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On a separate note -
Finding real numbers are very difficult. Earlier this year, I noticed one of John Scalzi's blog post on estimates verse real numbers. In that he said that he tracked the estimated sales (from Bookscan) of his book, Locked-In, and compared it to the real sales figures. Bookscan estimated that he sold 12.7% of what he actually sold. Bookscan estimated that he had sold 11,175 hardcover (love how they try to make it look a lot more precise than it is), when he actually sole 22,500 copies (rounded to the nearest 100). When you add in ebooks and audiobooks, he sold 87.500 copies. This is why I tend to express extreme skepticism about such estimated numbers.
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