Odd question for y'all...

[Mark Thibodeau]

Thank you!

On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm no academic, but Google tells me the answer is 46,573.
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> http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/2012/03/06/the-average-book-has-64500-words/
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> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 8:58 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do any of the academics on this list have any idea about how many
>> WORDS are in Crying of Lot 49? The question has come up for a young
>> professor friend of mine and he knows I'm a fan, and asked me, and so
>> I pose the question to y'all. I don't currently have a copy, otherwise
>> I'd do a rough estimate for him myself.
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>> Thanks in advance!
>> Mark T. / Jerky LeBoeuf
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