Marketing terms, working handles: General Fiction.

[Katie-Ellen]

http://writersrelief.com/blog/2009/07/how-do-you-know-if-your-novel-is-literary-or-mainstream-fiction-how-long-is-a-general-fiction-book/

My thing which is undergoing another revision after a few weeks rest from it, is 85k.
If a book's the size of a doorstop, I won't buy it in future. I bought The Brothers Karamazov recently, fave read of a certain LAD guest, Mr Nekrassov, can barely hold the blooming thing and I don't like Kindle except for quick reading and research reading.

 

[Karen Gray]

I far prefer long novels in the larger 6 x 9 size but even though that takes away depth bulk, it is still weighty so I totally see what you're getting at on the big book thing. Hubby has arthritis in his hands, and even novellas are at times tricky for him to hold. Thank goodness for the Kindle voyage, that's all I can say.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

If it gets too much I hurl them to the floor. Teach them a lesson. I don't wanna buy words by the bushel. I have to pick them up of course, later. Or else use them to build a hotel with, or something.

 

[Karen Gray]

Hehe you could build a writer's fort!