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Old 15th April 2008, 02:56 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: What do publishers prefer?

Well I've never had anything published myself, so I'm probably not the best person to ask...

It depends on a lot of things though: Genre, country, target audience...

A general science fiction novel comes in around 120,000 words. Fantasy are 130,000 at least. From what I understand.

My first draft of my own novel was 75,000 words and I was informed it was too short. It's now 126,000. Still hasn't helped me to secure a publisher or agent though...
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