You may also attend the meeting via v-tel at the following locations: Champaign Office: 1704 W. Interstate Dr, Champaign, IL 217-352-0047. DuQuoin Office: 500 S Madison, Du Quoin, IL 62832 618-985-3711. Edwardsville Office: 6725 Goshen Road, Edwardsville, IL 62025 618-656-3216.
The standard book size is six inches wide and nine inches tall (6x9). Your book will probably be cheapest to print, easiest to read, and easiest to sell (e.g., it'll fit on bookstore shelves) in this size. Larger books are harder to hold, carry, or put on a shelf.
most print publishers prefer a minimum word count of around 70000 words for a first novel and some even hesitate for any work shorter than 80000 yet any piece of fiction climbing over the 110000 word mark also tends to give editors some pause