Hey writers, when you send out a manuscript (especially a novel) are you using word processor word count or the standard publishing formula (which usually yields 250 words a page in Courier 12pt)?
Word processor count. I did speak to one editor at WFC who said he prefers the standard typesetting formula, but he said it was mostly because he was used to it.
Not, um, that we should use his off the record remarks as a industry standard :)
I've been using word processor count rounded up to the nearest thousand, but I had wondered if publishers, especially traditional print publishers, would prefer it the other way for typesetting purposes. That was how I was taught back in the 80s.
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Not, um, that we should use his off the record remarks as a industry standard :)
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