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Originally Posted by carpetmojo
What the hell's the difference between a book, mini-book, novela, short story, or not worth bothering with ?
Sheesh....
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As to short story vs. novella (and you forgot novelette in between), it's generally a number of pages thing (with novella at 100 pages and novel at 200, with the 150 and up mark either a "short novel" or "long novella"). Short stories generally run 20-30 pages or less and novelettes fill between. Then again, there's the matter of character expansion, how much time passes in the work, etc.... and, of course, it's the subject of many an college level lecture (or even course) and sometimes just a marketing decisions.
As for not worth bothering ... that's an entirely different subject and can include all of the above.