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Have you checked the page count for other books like your WIP? I ask because you're talking about a book that will end up to be between 200-250 pages, depending on whether you publish to CreateSpace and get real page count, or just to the ebook version, which will estimate fewer than actual count. I don't know what kind of thriller, i.e., what sub-category it will be, but I checked the top 15 or so medical thrillers, where our (@mossie's and mine) is #8, and they range from a low of around 295 to over 600 pages. Ours, at 320, is on the low end. If I'm not mistaken, it was over 100k words. My latest romance, at almost exactly 80k words, ended up with 292 actual pages on CreateSpace.

I don't want to discourage you, but if you're swinging for the upper deck, you might want to reconsider your anticipated word count. It seems that thriller readers want a meaty book.

I always estimate word count at 250 words per page (read that from an upper tier editor). My first book was a little over 45K and Amazon estimates at 179 pages, so very close. However, I use a lot of line spaces to break up scenes, so that might have something to do with it. But yeah, it may need to be longer than 60K-70K words. I'm sure I could hit 80K-90K or more, but it will take me longer and I worry about story pacing and dragging out a story just for filler. Based on my memory, I think you're right about longer word counts in thrillers. Most aren't under 300 pages. I will look into that.

 

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