by David Carter
Since I started doing month-to-month sales columns for Image comics a few months ago, there has been one constant refrain in the comments: “Tell us about collection sales!” So here you go.
Methodology
I gathered up the year-end collection sales numbers, as estimated over at Comichron based on the data provided by Diamond North America. 2009 is the earliest year for which estimates are available. (Remember that Diamond sales represent sales to stores, not end sales to consumers.) For 2009 only the Top 500 are available; for 2008-2015 it is the Top 1000. Estimates for 2009 – 2013 are rounded off to the nearest hundred. The cutoff points for each year are:
- 2009: 2700
- 2010: 1,600
- 2011: 1,500
- 2012: 1,600
- 2013: 1,600
- 2014: 1,749
- 2015: 1,778
I did not gather up numbers for every single trade and hardcover that Image put out during those years. I was mostly interested in only the collections for series that are currently running or recently ended, so ignored a lot of older collections and OGNs. I did this to keep this column from getting too long (and also to keep my sanity.)
Then I did the same thing with the Bookscan numbers for their yearly Top 750. The Bookscan numbers came from Brian Hibbs’ annual compilations, the most recent of which is here, where he gives a good explanation of what the Bookstore numbers are and how they are gathered. The TLDR is that they come from major bookstores and other chain sales—including B&N, Amazon, Costco, Hastings, Target, Books-A-Million, Powells, Walmart, and more—and they represent sales to end consumers. The cutoff points for each year are:
- 2009: 3,934
- 2010: 3,380
- 2011: 3,173
- 2012: 2,641
- 2013: 2,660
- 2014: 2,875
- 2015: 3,475
I then put all of the numbers into a series of spreadsheets (replicated in the tables below). An empty cell does *not* mean that book sold zero for the year; rather that whatever it sold was under the cutoff point. So for example it is entirely possible (and perhaps reasonable) to think that Invincible vol. 20 may have sold 1,500 units to retailers in 2015, but because that number is below the Top 1000 cutoff for 2015 they don’t show up on the year-end chart and thus are not included in the data below.
Series with asterisks* are those for which both Diamond-NA and Bookscan numbers are included; for all other series there were no volumes that had any sales in the Bookscan Top 750, and thus represent only Diamond-NA sales. That doesn’t mean those other series didn’t sell anything via bookstores, just that they didn’t sell enough to make the threshold in any year.
Also remember that these figures represent only sales to retailers by Diamond NA & sales to end consumers in major book and chain stores. They do not include sales to libraries, school book clubs (e.g. Scholastic), most small independent bookstores, or foreign sales. And they only represent sales for the years 2009 to 2015; some series such as Walking Dead and Invincible and Spawn began earlier. Thus they should only be viewed as a bare minimum number of trades sold.
So if you take these numbers and say something like “Invincible Vol. 2 sold only 9,200 copies,” that is categorically incorrect. The correct language is: “Invincible Vol. 2 sold a minimum of 9,200 copies to retailers serviced by Diamond NA & major book and chain stores for the period of 2009-2015.” Yes, it’s a mouthful, but accurate.
It is also important to remember that collection sales are a long-tail game. As opposed to sales of single issues, which for the most part will occur within the first month or two of release, sales for collection are expected to go on for months and even years. So when you see that Vol. 4 of a series has sold 3,000 less than Vol. 5 of that series, realize that these are sales only through the end of 2015, and that Vol. 5 could easily pick up another 3,000 from 2016 – 2018; and if those sales are just 1,000 each year they likely wouldn’t even make it above the cut-off and be invisible to us, but they still would be significant sales.
Also (golly there are a lot of caveats here!), if a series releases two collections in a year, one was likely released earlier in the year while the other is later in the year, and thus the first has more months in which to accumulate additional sales for that year.
I really hesitated putting these numbers out there, as there’s a greater chance than even for the month-to-month charts of these numbers being taken out-of-context. But I do think they have some value, at least for comparing to each other and getting a general sense of what is popular. So please do everyone a solid and talk about these figures correctly and wisely.
Commentary
Disclaimer: after lecturing above about the proper language to use when discussing those numbers, I’m not going to say that mouthful every time below. Just substitute in whenever you see “Sold X copies” with “sold a minimum of X copies to retailers serviced by Diamond NA & major book and chain stores for the period of 2009-2015,” unless specified otherwise. Else this section is going to be just awful to try to read!
Good golly, The Walking Dead! I mean, I knew it was huge, but this huge? Over half a million copies of the first trade paperback sold since 2009! And nearly that many of the first Compendium! The most unusual thing about The Walking Dead sales, besides their sheer size, is just how lopsided the sales are for the hardcovers and compendia; while almost every other series sold more via Diamond that show up in the Bookscan sales (typically 2/3 Diamond, 1/3 Bookscan, though some series come closer to 50/50), the vast majority of Walking Dead hardcovers and compendia came through the Bookscan-recorded sales. For instance, the third Compendium, which was released in October 2015, sold 9,103 copies through Diamond-NA and a whopping 76,110 copies through Bookscan-measured outlets. Sales for hardcovers were around twice as many through Bookscan-measured outlets as through Diamond-NA. (Sales of the regular trade collections were closer to parity, with typically a few thousand more coming through Diamond as recorded by Bookscan.)
The next largest seller of collections from Image is Saga. 290K copies of the first trade sold, and that’s just since 2012. It’s on its way to being the Next Big Thing, and that’s even without a television series behind it. As with The Walking Dead, the hardcovers of Saga sold way better in the Bookscan-measured channels than via Diamond-NA.
Chew once sold real well, but sales have cooled off recently. And by ‘cooled off’ I mean they’re fairly typical for a standard Image collection now.
Bitch Planet did really well, racking up 21K in sales in just the last three months of 2015.
Both The Wicked + The Divine and Wytches also are selling strong so far, as are Descender, Rat Queens, East of West, Pretty Deadly, Sex Criminals, Southern Bastards, and Black Science.
Okay, enough of my prattling; go look at the numbers!
Alex + Ada
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 8,113 3,631 4,482
Vol. 2 4,408 4,408
Vol. 3 3,297 3,297
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Autumnlands *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 11,490 11,490
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Birthright
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 8,149 8,149
Vol. 2 3,733 3,733
—
Bitch Planet *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 21,509 21,509
—
Black Science *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 41,493 19,059 22,434
Vol. 2 18,352 18,352
Vol. 3 7,360 7,360
—
Casanova: Acedia
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 1,915 1,915
—
Chew *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Vol. 1 77,228 6,506 8,082 8,600 11,144 15,427 19,669 7,800
Vol. 2 43,614 3,675 4,400 4,900 5,100 10,354 15,185
Vol. 3 32,673 2,822 3,309 4,000 4,500 11,642 6,400
Vol. 4 22,467 2,411 2,856 3,500 5,300 8,400
Vol. 5 21,946 2,147 2,565 3,800 13,434
Vol. 6 18,848 2,026 2,524 8,698 5,600
Vol. 7 12,682 2,135 3,347 7,200
Vol. 8 10,779 2,480 8,299
Vol. 9 7,986 7,986
Vol. 10 5,925 5,925
Omnivore Hardcovers
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Vol. 1 2,400 2,400
Vol. 2 0
Vol. 3 2,000 2,000
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Chrononauts
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 8,083 8,083
—
Copperhead
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 6,855 6,855
Vol. 2 2,785 2,785
—
Deadly Class *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 23,767 13,146 10,621
Vol. 2 9,205 9,205
Vol. 3 5,519 5,519
—
Death Vigil
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 2,525 2,525
—
Descender *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 20,043 20,043
—
Drifter
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 2,932 2,932
—
East of West *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013
Vol. 1 60,226 18,451 24,625 17,150
Vol. 2 28,326 7,691 20,635
Vol. 3 16,466 7,545 8,921
Vol. 4 15,172 15,172
Hardcovers
Total 2015
Vol. 1 2,739 2,739
—
The Fade Out *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 14,552 14,552
Vol. 2 5,188 5,188
—
Fatale
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012
Vol. 1 23,446 2,887 4,659 6,800 9,100
Vol. 2 11,319 2,519 4,500 4,300
Vol. 3 8,676 2,276 6,400
Vol. 4 6,477 6,477
Vol. 5 4,720 4,720
Hardcovers
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 2,156 2,156
—
The Fuse
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 2,216 2,216
—
God Hates Astronauts
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 2 1,904 1,904
—
Goners
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 1,915 1,915
—
Humans
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 3,989 3,989
—
Injection
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 6,050 6,050
—
Invincible
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Vol. 1 24,831 2,790 2,541 3,200 3,600 3,900 4,800 4,000
Vol. 2 9,200 1,700 2,000 2,500 3,000
Vol. 3 4,500 1,900 2,600
Vol. 4 3,900 1,700 2,200
Vol. 5 3,600 1,600 2,000
Vol. 6 1,900 1,900
Vol. 7 1,800 1,800
Vol. 8 1,800 1,800
Vol. 9 5,000 2,100 2,900
Vol. 10 11,800 1,600 2,500 7,700
Vol. 11 9,700 2,700 7,000
Vol. 12 9,700 1,900 7,800
Vol. 13 8,900 2,200 6,700
Vol. 14 9,300 1,700 7,600
Vol. 15 7,500 7,500
Vol. 16 6,000 6,000
Vol. 17 6,200 6,200
Vol. 18 5,200 5,200
Vol. 19 5,304 5,304
Vol. 20 3,959 3,959
Vol. 21 4,508 4,508
Deluxe Hardcovers
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Vol. 4 3,000 3,000
Vol. 5 2,900 2,900
Vol. 6 2,500 2,500
Vol. 7 2,100 2,100
Vol. 8 1,900 1,900
—
Invisible Republic
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 3,473 3,473
—
Jupiter’s Circle
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 4,956 4,956
—
Jupiter’s Legacy
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 9,815 9,815
—
Kaptara
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 2,071 2,071
—
Lazarus *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013
Vol. 1 23,607 5,618 10,989 7,000
Vol. 2 9,765 3,475 6,290
Vol. 3 6,967 6,967
—
Low *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 28,499 28,499
Vol. 2 5,587 5,587
—
Luther Strode
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012
Vol. 1 7,000 2,200 4,800
Vol. 2 2,600 2,600
—
The Manhattan Projects *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012
Vol. 1 35,804 4,606 7,073 16,625 7,500
Vol. 2 20,982 2,515 4,071 14,396
Vol. 3 12,393 2,128 4,365 5,900
Vol. 4 9,470 2,128 7,342
Vol. 5 6,958 2,672 4,286
—
Material
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 1,848 1,848
—
Morning Glories
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Vol. 1 26,224 1,825 2,599 4,300 3,400 14,100
Vol. 2 11,700 2,500 2,700 6,500
Vol. 3 7,800 2,600 5,200
Vol. 4 5,500 5,500
Vol. 5 3,800 3,800
Vol. 6 2,700 2,700
Vol. 7 3,209 3,209
Vol. 8 2,868 2,868
Vol. 9 1,799 1,799
—
MPH
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 3,245 3,245
—
Nailbiter
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 12,109 6,791 5,318
Vol. 2 5,851 5,851
Vol. 3 3,677 3,677
—
No Mercy
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 1,807 1,807
—
Nowhere Men *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013
Vol. 1 15,766 3,453 7,113 5,200
—
Oddly Normal
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 2,146 2,146
—
ODY-C
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 6,365 6,365
—
Outcast *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 24,358 24,358
Vol. 2 7,005 7,005
—
Phonogram
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Vol. 1 2,191 2,191
Vol. 2 1,900 1,900
—
Postal
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 2,263 2,263
—
Pretty Deadly *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 27,923 9,092 18,831
—
Prophet
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012
Vol. 1 14,767 2,201 2,866 4,900 4,800
Vol. 2 6,238 1,938 4,300
Vol. 3 4,058 4,058
Vol. 4 3,488 3,488
—
Rasputin
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 2,793 2,793
—
Rat Queens *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 56,732 29,161 27,571
Vol. 2 28,713 28,713
Deluxe Hardcovers
Total 2015
Vol. 1 2,185 2,185
—
Revival *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012
Vol. 1 23,204 3,750 4,951 11,103 3,400
Vol. 2 10,458 2,064 3,194 5,200
Vol. 3 5,356 5,356
Vol. 4 3,288 3,288
Vol. 5 3,358 3,358
Vol. 6 2,007 2,007
—
Roche Limit
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 3,476 3,476
—
Rocket Girl
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 4,835 4,835
—
Rumble
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 4,323 4,323
—
RunLoveKill
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 2,656 2,656
—
Saga *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012
Vol. 1 290,144 79,686 87,747 91,036 31,675
Vol. 2 199,600 55,930 64,908 78,762
Vol. 3 153,342 52,744 100,598
Vol. 4 125,718 87,700 38,018
Vol. 5 80,883 80,883
Deluxe Hardcovers
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 32,342 14,696 17,646
—
Satellite Sam
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 4,281 4,281
Vol. 2 2,082 2,082
—
Sex
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013
Vol. 1 5,924 2,624 3,300
Vol. 2 2,887 2,887
Vol. 3 2,153 2,153
—
Sex Criminals *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 74,744 31,346 43,398
Vol. 2 31,317 31,317
Hardcovers
Total 2015
Vol. 1 3,668 3,668
—
Shutter
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 7,461 4,308 3,153
Vol. 2 2,339 2,339
—
Southern Bastards *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 21,637 13,855 7,782
Vol. 2 12,876 12,876
Deluxe Hardcovers
Total 2015
Vol. 1 2,865 2,865
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Spawn Origins
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Vol. 1 18,113 3,135 2,878 2,600 2,100 1,800 2,200 3,400
Vol. 2
Vol. 3
Vol. 4 2,100 2,100
Vol. 5 1,800 1,800
—
Spawn: Resurrection
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 1,798 1,798
—
Spread
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 3,474 3,474
—
Starlight
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 5,616 5,616
—
Supreme Blue Rose
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 2,762 2,762
—
Stray Bullets
Uber Alles Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 5,172 5,172
—
Sunstone *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 15,495 11,287 4,208
Vol. 2 10,624 10,624
Vol. 3 8,103 8,103
—
Thief of Thieves
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012
Vol. 1 9,000 3,600 5,400
Vol. 2 4,800 4,800
Vol. 3 3,201 3,201
Vol. 4 1,791 1,791
—
Trees *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 15,346 15,346
—
Velvet
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 10,443 2,735 7,708
Vol. 2 4,914 4,914
—
The Walking Dead *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Vol. 1 516,950 58,009 68,327 100,588 120,356 61,781 77,192 30,697
Vol. 2 313,799 33,157 40,116 57,536 76,901 38,440 48,559 19,090
Vol. 3 238,345 24,775 29,121 41,238 61,032 28,745 36,741 16,693
Vol. 4 187,954 19,283 22,066 32,193 47,530 24,212 30,684 11,986
Vol. 5 162,097 16,536 18,358 26,817 40,986 22,713 23,929 12,758
Vol. 6 142,209 14,119 15,638 22,900 35,452 20,392 21,501 12,207
Vol. 7 129,377 12,400 13,596 20,530 32,023 18,713 19,744 12,371
Vol. 8 126,707 11,593 13,018 19,621 30,397 18,044 19,559 14,475
Vol. 9 167,566 10,315 12,246 17,771 34,453 24,319 25,609 42,853
Vol. 10 155,446 9,753 11,675 16,522 32,038 23,955 27,659 33,844
Vol. 11 147,014 9,131 11,119 15,290 30,158 24,591 56,725
Vol. 12 138,061 9,165 10,332 14,488 29,045 25,771 49,260
Vol. 13 136,397 8,882 9,777 13,945 28,776 36,032 38,985
Vol. 14 125,329 9,467 9,793 14,147 32,911 59,011
Vol. 15 121,207 8,985 9,740 15,138 56,219 31,125
Vol. 16 112,541 9,199 10,271 18,818 74,253
Vol. 17 143,838 14,266 23,221 54,096 52,255
Vol. 18 120,420 14,421 27,428 78,571
Vol. 19 114,442 15,351 41,247 57,844
Vol. 20 103,981 18,110 85,871
Vol. 21 90,710 22,467 68,243
Vol. 22 93,969 34,662 59,307
Vol. 23 67,564 67,564
Vol. 24 53,223 53,223
Deluxe Hardcovers
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Vol. 1 183,460 17,786 24,666 32,413 47,716 28,687 22,792 9,400
Vol. 2 104,909 9,565 14,418 20,969 28,629 18,503 12,825
Vol. 3 76,496 6,048 11,134 14,467 24,343 10,206 10,298
Vol. 4 59,844 4,713 7,119 11,621 19,537 8,279 8,575
Vol. 5 68,807 4,067 6,154 9,868 21,251 10,774 16,693
Vol. 6 62,801 3,714 5,382 8,660 18,695 13,661 12,689
Vol. 7 47,115 3,697 4,951 8,440 20,633 9,394
Vol. 8 42,110 3,833 5,212 11,226 21,839
Vol. 9 37,426 5,285 12,931 19,210
Vol. 10 28,232 9,495 18,737
Vol. 11 20,640 20,640
Vol. 12 13,832 13,832
Compendia (paperbacks)
Total 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Vol. 1 450,151 69,016 78,582 109,693 112,024 39,565 36,471 4,800
Vol. 2 267,868 50,511 60,361 84,832 72,164
Vol. 3 85,213 85,213
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Wayward
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 7,045 7,045
Vol. 2 3,311 3,311
—
The Wicked + The Divine *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 48,779 39,503 9,276
Vol. 2 24,015 24,015
—
Wolf
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 3,038 3,038
—
Wytches *
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015
Vol. 1 34,717 34,717
—
Zero
Trade Paperbacks
Total 2015 2014
Vol. 1 4,665 4,665
Vol. 2 2,024 2,024
Vol. 3 2,020 2,020
The Fine Print
The figures above are for entertainment purposes only. They represent sales as estimated from Diamond-NA year-end Top 1000 and Bookscan yearly Top 750. Sales through other channels are not included. Creators: consult your publisher’s statements for actual sales figures.
I cannot stress this strongly enough: These are at best minimum sales figures. They work good (well, good enough) for comparison purposes, but really not for anything else.
Please keep in mind that raw sales numbers do not tell us about how profitable a book is for a publisher or for the creators.
Above all, do not allow sales numbers to dictate your purchasing and enjoyment of a particular comic. If you enjoy reading a comic series then go right on buying and reading that comic, no matter what the sales figures say.
Opinions expressed in this column are mine alone, and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, Heidi MacDonald or anyone at The Comics Beat, the Pro Golfers’ Association, or my former neighbor’s dog Miles.
The author of this column does weekly snapshots of Amazon comic sales charts at http://yetanothercomicsblog.blogspot.com/ and tweets about comics and related subjects on Twitter at @davereadscomics (PM me there is you need to contact me).
As always, we welcome your comments and corrections below. Please try to keep things civilized.
RE: Hardcovers. One thing to remember is that BookScan includes Amazon. Amazon regularly discounts. Discounts have more impact on expensive items than on cheaper ones. If you’re ordering a $15 TP, a 20% discount is $12, and you’re below the “free freight” deal if you’re not a Prime-member. A $50 HC? You’ve just saved $10 AND got it shipped to your door for free.
I don’t think it’s “bookstores sell more hardcover comics”, per se — I think it is “discounted mail order with free shipping sells more hardcover comics”
-B
Great job!
Fascinating! A lot of these trades and deluxe hardcovers didn’t sell as well as I’d have expected. Particularly the Brubaker & Rucka titles. I’d have figured they would have a bigger audience in collected form.
For reference, we know from the authors that Chew Vol.1 had already sold over 100.000 3 years ago, and Wicked + The Divine vVl.1 has recently surpassed 100.000 few weeks ago.
” A lot of these trades and deluxe hardcovers didn’t sell as well as I’d have expected. ”
See, this reaction is why these articles annoy me a little, no offense to David and Heidi.
You still don’t know how they sold, because as mentioned, these are a minimum number sold. The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, for instance, has sold several times the total listed. It’s not that the numbers are wrong – they’re not even close. All of my books have sold more by multiples of the numbers listed here.
And despite all the caveats in the article, people are going to continue to interpret these numbers as the real numbers.
I don’t know that they actually hurt us, mind, but still….
Sorry, Justin. But we can only go on the numbers we are given.
I’d be very interested to hear from creators what their actual sales figures are, if only to get a sense of how many sales are coming from other channels besides Diamond-NA and what is tracked by Bookscan.
If you don’t want to post publicly, you can PM me on twitter (davereadscomics) and I’ll keep your particulars confidential.
Good god! Those numbers for Saga!!! Wow!
Thanks for doing this, loved seeing these numbers!
I’m all for sharing info… Unfortunately, the numbers on several titles aren’t even close. I don’t know sales on all titles, but on the dozen I DO know, you’re off by anywhere from 50%-400%. That is: not one of these totals comes close to any hard numbers I happen to know. And the margin of error is all over the place.
FWIW: your number on Rocket Girl vol 1 is about 25% of actual sales.
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