The truth about book sales

[Brian Clegg]

A very good (if over-long) article here about sales of conventionally published fiction. If you get published, what kind of sales numbers can you expect, what about money and other interesting stuff.

Of course, not everyone's in it for the sales... but they don't do any harm.

 

[Marc Joan]

Thanks for posting this. Shame Nielsen BookScan data isn't free -- would be interesting to peruse.

 

[Brian Clegg]

Thanks for posting this. Shame Nielsen BookScan data isn't free -- would be interesting to peruse.

It is a shame, though some of its info in a very summary form in the US can be obtained from Amazon's US Author Central.

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Thanks for posting this, @Brian Clegg!

 

[Amber Zade]

Thanks for posting this. Shame Nielsen BookScan data isn't free -- would be interesting to peruse.

RWA posts Nielsen BookScan info. I imagine other writing organizations also published the info if RWA isn't your thing.