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ctg · 31st March 2008, 08:14 PM

1000 pages is roughly 400 000 words. There was a talk couple of months ago in the publishing forum, where Mister Jarrold said that in UK minimum Fantasy length is around 140 000 words while in SF it's around 110 000 word long.

Note that some of the writers can blather amazing amount, while not getting nearly anything in content wise, while others compress their action in much shorter piece of manuscript.

TheEndIsNigh, in your shoes, I would look for the smaller publishers, as your novel would be only 150 pages long.

31st March 2008, 08:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
ctg weaver of the unseen Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 669	Re: Book length - Is this a worrying new trend 1000 pages is roughly 400 000 words. There was a talk couple of months ago in the publishing forum, where Mister Jarrold said that in UK minimum Fantasy length is around 140 000 words while in SF it's around 110 000 word long. Note that some of the writers can blather amazing amount, while not getting nearly anything in content wise, while others compress their action in much shorter piece of manuscript. TheEndIsNigh, in your shoes, I would look for the smaller publishers, as your novel would be only 150 pages long.