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<blockquote data-quote="Alphastream" data-source="post: 9468219" data-attributes="member: 11365">I don't really understand the BookScan number being shared for the first week. While Target and Walmart no longer carry the PH in stores, there are still many sources covered by BookScan that should be way higher than that. BookScan has in the past seemed to me to be roughly 23-44% of physical D&amp;D book sales. FLGSs are important, but based on the prior ratios, the BookScan numbers should be higher, reflecting what so many are seeing at the FLGS level. It is doubtful that the first week in all of these BookScan sources would be so low. Maybe numbers haven't been fully reported, maybe Amazon isn't being included due to the listing being for both 2024 and 2014, who knows. Something is off.I hope Stephen can share numbers over time to see whether BookScan becomes more plausible. (I join the chorus of folks asking for YouTube folks to be more responsible and less alarmist in their videos. Inform rather than shock, please. Thank you.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alphastream, post: 9468219, member: 11365"] I don't really understand the BookScan number being shared for the first week. While Target and Walmart no longer carry the PH in stores, there are still many sources covered by BookScan that should be way higher than that. BookScan has in the past seemed to me to be roughly 23-44% of physical D&D book sales. FLGSs are important, but based on the prior ratios, the BookScan numbers should be higher, reflecting what so many are seeing at the FLGS level. It is doubtful that the first week in all of these BookScan sources would be so low. Maybe numbers haven't been fully reported, maybe Amazon isn't being included due to the listing being for both 2024 and 2014, who knows. Something is off. I hope Stephen can share numbers over time to see whether BookScan becomes more plausible. (I join the chorus of folks asking for YouTube folks to be more responsible and less alarmist in their videos. Inform rather than shock, please. Thank you.) [/QUOTE]

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