After a whole year of hard work, I'm almost finished with my 42nd "Sojourn" book, and it's a long one. I have a question: I'm ready to start pitching this book to agencies and publishers, because I've been told that once a book is self-published and selling, it is difficult to convince an agent to r...
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I'm not in the publishing world (mostly because I can never finish a book I'm trying to write) but friends who are have told me that anything over 120K words can be a challenge for some publishers. If...
Expand commentI'm not in the publishing world (mostly because I can never finish a book I'm trying to write) but friends who are have told me that anything over 120K words can be a challenge for some publishers. If course, nobody told Victor Hugo when Les mis came in at over 500K words but not sure that's a proper current ballast.
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Sam is correct. Anything over 120K is a lofty print and read. 70K-116K is a feel-good place to land for publishers and a coming in-on-the-dime word count. Keep in mind, that 80K word count places you...
Expand commentSam is correct. Anything over 120K is a lofty print and read. 70K-116K is a feel-good place to land for publishers and a coming in-on-the-dime word count. Keep in mind, that 80K word count places you at around 240 pages.The reference that someone made to you that a self-published book is difficult for an agent to represent is partly true, UNLESS you self-publish with the goal of selling 10,000 copies. If you hit this mark, it will attract an agent and publisher, not deter.