Are the number of computer pages even comparable to the number of pages a novel will be, when printed?

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Answer 1

No. They aren't. Start talking in professional jargon. We always refer to our books in number of words, not pages, for exactly this reason. The standard formula used by publishers to determine approximate length is 250 words per page - or taking the total number of words and dividing it by 250. Never tell a publisher or editor how many pages your book is. It shows you to be a rank amateur.
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Answer 2

It's a good question, I have often wondered this being an unpublished fictionist (and a barely published photojournalist). I think perhaps (and this is knowing nothing of being published or being a publisher) that a book can be a great many different page-lengths, depending on the printing choices (large-size font? Size of page-paper? Space at chapter breaks? How many non-story pages such as acknowledgments etc.?). If I personally wrote a manuscript in access of 100-200 pages in a word document single spaced, I would say it's probably safe as novella length even after it goes through pagination and printing etc. Whether it will grow or shrink, I couldn't tell ya.

Answer 3

Yes. Like say your using comic sans ms and 24 font *Yes, I know , large print*and when you look at the # of pgs, it says 120, then when you print it out, It should be either that exact number or maybe 118 or somewhere around that
Hope this helps
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