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Originally Posted by pwalker8
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.
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Regardless of them being the top selling novel for a year, you are comparing the sales of three books. They are from Germany, the US, and the UK over a period of approx. 80 years.
You are comparing two stand alone books versus the sixth in a very popular series. These may have been (the earlier books) years in which there was no standout top seller.
To my mind, this comprises an apples and oranges comparison.