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That Viral "Most Books Sell < 12 Copies" Claim Again
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That Viral "Most Books Sell < 12 Copies" Claim Again

Yet another post on confusing book sales statistics

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Lincoln Michel
Sep 05, 2023
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Some guy trying to calculate what an average book sells

Last year, I wrote an article debunking a viral claim that half the books published by big publishers sell less than twelve copies. A year later—to the day, strangely—this claim has gone viral again, which has prompted people to share my 2022 article as well as a very informative comment left by Kri…

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