Not if you factor in what Charles Ryan pointed out about the 4e Gift Set and the individual books being on the list as separate entries.
Also, his statement was false. ~5500 is not "about as well" as ~2700, according to explanations of the sales ranking data already given in the thread.
Yes the gift set is selling better than the others but I am not surprised as it is still the new edition. But the fact that the individual 3.5 DMG ranks above the 4e DMG and the PHB and MMs are about the same does speak to the 3.5 edition not being dead yet.
I particularly like how WG7 is outselling Pathfinder #15... of course, PF#15 probably isn't actually out in stores yet. Still, it's the sort of stats just designed to amuse Erik Mona.
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But the fact that the individual 3.5 DMG ranks above the 4e DMG...
Enough old oddities like WG7 sneak in that I think their algorithm is completely screwed up. I see how many books Amazon orders from our distributor, and I'm a lot happier with those numbers than I am with the rankings, which often change dramatically throughout a week or even a day.
Also, I just learned today that all of our game products are being bought by Amazon's novels buyer, and that we're apparently not even on the radar of their game buyer. _That's_ the sort of data designed just to amuse Erik Mona, because our Amazon sales are pretty good as it is and are poised to get better.
But yes, we sell a large percentage of our books direct to the consumer, so those sales do not show up in rankings like this.
Thanks a lot Merric... you had to go and put my installment of Pathfinder on the list below WG7. I mean I like Poppinfarsh and all, but c'mon.
Anyway... these sales ranks mean very little to us in terms of our business model, as has been noted by a number of other posters in this thread.