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How Many Words Per Page?words on a double-spaced manuscript pageHow Many Words in a Novel?words to count as a novel (Hugo Awards)
How Many Words Per Page? The Arithmetic for Every FormatAbout 250 words on a double-spaced manuscript page, 500 single-spaced, and a wide range in printed books. The arithmetic, with every assumption stated.Read →How Many Words in a Novel? Word Counts by Genre, From the GuidesThe minimum to count as a novel, word-count ranges by genre from two publishing guides, where they disagree, and what those counts mean in pages and reading time.Read →
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