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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6175369" data-attributes="member: 5143">The numbers I heard from some of the publishers was that the total number of 3rd party supplements sold was EXTREMELY tiny.&nbsp; In a couple of threads some people tried to make the same point you did that obviously a LOT of people used 3rd party supplements and one of the publishers of those supplements would show up and basically say &quot;The numbers aren't nearly as high as you think they are.&nbsp; We only survive because our entire company has 5 employees.&nbsp; If we were a company the size of WOTC, we'd have to shut down after a week of operation with the money we get.&quot;Everyone is hesitant to give out real numbers, of course, but the couple of estimates we got said that if you combined every 3rd party book sold you might add up to the numbers that just ONE WOTC book sold.I saw some numbers that were guessed at that said most 3rd party supplements sold less than a 1000 copies.&nbsp; The BIG 3rd party supplements sold in the range of 20,000-30,000 copies.&nbsp; But the average WOTC book was likely in the range of 200,000-400,000 copies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 6175369, member: 5143"] The numbers I heard from some of the publishers was that the total number of 3rd party supplements sold was EXTREMELY tiny. In a couple of threads some people tried to make the same point you did that obviously a LOT of people used 3rd party supplements and one of the publishers of those supplements would show up and basically say "The numbers aren't nearly as high as you think they are. We only survive because our entire company has 5 employees. If we were a company the size of WOTC, we'd have to shut down after a week of operation with the money we get." Everyone is hesitant to give out real numbers, of course, but the couple of estimates we got said that if you combined every 3rd party book sold you might add up to the numbers that just ONE WOTC book sold. I saw some numbers that were guessed at that said most 3rd party supplements sold less than a 1000 copies. The BIG 3rd party supplements sold in the range of 20,000-30,000 copies. But the average WOTC book was likely in the range of 200,000-400,000 copies. [/QUOTE]

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