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.
If you want to see what size book is selling in your genre, take a look on the shelves. If the average length is 300 pages, you're looking at a 75,000 word manuscript (approximately) One reason it's harder for a new author to sell a 140,000 word manuscript is the size of the book.