D&D 5E (2014) Amazon US book sales rank.

[Clint_L]

I’m not sure what to do with rankings in this context. What is the difference between a book ranked at, say, 100 versus one ranked at 1000 in actual copies sold? Do we get that information?

 

[saviirkad]

I’m not sure what to do with rankings in this context. What is the difference between a book ranked at, say, 100 versus one ranked at 1000 in actual copies sold? Do we get that information?

I think best we can do is look at the books ranked and see if they give numbers themselves elsewhere. Like if a book ranked at 90 has an author saying XXXX sold in the last month, or something, and correlate from there?

 

[Parmandur]

I am sure beyond is doing well. But that 60% is a relative share. If sales from other channels fall, that % goes up. Sales on Amazon seem to have collapsed. Also makes you wonder about roll20 and other outlets where DnD is sold.

As darjr says, "collapsed" is a strong word. Yes, the two-thirds is relative...but the evidence that Teos Abadia has gathered suggests the pie is bigger than it was a few years ago, which means thst yes the Beyond sales are more than relaxing the Amazon sales...and FLGS signs haven't shown a let up at all.

 

[Parmandur]

I’m not sure what to do with rankings in this context. What is the difference between a book ranked at, say, 100 versus one ranked at 1000 in actual copies sold? Do we get that information?

Maybe more than the ranking right now is the other part of what @darjr posted...4k book sales on just Amazon (and maybe just Amazon US?) in the past month for a nearly two year old book.

 

[bedir than]

As darjr says, "collapsed" is a strong word. Yes, the two-thirds is relative...but the evidence that Teos Abadia has gathered suggests the pie is bigger than it was a few years ago, which means thst yes the Beyond sales are more than relaxing the Amazon sales...and FLGS signs haven't shown a let up at all.

Per Scipio and Alphastream's conversations a single quarter in 2025 is all of 2019

 

[Zardnaar]

Per Scipio and Alphastream's conversations a single quarter in 2025 is all of 2019

That was essentially the release window.

 

[Parmandur]

Per Scipio and Alphastream's conversations a single quarter in 2025 is all of 2019

Yup, 4000 a month on Amazon is an unknown percentage of one third of sales ...and 4000 a month is impressive.

 

[darjr]

And today the PHB is 602 out of all books in Amazon US.

Pretty good over all.

 

[mamba]

#1 for D&D but only #45 for Dragons & Mythical Creatures? Wonder what falls into that category

 

[bedir than]

#1 for D&D but only #45 for Dragons & Mythical Creatures? Wonder what falls into that category

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