That kind of staying power is another indication that the "new edition" will only be minor updatesPlayers handbook is 42!
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That is just so stunningly unbelievable. It's jaw dropping really. That an almost ten year old game book is selling at pretty much the same rate as it always has been. I don't think the PHB has ever dropped out of the top hundred (or just barely if it did) for almost a decade. This isn't just a best selling game book, this is getting into best selling book of all time territory. We're talking Stephen King level of sales.Players handbook is 42!
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Or, to get people to buy the new edition, they will need to do more than a minor update.That kind of staying power is another indication that the "new edition" will only be minor updates
I was underwhelmed enough by Candlekeep Mysteries that another anthology of very short adventures just doesn't interest me.As for radiant, its both different/novel, and an adventure. If it gets some buzz, it can rise. If not, it may do quite poorly.
They're a weighted sum of all sales on all of the books in Amazon's database. More recent sales have a higher weight than older sales, so it's not just a total number of lifetime sales ranking. The actual weights they use are as far as I know not public knowledge but the further ago the sales are the closer those weights get to 0.What do these sales ranks mean? What can we glean from them?
I still don't understand what value the sales rank has for us, looking at them. Especially if they change position constantly.They're a weighted sum of all sales on all of the books in Amazon's database. More recent sales have a higher weight than older sales, so it's not just a total number of lifetime sales ranking. The actual weights they use are as far as I know not public knowledge but the further ago the sales are the closer those weights get to 0.
Things shuffle around on the list a bit over time - for example it's just a few hours later and the PHB is now 46. So you see things that are a mix of books that are constantly selling new copies (like the Hungry Little Caterpillar, which is on the list at #19) and things that are hot in the moment (like the current #1 as I type this - Where the Crawdad's Sing - which has a film out right now).
The top part of the list shuffles around a bit because of how it gives more weight to the more recent sales, but being in the top 50 of all books on Amazon probably means that its doing fairly well in recent sales with a good history of more recent (whatever that means for Amazon) older sales.
The PHB is both selling frequently now and a lot over time.I still don't understand what value the sales rank has for us, looking at them. Especially if they change position constantly.
It's a mark of sales durability. If something is in the top 100 for an extended period of time it means that it's got some level of constant sell through.I still don't understand what value the sales rank has for us, looking at them. Especially if they change position constantly.
But we don't have any way of knowing what "a lot" is, right? I wonder if anyone has compiled a graph showing its position over time. That might be interesting, especially if we plot specific events or trends on the graph.The PHB is both selling frequently now and a lot over time.
I think it's topped at #3
There are various threads with snapshots in time that could provide you with some time based data.But we don't have any way of knowing what "a lot" is, right? I wonder if anyone has compiled a graph showing its position over time. That might be interesting, especially if we plot specific events or trends on the graph.
Those dips in the chart are when it was sold out at Amazon. WotC stopped the printing of the DMG for a short while to print mor PHBs to keep up. (Note I heard this both second hand and mentioned in one of wotcs oodcasts)I found this with a quick search:
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I am kind of curious what happened in March 2016 that stabilized the position. Were the other dips because it went out of print, maybe?