metrics - How much time do you spend writing one page on average?

I'm writing a technical book about one programming technology and would like to compare how much time other authors spend on one page (on average). I rarely write a page and am done with it, quite usually there is a lot of restructuring, refining and formatting going on after that.

I'd say I spend about 1.5 - 2 hours on every page, that time being roughly divided this way:

• ~1 hour writing (creating the original rough content)


• ~0.5h refining and improving style


• ~0.25h formatting (applying styles, creating screenshots etc.)

What are your usual times?

EDIT: I feel that the question has been misunderstood or possibly not very well written so I'm adding these points:

• I'm interested in your experience, not estimates.


• I'm interested in the average time - a single number, hopefully with some insights into how that time is split. You've written a book with 300 pages and it took you e.g. 1000 hours - that's what I'm after.


• Where I live, the page is defined as 1800 characters with spaces but it doesn't matter. See the point above.

Thanks for all who answered so far, although this question has quite a few downvotes I am still interested in your experience.