: Re: Publishing of Collection of Short Stories I have a collection of short stories--48 in total, a word count of 80,000 and 156 pages. Regarding publication, is such a collection likely to be too

It depends.
Are you going to self-publish? Then you can do anything you want to. Don't expect many sales unless you have a following already.
Are you trying to find an agent or contacting traditional publishers directly?
Then you should look at the guidelines they show for your type of work. But again, if you are not well-known and/or don't have a big following, your chances of being published are small but not impossible. Or do you have a track record of being published anywhere? For example, a pulp magazine with short stories, or even a university press or some other literary publication?
Short stories tend to not sell as well as novels.
And some genres do much better than others.
What sort of stories are they?
Your best bet might be to investigate true self-publishing (not one of the vanity presses claiming to be self-publishers) and DIY while focusing on learning marketing and building a following on social media.

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