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Originally Posted by SleepyBob
But, would it be right for us to prematurely remove their revenue stream from a profitable book in order to (in effect) coerce them to be more prolific, even if it did create more value for the rest of us? I would argue no, even if it did create more value for society as a whole.
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A hard copy book that sells more than 100 copies per year, sells more than the mode of hard copy books.
A hard copy book that sells more than 500 copies per year, sells more than the mean of hard copy books.
For books that do not use POD printing, the average print run is under 5,000 copies.
If your title is a fiction mass market, it has three weeks to prove itself in bookstores, before being returned. If it is a hardcover, it has one month to prove itself, before being returned.
For non-fiction, unless the bookseller wants to convey depth of coverage, books have two months to prove themselves, before being returned.
All of which is a round about way of saying that for the overwhelming majority of books, there is no revenue stream a year after it has been published.
Amber