--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Patrick King
<abrasax93@...> wrote:
>
> It's happened to me, personally. 3 agents and
1
> publisher told me, this is a good idea but it's
42,000
> words. Rewrite it for 80,000 and we may be able
to
> sell it. I of course, being me, said 'The great
old
> books didn't have to be 80,000 words.' The one
agent
> who was still kind enough to respond to that
stupid
> e-mail of mine, said short books do not work in
todays
> market.
Damn--so 80,000 is the new 60,000?!? Someone speculated a
while ago that page counts are inflating to justify suggested
retail prices, and this discussion does remind me a bit about
that piece of conventional wisdom (not sure if it's true or
not, but sounds likely!) that restaurant portion sizes are
getting bigger to justify higher prices.
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