
And that's exactly what should be priced at a buck: 30K word works. And they should be called dollar novels—not novellas—because the "dollar" in "dollar novels" sets the bar for what a reader should expect to get for a dollar: 30,000 well-crafted words. Do you see where I'm going with this?
Now, before someone ties me to a pike and roasts me, recall that a lot of us new-wave authors embrace the term "indie" for a reason. And I'm not suggesting this idea should be enforced in any sort of way. Only that writers might want to consider the term to differentiate between their 30-40K works and 80-120K works.
I'm considering writing a short-form 30K work myself. I'd love to get your opinions on the concept.
B.
Update #1: Turns out that Stanford has a collection of dime novels. A few are available online. Pretty good reading. Check 'em out.
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