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by Everwinter
July 21st, 2010, 5:45 pm
Forum: Self-Publishing
Topic: Word Count Strikes Again
Replies: 5
Views: 2585

Re: Word Count Strikes Again

Courier size 12 font is what use. According to article's such as the one found on write 101 http://www.write101.com/lethamcount.htm They tell me that it should be done via the 250 words per double spaced page at a 12 point Courier font. So, according to their method, my book should be nearly complet...
by Everwinter
July 21st, 2010, 5:11 pm
Forum: Self-Publishing
Topic: Word Count Strikes Again
Replies: 5
Views: 2585

Word Count Strikes Again

I can find 100 articles telling me how many words a novel of a certain genre should have, but I have yet to find much on telling whether publishers and agents have shifted to true word count (via word processors) or still prefer the estimated word count method (250 words times the number of double s...