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<blockquote data-quote="charlesatan" data-source="post: 4749945" data-attributes="member: 20870">I'd just like to clarify that yes, Ingram is one of the bigger book distributors out there but they're not the only one.If you're a comic or a gaming shop for example, it's most likely that your distributor is Diamond rather than Ingram. Whether your comic store of gaming store is capable of acquiring titles from Ingram, you should ask them.Ingram sales figures most likely represents RPG books that are sold in bookstores. So this is only a piece of the bigger pie.I'm not sure about Amazon, whether they're their own distributor or if they acquire it from Ingram or someone else.As for the x6 multiplier, that's about right. It's usually the difference between &quot;circulation&quot; vs. &quot;subscription&quot; (the former uses the multiplier). For example, if there's six of you in a family, most likely one of you only buys the newspaper and passes it around. This is what the multiplier is for. It's usually utilized more for periodicals rather than books, although books also have a pass around rate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="charlesatan, post: 4749945, member: 20870"] I'd just like to clarify that yes, Ingram is one of the bigger book distributors out there but they're not the only one. If you're a comic or a gaming shop for example, it's most likely that your distributor is Diamond rather than Ingram. Whether your comic store of gaming store is capable of acquiring titles from Ingram, you should ask them. Ingram sales figures most likely represents RPG books that are sold in bookstores. So this is only a piece of the bigger pie. I'm not sure about Amazon, whether they're their own distributor or if they acquire it from Ingram or someone else. As for the x6 multiplier, that's about right. It's usually the difference between "circulation" vs. "subscription" (the former uses the multiplier). For example, if there's six of you in a family, most likely one of you only buys the newspaper and passes it around. This is what the multiplier is for. It's usually utilized more for periodicals rather than books, although books also have a pass around rate. [/QUOTE]

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