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<blockquote data-quote="Parmandur" data-source="post: 9456852" data-attributes="member: 6780330">You never, ever see Pratchett for sale in used bookstores, despite his books being very available new a decade after his death (most authors do not stay in print long after they pass on).&quot;Selling 100 million copies of a single book series is a huge achievement. In science fiction and fantasy, this feat has only been accomplished previously by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Stephen King's interconnected (but loose-knit) universe of horror and fantasy novels, J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books, Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga, Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series and Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games saga. The figure catapults Pratchett past the likes of Robert Jordan and George R.R. Martin.&quot;&quot;The figure puts Pratchett's lifetime sales at probably well over 110 million (Pratchett published more than 20 non-Discworld books as well, including popular collaborations with other authors, and even more non-fiction), making him one of the ten biggest-selling SFF authors of all time.&quot;&quot;Both Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time and George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series are not far behind though, with the former estimated to have sold well over 80 million copies (and potentially more) and the latter on well over 90 million. TV adaptations of both series have helped fuel a recent boom in sales, which could also soon put them into the 100 Million Club.&quot;[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2022/05/sales-of-sir-terry-pratchetts-discworld.html?m=1[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Parmandur, post: 9456852, member: 6780330"] You never, ever see Pratchett for sale in used bookstores, despite his books being very available new a decade after his death (most authors do not stay in print long after they pass on). "Selling 100 million copies of a single book series is a huge achievement. In science fiction and fantasy, this feat has only been accomplished previously by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Stephen King's interconnected (but loose-knit) universe of horror and fantasy novels, J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books, Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga, Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series and Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games saga. [I][B]The figure catapults Pratchett past the likes of Robert Jordan and George R.R. Martin.[/B][/I]" "The figure puts Pratchett's lifetime sales at probably well over 110 million (Pratchett published more than 20 non-Discworld books as well, including popular collaborations with other authors, and even more non-fiction), making him one of the ten biggest-selling SFF authors of all time." "Both Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time and George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series are not far behind though, with the former estimated to have sold well over 80 million copies (and potentially more) and the latter on well over 90 million. TV adaptations of both series have helped fuel a recent boom in sales, which could also soon put them into the 100 Million Club." [URL unfurl="true"]https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2022/05/sales-of-sir-terry-pratchetts-discworld.html?m=1[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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