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Originally Posted by murg
I think that the use of music and movies as examples is to show that there are other avenues for entertainment that provide far more value than books.
Is this apples and oranges? Are these US, UK or global sales figures? What is the population/market differences?
HPatHBP was also the sixth book of a very popular series, not standalone books, or the first of a series (not that they know this when first published).
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Not really apples and oranges. We are talking the top selling novel in a given year. The point is to show how much the market for books has changed over the years. Novels in the 70's were still being published first in serial format in magazines, which is how many authors made their money. Actual books sales were just gravy. Some of these writers are still active.