| Re: Novel Word Count
I think it varies by the author - but once you do have a publishing deal, UK publishers write a word-length into their contracts. If the book you've sold is 120,000 words long, then a contact for the next book will be for that length. There is some flexibility, of course, but if you deliver 80,000 or 160,000 words, the book may be turned down - or you will be told to go away and get it closer to the contracted length within a set space of time. The costing on which the offer was made will have been based on 120,000 words, and the longer book would cost considerably more to produce, whereas the short book would not be right for the market. |