anyway.



thread: 2009-10-27 : Book Publishing - Some Startling Numbers

On 2009-10-28, Graham wrote:

I think the idea of an "average book", that sells 500 copies, tells us little. It's a strange average: rather like calculating the average salary over the world's population. It's accurate, but tells you nothing.

Much better to talk about in more detail: most books sell hardly anything, a minority sell huge amounts.

Graham



 

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