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2022-09-05 17:42:16 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

This seems to be a misunderstanding of annual punishing statistics which show sales of all books regardless of year of publication. It's definitely not true that most newly published books manage less than a dozen sales. https://countercraft.substack.com/p/no-most-books-dont-sell-only-a-dozen

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• This seems to be a misunderstanding of annual punishing statistics which show sales of all books regardless of year of publication. It's definitely not true that most newly published books manage less than a dozen sales. https://countercraft.substack.com/p/no-most-books-dont-sell-only-a-dozen