But divide that down to the average number
of copies sold per title = 192.
This total does not include
copies sold on launch day, or from other stores.
Today, it is considered the greatest self - improvement book of all time, with more than 30 million
copies sold worldwide.
An author might expect to receive $ 3
per copy sold if their book is of average trim size and length.
As usual, I will list the book, the date the book was first released and how
many copies sold in each store.
Recently the Mega Man franchise passed 30 million
copies sold across all 131 games in franchise history.
Almost 50,000
copies sold at debut is really solid for this kind of game.
One example is the horrible book review that leads to thousands
more copies sold.
This number represents both physical and
digital copies sold to the customer not shipped to stores.
I have my spreadsheet where I enter
total copies sold and it calculates the royalty for me.
For those reasons...... along with the absolute perfect price for a downloadable title, consider one
copy sold with me.
The 5 million units shipped is not equivalent to sales, though, as it includes the
physical copies sold to retailers and the digital copies downloaded by players.
For purposes of this Agreement, the Parties agree that in all cases, 10 % of
copies sold during the applicable accounting period will be deemed to be commercially reasonable.
Now with over 25 million
copies sold over 8 games and multiple platforms, the series has received worldwide acclaim.
In fact, e-books may earn authors more money per
copy sold because they can not be purchased second hand, as print books can be.
And that 74 % increase in
copies sold makes it much more likely that the title will make it onto the national bestseller lists.
Most authors spent 28 % of their overall budget on advertising, 15 % on their websites and 14 % on buying promotional copies as well as
copies they sell direct to readers.
Two years, seven novels and tens of thousands of
copies sold later, I don't regret my decision one bit.
The five hundred
copies sold quickly in the local bookstores, mostly to our friends and families.
Maybe publishers should include a downloadable copy with every
paper copy sold.
100 % of the profits from a
dozen copies sold is not an improvement on 10 % net royalty from a couple of thousand.
The numbers of
copies sold re my books say something completely different.
There's no doubt that Assassin's Creed is one of the biggest modern day video game franchises out there, with more than 30 million
copies sold worldwide.
With over 7 million
copies sold across all 3 platforms, it's safe to say they've done something right.
It's unclear whether the million copies is referring to
copies sold since launch, or if it includes early access copies as well.
Readers want to hear about how great your story is, not how
many copies you sold or how brilliant your promotion campaign was.
• You earn more money
per copy sold • Traditional publishing is very slow — it can take up to three years to see a finished book.
That's still
more copies sold that some of the most popular video games of today.
Note: No royalty will be paid to authors on
copies sold during the days when the book is under promotions.
Author will receive a sales report detailing print and
eBook copies sold during the quarter and royalties earned for those sales.
The rest, as they say, is history: 18 languages, countless millions
of copies sold, and billions of dollars to the author.