Knowing your approximate page count before you format is essential. It strongly influences your gutter margin, your spine width and your printing cost, and is one of several factors that feed into your retail price.
Estimated Page Count
250
Estimated spine width: ~0.56" on white paper, ~0.63" on cream
How the Estimate Works
The calculation uses rough words-per-page rules of thumb for each trim size (actual words-per-page depends heavily on typeface, font size and leading), then adds approximately 10 pages for front and back matter (title page, copyright, table of contents, and blank pages to ensure an even page count).
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About the Author
Robert Prime
Robert Prime is a best-selling self-published author, veteran eCommerce strategist, and the founder of publishing.co.uk. With over 25 years of experience in digital business he brings a battle-tested perspective to the publishing industry. After experiencing firsthand the archaic, headache-inducing process of formatting a KDP-compliant book for his own best-seller, Google. Panic. Repeat., Robert built publishing.co.uk to solve the problem for other authors. He is also a co-owner of the LoveReading.co.uk network (the UK’s leading book discovery platforms), founder of the Amazon growth agency MrPrime.com, and a member of the Forbes Business Council.
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