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Originally Posted by poshm
I just wondered if there was a standard length for ebooks. Do they need to be over a certain word-count?
I know with paper publishing, there are strict rules on the length of the work. But perhaps this does not apply with electronic publishing.
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There's no requirement for an ebook to be any particular length. The requirements of a print book - essentially that it should be long enough to make a reasonably sized bound book - don't apply.
You should price the ebook appropriately for it's length (and quality!). People won't be happy paying the same for a 25,000 word novella as for a 100,000 word novel. Unless it's stunningly brilliant, of course.
However, if you intend trying to find a publisher to produce an ebook form of your story, rather than doing it yourself, they may well have length requirements for other reasons that's aren't to do with how big a paper book it would make.