How Many Copies Does It Take To Be An Amazon Bestseller?

Wednesday 19th June

How Many Copies Does It Take To Be An Amazon Bestseller?

Posted at 11:27PM Sunday 10 Mar 2013

By studying the print bestseller list for a two-week period, PW were able to determine that a title in Amazon's top five averages 1,050 print copies sold across all channels, including other retailers, on a typical day. And because the general industry thinking is that Amazon accounts for about 30% of print sales, that means it likely takes around 300 copies per day to reach Amazon's top five, depending on the day of the week and the time of year.

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