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Archive - Aug 2006

August 1st

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Would-Be Writers: Statistics on Books Sales in the US

Sobering stats for those who would write.
According to an article by Chris Anderson in the July 17 issue of Publishers Weekly, in 2004:

-950,000 titles out of 1.2 million tracked by Nielsen Bookscan sold fewer than 99 copies
-Another 200,000 sold fewer than 1,000 copies
-Only 25,000 sold more than 5,000 copiesRead more

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NY Times Videos on Religion

The New York Times has a video that features Cornelia Dean, a science writer at the Times, who recently reviewed a spate of books about religion and science.  She not only quickly recaps a number of such books in this video, but also she discusses letters from readers in reply.  Read more