Book-Marketing Tip of the Day – May 28, 2019

Here is a formula to determine the grade level required to understand your text. If the resulting score is a 3 that means a third-grade education is required to understand it: 0.39(total words/total sentences) + 11.8(total syllables/total words) - 15.59   The bestseller list today is full of simpler fiction today than it was 50 years ago. In the 1960s the median book had a grade level of 8. Today the median grade level is 6. (Readers Digest)