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Is there a way to see how many copies of a book sold?
If you want to find out how many print copies the book is selling, just click the Paperback or Hardcover edition of the book on Amazon, scroll down to Product Details on that page, and find the Amazon Best Sellers Rank for the print edition.
What you can do is compare the sales ranking of other books of which you know how much they sell. This will give you a good estimate. This is easiest if you’re an indie author with a lot of books published, because Amazon shows you how many copies each book has sold that day, or that month.
Are book sales Public?
The bottom line is that only book publishers have comprehensive sales data, and they don’t usually make the information public. If you are looking for historical statistics for particular books, publishers’ archives are the only reliable source.
How do you find sales figures?
The sales revenue formula calculates revenue by multiplying the number of units sold by the average unit price. Service-based businesses calculate the formula slightly differently: by multiplying the number of customers by the average service price. Revenue = Number of Units Sold x Average Price.
Does Nielsen BookScan include Amazon?
BookScan only tracks print book sales, thus excluding ebook sales from major e-tailers such as Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobo, Apple, and Google Play. BookScan likewise does not include non-retail sales through channels such as libraries, nor specialty retailers who do not report to the service.
Where can I find current sales data for a book?
Ingram is the largest book distributor in the business. You can call their automated stock check number at (800) 937-0995. Enter a book’s ISBN, and you’ll get back its current sales data.
Where can I find public sales numbers for comparable titles?
Finding public, free sales numbers for comparable titles is nearly impossible. BookScan is a subscriber service run by Nielsen. “Above the Treeline” is a subscriber service that collects sales data from some independent book sellers. But I’m looking for reliable services that I could tap into. Any suggestions?
How many books were sold in the US in 2019?
Hard copy book sales for the month of August (2019) made up about 80\% of all total book sales. This includes paperback, hardback, and children’s books. For the first half of 2019, individual unit book sales were down from 2018, when a total of about 675 million print books were sold in the US.
As a self-published Author, your printer and/or distributor will report retail sales figures from both online and brick-and-mortar booksellers. Add that monthly sales report to the number of books you sold yourself, and those are your monthly print sales. Audiobooks, like ebooks, are digital.