is there a source on TrekLit sales figures throughout the years?

[RonG]

I couldn't find any "hard data" on this matter.. anyone has an idea on where and how this information can be obtained?

thanks!

 

[Christopher]

I think sales figures are confidential. Writers can get that information about their own sales, but I don't think it's for public consumption.

 

[RonG]

I think sales figures are confidential. Writers can get that information about their own sales, but I don't think it's for public consumption.

Thanks Christopher this makes a lot of sense.

 

[JD]

The best way to track is probably just if they appear on betsellers lists, or the rankings on places like Amazon. It won't give you exact numbers, but it will at least give you some idea of how popular it is.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I did a writing masterclass last weekend and the presenter said that sales figures used to be confidential to those within a particular publisher, but... recent changes means that (at least in Australia, and I assume she meant internationally?) all commercial publishers now have access to sales figures for all books.

Still not for public access, but it also means that if a new author's book flops badly for one company, they can no longer just pop up at a new publisher without a track record. (Of course, books can flop for all kinds of reasons, often not the fault of the writer.) Interesting times.

 

[tomswift2002]

I did a writing masterclass last weekend and the presenter said that sales figures used to be confidential to those within a particular publisher, but... recent changes means that (at least in Australia, and I assume she meant internationally?) all commercial publishers now have access to sales figures for all books.

Still not for public access, but it also means that if a new author's book flops badly for one company, they can no longer just pop up at a new publisher without a track record. (Of course, books can flop for all kinds of reasons, often not the fault of the writer.) Interesting times.

I remember in “Voyages Of Imagination” that ‘Nathan Archer’ talked about how his reason for writing “Ragnarok” and “Valhalla” was that he needed to establish the ‘Nathan Archer’ pseudonym in the sci-fi field so that publishers could see how well his books sold so that he could get own sci-fi stories published.