The federal government taxes most sources of retirement income, including pension benefits, but the states take a variety of approaches to taxing retirement income. Some states tax any retirement income that the federal government taxes.
Each page contains about 34 lines, with an average word count of 11 words per line, thus 375 words per page. Excluding endnotes and index, the book has about 200 pages of text, which means its total word count is about 74,000 words.
The average nonfiction book, if such a thing exists, runs about 50,000 to 75,000 words, but this can vary depending upon category. Biographies, for example, can run 200,000 words. How-tos or self-help usually have 40-50,000 words. The average adult novel runs approximately 100,000 words while those in other categories run 80-120,000 words. Every category will have an average length, including childrenâs books, young adult, business books, etc. You can use comparable, successful books as models to determine the length you book âshouldâ be. An ebook could be 3,000 words or as long as a full-length book.