[HOE] Re: hoe-digest.20020804

[Fred Jandt <fajandt@yahoo.com>]

> Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 06:24:38 -0400
> From: Wraith530@comcast.net
> Subject: [HOE] one more question..
> 
> What is the approximate word count of a 128-page
> sourcebook?  I seem to
> recall one of the authors saying it was around
> 30,000.  This seems about
> right.

When I was at WEG, our rule of thumb was 50,000 words
for a 96-page book and add 10,000 for every 16-page
signature past that. So that 128-page book would clock
in at around 70,000 words.

These numbers give you a good fudge factor for art and
stuff. I think it averages to about 520 words per
page. If you use a small font face/point size, you may
get more on a page. I have heard that the PHB got
something like 700 to 1,000 words per page. Granted
you need a magnifying glass to read it.

Oh, and as I just finished up Way o the Brave and Way
o the Righteous, both 96-pagers, I checked and both
clock in at around 50K.

Hope this helps,

Fred J.

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