Word Counts: What does "shorter" mean.
So I've been saying for some time that OOA:ITN and COA:ITW are "shorter" books than the main books. Someone asked me what does this mean?
So, best way to measure that is Word Count, which is a bit imprecise because different words have different lengths and page sizes vary. So we just compare on total words (things between spaces)
Book 1: Into The Abyss was just under 241,000 words. About 574 small font Trade Paperback pages.
Book 2: The Heavenly Host was just under 275,000 words About 679 small font Trade Paperback pages.
Book 3: Apostles of Doom was just under under 285,000 words. About 679 even smaller font pages
Now I don't know how long OOA:ITN will be once the Beta Demons finish ravaging it, but writing now it's about 140,000 words, or about half the size off books 2 and 3.
So how does this compare to other books you may or may not be familiar with?
A Game of Thrones is 298,000 words, so books 1 to 3 are a bit shorter than GoT (book 1)
The Return of the King is 137,000 words, or around the same size at OOA:ITN
The Fellowship of the Ring is 187,790 words
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is 257,045, the rest are less than 200,000, with Philosopher's Stone being about 77,000 words.
Dune is, amazingly, only 187,240 which boggles my mind, I'd have thought it much longer.
The Golden Compass is 112,815 words.
So, yes OOA:ITN is "shorter" but it's not exactly a novella.
And as an FYI to those not on KU, the kindle price will be half that of the other books, so $2.99. The paperback, unfortunately won't be half the price, but will be the lowest price of them all. Unless I make the fonts big enough for people over 40 to read it.
The Audible? I have no idea, but should be less. I don't have any control on that
So, best way to measure that is Word Count, which is a bit imprecise because different words have different lengths and page sizes vary. So we just compare on total words (things between spaces)
Book 1: Into The Abyss was just under 241,000 words. About 574 small font Trade Paperback pages.
Book 2: The Heavenly Host was just under 275,000 words About 679 small font Trade Paperback pages.
Book 3: Apostles of Doom was just under under 285,000 words. About 679 even smaller font pages
Now I don't know how long OOA:ITN will be once the Beta Demons finish ravaging it, but writing now it's about 140,000 words, or about half the size off books 2 and 3.
So how does this compare to other books you may or may not be familiar with?
A Game of Thrones is 298,000 words, so books 1 to 3 are a bit shorter than GoT (book 1)
The Return of the King is 137,000 words, or around the same size at OOA:ITN
The Fellowship of the Ring is 187,790 words
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is 257,045, the rest are less than 200,000, with Philosopher's Stone being about 77,000 words.
Dune is, amazingly, only 187,240 which boggles my mind, I'd have thought it much longer.
The Golden Compass is 112,815 words.
So, yes OOA:ITN is "shorter" but it's not exactly a novella.
And as an FYI to those not on KU, the kindle price will be half that of the other books, so $2.99. The paperback, unfortunately won't be half the price, but will be the lowest price of them all. Unless I make the fonts big enough for people over 40 to read it.
The Audible? I have no idea, but should be less. I don't have any control on that
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Nov 09, 2021 04:06PM
so any up date yet and any chance we can get a pic of the wand.
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Richard wrote: "so any up date yet and any chance we can get a pic of the wand."Ahh, the wand, yes, sorry forgot about that request. You know maybe I can get it on the cover of Book IV. I'd already been thinking of having Ruyi Jingu Bang and its owner on the cover. Maybe Tom and his rod/wand can be there too!
