Why do I feel that the number of words in the book label doesn't match the actual number of words? Even an art book with more than 100 pages is labeled with 200,000 words, but I don't see it at all.

Why do I feel that the number of words on the book label doesn't match the actual number of words? An art book with more than 100 pages is marked with 200,000 words, but I don't see it at all. Moreover, I find that the number of pages is very small, and many books with pictures are marked with more than 300,000 words. Is the number of words on the book randomly marked?

Answer 1

Perhaps it was because the word count in the book label referred to the total word count and not the word count in each chapter. Therefore, if the total word count of a book was less than 200,000 words, then the word count of each chapter was unlikely to exceed 10000 words.

In addition, the number of pages in the bookmark may not match the actual number of pages because the number of pages in the bookmark may include the number of pages and the number of words on other pages. The actual number of pages published may be less than the number of pages in the bookmark.

In short, when encountering a situation where the number of words on the book label does not match the actual number of words, it is recommended to carefully check the content of the book to confirm the number of words in each chapter and verify whether the number of words on each page is consistent with the book label.