How many words makes a decent e-book read?
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How many words makes a decent e-book read?
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I have read books that were very short, less than 200 pages of print, that left me as a reader feeling content that the story was told as it should have been. I have also read books that are over 1000 pages in print that would leave most readers asking what happened to the story and how did it end.
I would say, to define the best lengthing of an ebook, that it would depend on the story and the author. Some stories would be well suited to 30 type pages of ebook, yet others would be left still on the introduction at 30 pages and would need a good many more pages to flesh out the story. Overall, as a reader I would recommend picking genre's you like and branching out to find new authors trying not to be stuck into the category of book size. You might find yourself enjoying , many new books you would not have considered otherwise.
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70,000 – 79,999: Might be too short; probably all right
80,000 – 89,999: Totally cool
90,000 – 99,999: Generally safe
100,000 – 109,999: Might be too long; probably all right
Fantasy is a genre that is an exception to world count. There is normally world building that needs to take place and so your book might end up being in the 100k - 115k range. Normally the publisher will give a word count idea.
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We've obviously used the same site as a reference, if you hadn't already posted it, I was going to go and find the same listMys wrote:Below 70,000: Too short
70,000 – 79,999: Might be too short; probably all right
80,000 – 89,999: Totally cool
90,000 – 99,999: Generally safe
100,000 – 109,999: Might be too long; probably all right
Fantasy is a genre that is an exception to world count. There is normally world building that needs to take place and so your book might end up being in the 100k - 115k range. Normally the publisher will give a word count idea.