Average word count length of each book?
Average word count length of each book?
Does anyone know how many words Fel puts into each of the books done so far?
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Re: Average word count length of each book?
Lots.
Wow, just did a word count on Book 1.
342595 words.
Wow, just did a word count on Book 1.

342595 words.
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Re: Average word count length of each book?
Tower of Sorcery
342,480
The Questing Game
424,839
Honor and Blood
546,181
The Shadow Realm
308,866
Weavespinner
312,364
Axe of the Dwarven King
393,262
The Sword of Fire
301,970
Demon's Bane (So Far)
76,905
All counts done by Microsoft Word so accuracy will be off as Microsoft does not make programs capable of counting well.
342,480
The Questing Game
424,839
Honor and Blood
546,181
The Shadow Realm
308,866
Weavespinner
312,364
Axe of the Dwarven King
393,262
The Sword of Fire
301,970
Demon's Bane (So Far)
76,905
All counts done by Microsoft Word so accuracy will be off as Microsoft does not make programs capable of counting well.
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Re: Average word count length of each book?
Obviously about the Word thing, as my count was in word as well. LOL
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Re: Average word count length of each book?
Even more amazing when you consider the typical novel is considered 60-100,000 words. We're looking at some pretty massive hardcovers.
Not that it's a bad thing to devote an entire shelf to Fel....
Not that it's a bad thing to devote an entire shelf to Fel....
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Re: Average word count length of each book?
Or parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 for Honor and Blood aloneWildcat wrote:Even more amazing when you consider the typical novel is considered 60-100,000 words. We're looking at some pretty massive hardcovers.
Not that it's a bad thing to devote an entire shelf to Fel....


That would make it something like 29 voulumes or so on Tarrin

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Re: Average word count length of each book?
In the interests of saving paper, perhaps I could suggest a 4 point font and magnifying glass?
That should bring it down to only, oh 10 volumes?
That should bring it down to only, oh 10 volumes?

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Re: Average word count length of each book?
Or a few CDs like the Bean free CDs.Spec8472 wrote:In the interests of saving paper, perhaps I could suggest a 4 point font and magnifying glass?
That should bring it down to only, oh 10 volumes?
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Re: Average word count length of each book?
HTML version of Firestaff Series and Sennadar Cronicles on my site is below 25MB (there are some stray DOC files...). So I think that 1 CD would be enoughWere_Fan wrote:Or a few CDs like the Bean free CDs.
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Re: Average word count length of each book?
Just a word on Word...
The last I checked, Word counted every 5 characters as a word. So there could be extra spaces--which count as a character--in the version you're counting. It's also the way most professional typing tests measure words per minute...at least the ones that I've taken.
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The last I checked, Word counted every 5 characters as a word. So there could be extra spaces--which count as a character--in the version you're counting. It's also the way most professional typing tests measure words per minute...at least the ones that I've taken.
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Re: Average word count length of each book?
Well I know it counts '...' as a word, so that would add a few as well.Fiferguy wrote:Just a word on Word...![]()
The last I checked, Word counted every 5 characters as a word. So there could be extra spaces--which count as a character--in the version you're counting. It's also the way most professional typing tests measure words per minute...at least the ones that I've taken.
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Re: Average word count length of each book?
Honestly, though, how much would it matter? So it's off by a few hundred, or even a few thousand words. The numbers should still be in the right ballpark. I would be curious to know just how many pages each book would work out to be. I know typically the manuscripts you submit to publishers are double-spaced, but I'm not sure how the computer page to printed page ratio works.
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Re: Average word count length of each book?
But there wouldn't be enough room for the nudes of Kimmie! <grin>Shadowhawk wrote:HTML version of Firestaff Series and Sennadar Cronicles on my site is below 25MB (there are some stray DOC files...). So I think that 1 CD would be enoughWere_Fan wrote:Or a few CDs like the Bean free CDs.
Seriously, I was thinking along the lines of one CD ber book.
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