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Originally Posted by arjaybe
I counted the words on what I felt was a "standard" paperback page and got 400. So I figured a 300 page book would be 120,000 words.
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I guess that depends on what you viewed as standard sized.
I don't read many novels over 100k--and in fact actively discard anything over that. Really my limit is around 95k or so. If I'm in a bookstore, I will generally not buy anything in the 450 range or above (BUT I will read 450. It just takes a stellar blurb and a good first few chapters. I'm just a harder sell on those. Go to 500 pages and I won't even read the blurb.)
But I think this just proves that the "standard" paperback doesn't exist. The standard may very well be whatever is on an individual shelf and that will largely be determined by genre and other preferences!