Estimate how many printed pages your manuscript will produce based on word count, trim size, and font settings.
Accurately predict your book's physical thickness based on your manuscript's word count.
Your final page count dictates two massive factors in KDP publishing: Print Cost and Cover Spine Width. By estimating your page count based on your word count before you even begin the final typesetting process, you can accurately forecast your profit margins using a Royalty Calculator, and you can give your cover designer the preliminary dimensions they need to start working.
For a standard 6" x 9" paperback utilizing an 11pt or 12pt font (like Garamond or Times New Roman) with standard 1.15 to 1.5 line spacing, you can expect an average of 250 to 300 words per printed page. Therefore, a 60,000-word manuscript will generally yield a book that is roughly 200 to 240 pages long. Keep in mind that heavy dialogue, short chapters, and frequent paragraph breaks will reduce the words per page and increase the total page count.
Trim size has a massive inverse effect on page count. A small pocketbook (e.g., 5" x 8") has much less printable area per page than a larger textbook (e.g., 8.5" x 11"). If you take a 70,000-word manuscript formatted at 6" x 9" and shrink the trim size to 5" x 8" without changing the font size, the total page count will significantly increase, which in turn increases the printing cost.
Our estimator focuses purely on the body text based on your word count algorithm. When generating your final cover dimensions, remember to manually add an additional 5 to 15 pages to the estimate to account for your title page, copyright page, dedication, table of contents, author bio, and any blank pages Amazon KDP may insert at the back for their printing barcode.