I refer to them as low content because books with 60 and 96 pages are not novels in my mind. While researching categories that fall under the romance umbrella, I got waylayed by series (Dreams will be the first in a series but according to this research probably Dreams 1, 2 and 3). Anyway, I digress! so I took a closer look at a couple of successful series. Yeah, I ended up down the proverbial rabbit hole and discovered that the romance series I researched were nothing more than ... novellas Even the blurb on Amazon is the same for each book and the only variation on the cover is the colour of the print. Yet these books sell well! I am almost tempted to buy the set and see how they follow on... and whether they are just an ongoing 'slice of life' like a weekly series on TV. How Long Should a Novella Be? A novella is a fictional piece between a short story and a novel with anywhere from 10,000 to 40,000 words. There’s an even narrower story option—the novelette—that has a word count between 7,500 and 17,000 words. https://www.masterclass.com/articles/word-count-guide#2jYsXMDN26NlIyS2X3qqEi The Beach House With You (A Sweet Love Book 1) Kindle Edition Product details ASIN : B0CGM7B78V Publication date : September 16, 2023 Language : English File size : 3445 KB Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited Text-to-Speech : Enabled Screen Reader : Supported Enhanced typesetting : Enabled X-Ray : Not Enabled Word Wise : Enabled Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe Print length : 63 pages and this book in this series 63 WTF? Best Sellers Rank: #8,368 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #24 in 90-Minute Romance Short Reads #58 in Later in Life Romance (Kindle Store) #63 in Later in Life Romance (Books) The print length of this book is 96 pages https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C3DJQR8Y?ref_=dbs_p_pwh_rwt_anx_cl_0&storeType=ebooks as are most of the books in this series. So I asked myself how many words does that translate to? Kindlepreneur So I sent out a survey to authors on the Kindlepreneur email list and got 900+ responses, all with the single goal of figuring out the average number of words per page according to Amazon. (I really appreciate you guys)! That’s where I got my words per page numbers of 233 for nonfiction and 280 for fiction from – real-life authors like you. that's only 26888 ish words if my calculator is correct Product details ASIN : B0C3DJQR8Y Publication date : May 2, 2023 Language : English File size : 1487 KB Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited Text-to-Speech : Enabled Screen Reader : Supported Enhanced typesetting : Enabled X-Ray : Enabled Word Wise : Enabled Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe Print length : 96 pages Best Sellers Rank: #7,083 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #12 in Contemporary Christian Romance #20 in Christian Mystery & Suspense Romance (Books) #47 in Religious Romance (Kindle Store) Customer Reviews: 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 795 ratings
