lines. That was the formula in the good old days when courier was the only typeface and typewriters were king. Im leaving this in the list to show that word count isnt offered for. While its important that every story find its natural length, it takes time to develop an instinct as. Failing to mention the word count, or committing the faux pas of stating the page count instead, will also see a quick rejection. Once you know your word count, follow one of our two methods below to estimate your page count. Of course, word count wont matter if a story doesnt hook the target audience.
Wheel of time word count in average word count popular novel word count in novel word count harry potter word count stephen king word count this entry was posted in uncategorized and tagged dune word count, novel word count by michael kistner. The total word and page count will vary from book to book and is dependent on your writing and overall book formatting average time to write this book. A way to check word count of published books anita nolan. Show word count per page in the footer microsoft community. I use amazons data feeds to come up with the calculation. Amazons initial estimate would run 101,000 325 310 pages.
K rowlings the order of the phoenix, which has a word count of 257,000 words. Word builds the page x of y autotext entry from a pair of fields. Also, heres another list i may swipe and add in here. This of course depends on what font size, line spacing and page margins you are using, but on average a word count of 250 words will yield around half a page single spaced and a whole page double spaced when set in either times new roman or arial at a 12 point font size. You can select the style of ordinal numbers you want in a or b, also you can type the style you like in c. That being said, it should provide a more accurate indication of the number of pages a specific word count will be and the number of words per page you type when compared to the general rule of thumb. As for nonfiction books, the standard bestsellers have word counts similar to adult novels.
Search for word count totals in books word counters. This line count includes blank lines between paragraphs as well as lines with just a single word. How many pages would my manuscript be in paperback. There are general guidelines, on how many pages it takes to reach a word count. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. Odd thomas 108,9 the face of fear 60,8 the bad place 146,472. Take control of words page x of y numbering scheme. Sep 20, 2009 obviously, a prime determinant of book size is the word count.
Word count is the devil you have to love, or at the very least, respect. For example, a 2000word essay is approximately four pages when single spaced and eight pages when double spaced. You must provide an accurate word count per page or by document when you are submitting a literary project. Pencilthin books on narrow topics that are under 50,000 words are quite common. How many word document pages are there in a 350 page book. Publishers dont work on pages they work on word count. I have the page number and page count in the footer of my document.
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