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Posted by AbeLinclon (Member # 6923) on :

I am doind a Journalism Article on Ender's Game for School.

I am trying to find how many copies of each of the Ender's game and Ender's Shadow Series sold but I can't find any sites that say so. Like I want to know the individual sales for each book. They don't gotta rise with each second when a bok sells just a rough number.

I am comparing how well the new book Shadow of The Giant will do Compoared to Harry Potter : The Half Blodd Prince coming in July. I am doing a pre-release article and I may do a follow up idk. Like a sidebar or something.

Anyways does anyone know this info or where I can find it?

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

Hey........don't I know you from somewhere?

Sorry Abe! No such luck....no info for you

Posted by AbeLinclon (Member # 6923) on :

bump

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

"Like I want to know the individual sales for each book."

Given that some of those books have been on sale for nearly thirty years, the comparative sales figures may not be as useful as you'd imagine.

Posted by AbeLinclon (Member # 6923) on :

I know but maybe in the first few years they were on the shelves. Like the first five years that may help. You think so?

Posted by AbeLinclon (Member # 6923) on :

bump

Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :

Try googling it.

Bingo.

quote:
Ender's Game...which has sold more than two million copies, is one of the most popular science fiction novels ever written.

From here .

[ January 06, 2005, 10:16 PM: Message edited by: Eruve Nandiriel ]

Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :

That's just Ender's Game, though. You'd have to do some more digging to find numbers for the others.

Posted by AbeLinclon (Member # 6923) on :

I sent e-mails to the publishers of both Ender's Game and HArry Potter and I asked them the same question but the soone rI get this info the better. Thank you for the Ender's Game number.

I tried Googling it. I am just not a very good investigative reporter.

Posted by AbeLinclon (Member # 6923) on :

bump

Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :

I don't think I have ever seen a thread get so many bumps in such a short period of time.

lol

as for your question, I'm to lazy to do my own work right now...I'm surely not going to do someone else's.

[Razz]

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[goes back to history book]

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Wait a second...

In all seriousness, though, you aren't allowed to have that alias unless you use the [Hat]

emote a lot. [Big Grin]

EDIT: I forgot again! Dammit:
*hands Mr Lincoln a cookie and a Nafai plushie* Welcome to the forum. [Smile]

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[ January 06, 2005, 11:19 PM: Message edited by: WheatPuppet ]

Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :

Lupus came close, but I guess I have to be the first one to officially say it:

Do your own homework!

*grin*

Seriously, sending emails to the publishers was a good idea. Patience. The problem is, there probably is more than one publisher for each of these books. And are you considering hardback versions, or mass market (paperback)?

Lots of things to know before you start asking these questions. Reporting is *hard*! Dangit.

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

I know you Abe!!!!!!

Oh and bump!

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

Aye, Blinkin!

Did you say Abe Lincoln?

Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :

Next we'll meet John Wilkes Booth

Posted by John Wilkes Booth (Member # 7234) on :

Hi! [Wave]

Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :

AL, you could try going to the Research Area of this site (look to the right of the tree at the top of this page -- there's a link there). You may find that your question has already been asked. Also, you can submit a question.

You can also look for the New York Times list of bestsellers and see if you can find links to other ranking sites.

Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :

I have to point this out, because it's funny how easily the eye is fooled. He's not Abe LinCOLN. He's Abe linCLON.

space opera

Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :

quote:
The problem is, there probably is more than one publisher for each of these books

I believe TOR published all the Ender and ES books.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

Obviously, since the original Abe was shot, this one must be a CLONe. [Smile]

Posted by Danzig avoiding landmarks (Member # 6792) on :

Thirty.

Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :

I'm just waiting for Ppaa Mosoe to show up...