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Length Of Kindle Book On Amazon

How long should your story be?

Short Story? 5,000-10,000 Words

Novelette? 20,000 Words

Novella? 20,000-60,000 Words

Novel? 60,000-100,000  Words

I Googled for some info.

Readers who read on their phone or Kindle, sales are up on shorter stories.  Since they are reading on a tablet of some kind, they can read a quick story on the tablet.

Shorter stories sell better as E-Books.

So how short should your story be?

I then Goggled price on short stories.

Under 20,000 words are usually priced as $1.99- 99Cents  and 35% royalty 

A Novella  are usually priced at $2,99 or $3.99  75% royalty

Novels are priced at $2,99 - $4,99

I have decided to make my word count around 50,000 words.  A Novella and price it at $2.99

The only downside I found was that some readers will leave a bad review because the book is only 50,000 words.  They said to mention that it is a Novella in the book description.

I want to write 4 books a year.  For me I would rather write a shorter book, and publish more books, than work all year on one book.

So the book I am working on The Cross will be around 50,000 words.

I started the rewrite and have the first 5 chapters rewritten, a little tighter, a bit of romance.  I also wrote the last scene in the book.

In the Book Save the Cat:

It states that the opening scene and the last scene should be a mirror image.  Like the story has come full circle. 

One never knows if their book will sell or not.  It is a crap shoot.  The market is flooded.  What works for one person might not work for another person.

It is a personal choice.  I decided 50,000 words and will price it at $2.99

What do you think?  How long is your story and what will you price it at?


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