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Two different "authorities" produce widely different word counts - which is correct?
I am using "Times New Roman" with 1 inch margins.
One authority "says" one word equals 6 characters. Since each line has 96 characters, this approach yields 16 words per line. 16 times 25 lines equals 400 words per page
Other authority "says" use 10 words per lines. This approach yields 250 words per page.
They cannot both be correct.
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Your font doesn't matter. Publishing industry standard is 250 words per page.
From the Editorial Freelancers Association:
The industry standard for a manuscript page, however, is a firm 250 words.
This Google Answers thread has some other citations (almost all of which are 404 links, sadly), but I think Google Answers is like Stack Exchange, so take it cum grano salis.
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