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How do you find out how many copies of a book were printed?
You can find out how many copies of a book or pamphlet are in libraries and archives through a service called WorldCat. WorldCat is the world’s largest bibliographic database; more than 71,000 libraries report their holdings to WorldCat.
How do you know how many books have been sold?
Contact the publisher and/or author directly. While it does not give total sales figures and represents only one retailer (though a large one), the record for each book on Amazon.com includes information on its ranking in sales compared to other books offered by Amazon.
What is considered a good Amazon book ranking?
A good Amazon sales ranking doesn’t mean you’re selling many books. As you can see above, a good ranking between 5,000 – 10,000 means you’re only selling anywhere from 10 – 40 books per day. That’s quite a wide range. And, even selling 100 books a day doesn’t mean you’ll get rich anytime soon.
How do I find sales rank history on Amazon?
Once you are on the product page, scroll down to the ‘Product Information’ section. On the bottom of the chart, you will see ‘Best Sellers Rank’ on the left hand side of the chart. Directly next to it, you will see the product ranking for each and every category that the product is sold in.
How many copies do books sell?
The average book in America sells about 500 copies. Those blockbusters are a minute anomaly: only 10 books sold more than a million copies last year, and fewer than 500 sold more than 100,000.
How many copies does the average book sell?
How many books do you have to sell to be an Amazon bestseller?
In order to hit #1 on Amazon, you’ll need to sell somewherebetween 3,500 and 5,000 copies in 24 hours. Want to hit top 10? You’ll need to sell roughly 300 for print, or 2,000+ copies for combined formats. Those numbers aren’t exactly set in stone, but they’re a pretty close approximation.
How many books are listed on Amazon?
Amazon is the largest book retailer in the world. They carry over 33 million titles and ship them pretty much anywhere in the world.
How many copies does the average self published book sell?
around 250 copies
It’s estimated that the average self-published print book sells around 250 copies over its lifetime (for a look at some very old but still meaningful statistics, see here). This may not matter much to self-publishers who are focusing primarily on ebooks, and making print books available only as an adjunct.