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Originally Posted by JD Gumby
...which is why word count is MORE relevant than ever, really. (and should definitely be disclosed on any ebook's info page, same as page count for bound books)
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More relevant? Why?
Quantity over quantity?
You buy books by the word? Padding and excess verbiage doesn't bother you?
Oh-kay...
(shrug)
I can see labeling an ebook as a short story or novelette, but for novels, I can also see a 70K shorty being a better buy than a 200K epic.
The only meaningful break I see is between short-form (story/novelette) and long-form and as long as the author is honest about it I don't care which it is. The number? Just a number...
I just think that stories should be allowed to reach their natural length. If it only needs 50K, well, that's what it took.