Mr. Weiss of Author Solutions estimates that the average
number of copies sold of titles published through one of its brands is just 150.
A: I won't share the exact
number of copies sold of that title because there are a lot of copycats who picked up on the ranking of last year and have their competing products out there — and it's certainly not rocket science on what I did — and I certainly don't need other competitors but I will tell you this: the number of sales so far through the end of November of that one title equals all of 2010.
To put this all in prospective, the total
number of copies sold of these 233 titles is over 60 % that of the total sales for the year of Author Solution's 59,000 titles.
According to Wikipedia «Best - selling» refers to the estimated
number of copies sold of all fiction books written or co-written by an author.
Not exact matches
Carrying the Chinese title Be Yourself, by the end
of August the book had
sold 320,000
copies — a huge
number, even in a country
of 1.3 billion.
The issue
sold 984,697
copies and is the
number six cover on the American Society
of Magazine Editors October 2005 list.
Though Vista
sold 20 million
copies in its first month (double the
number of XP's initial sales), it had a low overall adoption rate.
His publishers had a difficult time understanding why he would want to limit the
number of copies sold, but they ultimately negotiated a deal.
A
number of students were outside the main conference hall trying to
sell copies of Ed Miliband's speech for # 2.
During the school year 1963 — 1964 some 250,000
copies of the three texts were
sold, a
number sufficient to reach 12 percent
of the high school biology students in the U.S.. All three have been offered to and accepted by state adoption boards in Georgia and Florida.
For a limited time, the Healthy Back Institute is running a very unique promotion and has decided to GIVE AWAY a certain
number of FREE hard
copies of their best -
selling book, The 7 - Day Back Pain Cure, as a one - time special promotion to get extra publicity.
In the earnings report published today, Nintendo announced that Arms has
sold over a million
copies worldwide, as the Switch, Zelda: Breath
of the Wild, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continue to do the
numbers.
In comparison, The King
of Fighters XIV, which also went on sale the same day,
sold 23,242
copies that same week, coming in at
number three.
Vgchartz (taken not as absolute
numbers) lists Dynasty Warriors 8, the most recent game, as
selling.34 million
copies in Japan, which makes up 64 %
of the worldwide sales.
Hyrule Warriors was expected to be something
of a best seller in Japan, but as we saw by last week's Media Create
numbers, the game only managed to
sell just shy
of 70k
copies during its first week available on the market.
Mario Kart 8 continues to have a healthy
number of copies sold each week, while Super Smash Bros. maintains its position slightly above Mario Kart 8.
While units shipped isn't the same figure as units
sold, we know that the game
sold 5 million
copies just over the course
of its opening weekend alone, so it's likely that the total
number of units
sold is close to the
number of units that have shipped.
Though more important than that is the fact Famitsu does track download cards (something neither Media Create or Dengeki do), and since the game did
sell out at a few stores, this could have led a higher
number of people to go for a download card instead
of a retail
copy.
At least they didn't say something stupid like «Wii U owners don't like Mature, and only like Just Dance» when Just Dance 2014, and Assassin's Creed III
sold about the same
number of copies, and that ZombiU
sold more than BOTH Just Dances combined,
Add in marketing, manufacturing and distribution it's entirely possible a game
of this magnitude (
number of people involved) didn't turn a profit with 2 million
copies sold.
This slight increase follows a significant price cut for the 2013 Nissan Leaf that jumpstarted sales
of this electric hatchback — Nissan
sold 22,610
copies of the Leaf in 2013, more than double the total
number for 2012.
Ford C - Max Energi: While the Fusion Energi posted a surprisingly high
number of its own, the 988 C - Max Energis
sold in June was even more significant... considering the non plug - in variant
of the C - Mas only
sold 1,952
copies.
To find out, I e-mailed Nissan North America and asked why the Nissan Quest experiences sales
numbers in the hundreds every month while other minivans
sell thousands or even tens
of thousands
of copies each month.
Incredible original condition Just in from Southern California Rare European model —
sold new in Sweden 47,940 actual miles (77,152 KM) Matching
numbers original engine Beautiful, factory correct paintwork Wonderfully original interior Over $ 27,000 spent on recent service work completed by a marque specialist that included complete brake, cooling, exhaust, fuel injection system rebuilds and more Documentation includes factory books, radio books, service records, $ 27,000 in recent service receipts,
copy of build data card, factory tools and more Options include: New whitewall tires Becker Europa radio Rare 4 - speed manual transmission Drives and performs incredibly well!
If nothing else, I
sold 16
copies over February and March so far, and made $ 7.20 I would not have otherwise made (though admittedly some
of these
numbers are skewed as I am in the middle
of a promo thing).
Self - publishing your work and
selling a certain
number of copies / making a certain amount
of money.
But divide that down to the average
number of copies sold per title = 192.
Given those facts, then it's safe to argue that if some young woman named Nicole Polizzi had written the same books before gaining her celebrity status as Snooki, her first book wouldn't have even have
sold 0.1 %
of the
number of copies it has
sold to date.
I definitely agree with your point
of Amazon making the
number copies of sold.
Those that do may be concerned that making books available through the library will reduce the
number of copies they
sell, she said.
«Small presses make their profits by
selling books to consumers, rather than
selling services to authors or
selling a small
number of copies to the author's friends.»
The
number of copies sold is important for marketing purposes.
Assuming your agent successfully
sells your manuscript, you'll get an advance against royalties for the
number of copies the publishing company thinks it can
sell.
Most months, I still
sell less than a dozen
copies of books a month (although that
number is climbing) and feel like I'm closer to the moon than becoming an author full - time.
Sell maximum
number of copies of your published book this month.
For example, if an author had a book up and wanted to see how many
copies the book
sold in January, the author might have to wait until June to get some
of those exact
numbers.
Before POD, a publisher had to predict what the demand for a particular book would be over time, then print, warehouse, and ship the
number of copies they predicted could be
sold.
Some subsidy publishers require that the author purchase a minimum
number of copies (usually in the thousands), which you have to store until you
sell.
The
number matters way more than the rating, and books with a 3.7 rating but a lot
of selling traction will move way more
copies than a 5.0 book that hasn't
sold a
copy in months.
It's common to set a
number of steps with which the royalties escalate, setting a lower rate for the first 5,000
copies, a higher rate for the next 5,000, and only reaching the maximum rate after 10,000 or more
copies have been
sold.
If you're looking to get your book into the hands
of the greatest
number of readers by
selling the most
copies, $ 0.99 is by far the best price point to achieve that goal.
Some contracts offer an escalated royalty based on the
number of copies sold, e.g., 8 %
of net receipts on the first 5,000
copies, 10 % on the next 5,000
copies, and 12 % on all
copies in excess
of 10,000.
If a self - published book
sells 5,000
copies in its first six months, an agent or publisher is not going to let first rights issues stand in their way (always assuming that the book is well - written [I've known self - pubbed authors who've managed to
sell large
numbers of really pretty bad books] and the sales suggest a market that could be tapped, rather than one that has been exhausted, as with some niche products).
eReaderNewsToday has helped me to
sell the most consistent
number of copies every time I work with them.
If we also publish the title as an eBook we have to be
selling a specified minimum
number of copies in every royalty period or again the rights will revert.
Imagine that she'll have a print run
of 8,000
copies (based on a
number of authors I've talked to, this is about right — if you're getting more books printed than 8,000, and your advance is $ 3500, you're being seriously low - balled on the advance figure), and she'll
sell 6,000
of those in the first year at 8 %
of the cover price
of $ 7.99, giving her $ 3835.20 in print earnings.
Ignoring super-star authors who write their own tickets, the best rate most writers can hope for is 15 %
of the cover price
of trade hardcover books, with this percentage being achieved only after a certain
number of copies have been
sold.
Plus, the average
number of books
sold by a self - published author is less than 80
copies.
Also, we know a lot
of self - published books
sell only a few
copies, but we forget the
number of people who try to get traditionally published and never succeed.
Do you just have to deliver a clean manuscript, revised following their guidance, or do they expect you to
sell a certain
number of copies?