D&D 5E Xanathar's Guide #1 non-fiction bestseller this week

Nikosandros

Golden Procrastinator

• Dec 2, 2017

• #1

Mike Mearls tweeted this link from Publishers Weekly: Xanathar's Guide to Everything is currently in the number 1 spot for non-fiction. In a reply, Mike said that a second print run is on its way to the stores, so I think it's safe to assume that the first one sold out.

 

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Parmandur

Book-Friend

• Dec 2, 2017

• #2

Fantastic: the financial success means we will see more like this.

 

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Dec 2, 2017

• #3

I'm worried about the fact that it's non-fiction. Is there something we should know?

 

Parmandur

Book-Friend

• Dec 2, 2017

• #4

I don't know how Publisher's Weekly works their numbers, but they have Xanathar's down for 45,219 books sold year to date?

 

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Dec 2, 2017

• #5

Parmandur said:

I don't know how Publisher's Weekly works their numbers, but they have Xanathar's down for 45,219 books sold year to date?

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The book was released a couple of weeks ago.

 

Parmandur

Book-Friend

• Dec 2, 2017

• #6

Morrus said:

The book was released a couple of weeks ago.

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Yes, the sales for the the week in question on the list are 44,000 alone: that's a lot of books. I presume these are estimates of some sort

 

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happyhermit

Adventurer

• Dec 2, 2017

• #7

Parmandur said:

Yes, the sales for the the week in question on the list are 44,000 alone: that's a lot of books. I presume these are estimates of some sort

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Bookscan I think, it isn't perfect but tracks books being actually sold.

 

darjr

I crit!

• Dec 2, 2017

• #8

Well it’s nice to have numbers. So we can sort of correlate to amazon ranking, sorta.

 

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Dec 2, 2017

• #9

I must admit, I never understood the interest in book sales figures, or movie box office, etc. I mean, I understand why WotC employees care, but it holds no real interest for me. I like an occasional MacDonalds, but I don’t care how many Big Macs they sold this month!

 

Parmandur

Book-Friend

• Dec 3, 2017

• #10

Morrus said:

I must admit, I never understood the interest in book sales figures, or movie box office, etc. I mean, I understand why WotC employees care, but it holds no real interest for me. I like an occasional MacDonalds, but I don’t care how many Big Macs they sold this month!

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There is a direct correlation, particularly in something like the tabletop hobby, between what sells and what we see more of. Book I like sells well, odds are I will get more of what I like. If a book I like doesn't sell well, likely not to see more of it.