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Topic: Book sales/print runs?
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| scribble | Posted – 9/27/2007 10:36:37 AM | show profile | email poster Is there a way to find out how many copies of a particular book were published or sold? I'm working on a book proposal and there's a similar title that was published overseas. I'd like to use the sales figures of that title in my proposal to show that there was interest in this topic. The book's pretty obscure (as is the topic), but I have an ISBN number. I've tried contacting the publisher directly but so far haven't heard a word. Any insight? |
| nandy | Posted – 9/27/2007 2:54:59 PM | show profile Unless the publisher is willing to reveal the numbers, I don't think you can get an accurate figure of either sales or printings. Even "bestselling" book lists are only based on the numbers reported from a selection of book sellers, not real hard number of books sold. IME, publishers are only willing to give out sales figures for highly successful titles. And even then, they're embellished to sound even more impresive, such as using terms like "units shipped" which can be significantly offset by "units returned." |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 9/27/2007 3:42:32 PM | show profile You might be able to get the info from Bookscan (http://www.bookscan.com/) though I don't know what they would charge you for it. And I believe that only covers US sales. The publisher probably isn't going to give you the information. |
