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Archive for January 30th, 2006



Monday, January 30th, 2006
For Those Who love Statistics

In the Things We Never Needed To Know category… Bowker – the folks in charge of those ISBNs – have done a little analyzing for us. Since I know you’ve been wondering about the average cost of a romance novel and the average number of pages in a science fiction book, well, worry no more. Here are the stats:

Average Length:
Science Fiction – 329 pages
Romance – 324 pages
Mystery and Detective – 292 pages
Western – 261 pages

Average Suggested Retail Price:
Science Fiction – $7.35
Mystery and Detective – $6.94
Romance – $5.57

Most Popular Location (Cities):
New York
London
Los Angeles (including Hollywood)
Chicago
San Francisco

Most Popular Location (States):
California
Texas
Florida
Virginia
North Carolina