Julie Broad shows how word count translates to page count and physical book size. A 50,000-word novel typically runs 200 pages; add illustrations and you'll add 20 to 40 more. Trim size, chapter breaks, and font choice all shift the math.
If you're writing a book, you might be wondering, how big should my book be? Well, size matters. Let me explain. Stick around. Hey there. I'm Julie Broad with Book launchers Dot com. If you're self publishing a book, you might be wondering, how many pages is this book going to be? How big is it going to be and does it matter what? Well, I thought one of the best ways to explain this to you would be to show you some different books and explain how that translates into a Word document. So these are my two books, More than Cash Flow and the New Brand. You'd. They're both actually pretty close to 70,000 words. However, in the Word document, this one was 179, whereas this one was 186. The difference was basically this one had a lot shorter paragraphs. Now, when it translates into a printed book, they're a little different too. This one is 246 pages and this one is 268. So what's the big difference you have to take into account if you're going to have diagrams, pictures, illustrations, a lengthy bibliography. All those kind of things will add pages to your book as well. If you're trying to figure out how many pages your book will end up being. A page in a 6x9 book, which is a pretty standard size for a nonfiction book, is about 250 words equals one page. Again, illustrations, spacing, all those kind of things will play a factor. Now another example is this book Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield. It's printed in 5x8. So much smaller in comparison, 174 pages. The big difference is that a lot of the pages, if you can look in here, they're very short, very short chapters with a lot of blank spaces. So it's a lot less words. Don't know the exact word count, but I'd guess it's about 30,000 words. All that compares to, oh, I think I need help. Okay, the Four Hour Chef from Tim Ferriss, which comes in at about 6, 675 pages and substantially larger. So the answer to how big should my book be? It really depends. You have to look at your competition. You have to figure out what are your goals for your book. How are you going to print them and distribute them. One thing to think about though, if your book is too short, your spine will be too narrow too to print the title on the spine. So you really want to aim for at least 30,000 words, if not a lot more, so that you can have at least 100 pages, aiming probably more for 150, 200 pages. So you've got a nice meaty spine. Plus, if you're going to go bookstore distribution, you got to think about what's it going to look like sitting on the bookshelf because which books stand out. The smaller the spine of your book, the harder it's going to be for people to see. So these are all things you want to take into consideration when you're thinking about how big should my book be? Now one other thing. If you print one that's this big, I hope you're strong and have money because this is going to cost a lot of money to print and distribute as well, like this video. Give it a thumbs up. And of course, subscribe to the channel so you never miss any of these video tips. See you again next time. Bye. If you're writing a book, you might be wondering how book should my big be? If you.
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