Book Length Estimator

How long your book actually needs to be, and what that means in printed pages and writing time.

What are you writing?

Trim sizeaffects page count

How much can you write a week?if writing it yourself

Target length

60,000–80,000

words

Printed pages200–267

Writing it yourself40–53 weeks

With a ghostwriter5–9 months

Rough ghostwriting fee$63,000–$84,000

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Page counts assume standard typesetting. Ghostwriting fees here use an entry-level $0.75 per word and vary widely by book type — the cost calculator handles that properly.

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