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those nuts at Amazon.com
What will they think of next? Now you can click on text stats for any book and find out things like average syllables per word, words per sentence, and a lot of other numbers. Also, a frequency map of the hundred most used words. The one for Homestead looks like a primary school spelling page. My favorite stats:
Title..............Words per $...............Words per ounce
The Stand
Stephen King.......51,406.....................26,994
Homestead
Rosina Lippi........5,799......................6,981
Into the Wilderness....?.........................?
Possession
A.S. Byatt..........18,049....................11,844
They don't have text stats available (yet?) for the Wilderness books, which is too bad because I was quite curious. If/when they get around to providing those stats, believe me, I'll let you know. As it is, you can see that Homestead doesn't give you good value in terms of dollar:word ratio. And I worked so hard on it.
Sniff.
February 7, 2006 10:41 PM
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As long as I get a satisfying reading experience I will be happy with that value for words!
Posted by: Marg at February 8, 2006 01:12 AM
You can't measure a books worth by how many words are in the book. I have read some cheap LONG books that totally suck.
Posted by: Kelly Marie at February 8, 2006 06:56 AM
Kelly Marie... This wasn't meant to be taken seriously.
Posted by: Sara Donati at February 8, 2006 06:59 AM
Obviously your words are highly valuable. I always thought so.
Posted by: Rachel at February 8, 2006 07:52 AM
I know, it is silly. ;) Sorry I sounded snarky
Posted by: Kelly Marie at February 8, 2006 11:34 AM