Jack99
Adventurer
The issue may be that you're thinking of the Wall Street Journal's list, not the NYT's.
Checked that too, and couldn't search the old lists (or maybe my search skill is untrained and based on my wisdom.. or something).
The issue may be that you're thinking of the Wall Street Journal's list, not the NYT's.
The reason it's being discussed is because some people are seeking any argument to poke 4th edition full of holes. I think some are genuinely curious about how their hobby is doing but others are seeking justification for their belief that 1e, 2e, or 3e is /better/. Sales are one possible way of doing that.
Frankly, I think we should all just get back to gaming.
The reason it's being discussed is because some people are seeking any argument to poke 4th edition full of holes. I think some are genuinely curious about how their hobby is doing but others are seeking justification for their belief that 1e, 2e, or 3e is /better/. Sales are one possible way of doing that.
Frankly, I think we should all just get back to gaming.
And some are hoping to show that 4e is the greatest edition of D&D ever because it has sold more books than any other edition.
This is not just one sided, it is just one front in the edition war.
Do you still call it a war when it is one-sided ambushes and attacks? I thought that was terrorism..
Do you still call it a war when it is one-sided ambushes and attacks? I thought that was terrorism..
Maybe if it were one sided, but both sides here seem perfectly willing to take part.Do you still call it a war when it is one-sided ambushes and attacks? I thought that was terrorism..
USA TODAY calculates a list of 300 best-selling books each week. The first 50 are published in the newspaper, and the top 150 are available online. USA TODAY's list is based on a computer analysis of retail sales nationwide last week. Included are more than 1.5 million volumes from about 4,700 independent, chain, discount and online booksellers.
Reporting stores include: Amazon.com, B. Dalton Bookseller, Barnes & Noble.com, Barnes & Noble Inc., Books-A-Million.com, Books-A-Million and Bookland, Borders Books & Music, Bookstar, Bookstop, Brentano's, Davis Kidd Booksellers (Nashville, Jackson, Memphis in Tenn.), Doubleday Book Shops, Hudson Booksellers, Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Lexington, Ky.; Cincinnati, Cleveland), Powell's Books (Portland, Ore.), Powells.com, R.J. Julia Booksellers (Madison, Conn.), Schuler Books & Music (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Target, Tattered Cover Book Store (Denver), Waldenbooks.
Okay, we now have a way of comparing, at least as much as we will have until Bill stops by and decides to give us the figures![]()