I'm not really happy about the sales of either book. Not sad or disappointed, but definitely not jumping up and down. We had a great period of VG sales after the Slashdot review hit, but it's been okay after that. D&D has slacked off, though occasionally it'll creep back down to an Amazon rank of 100,000 or so. I'm guessing that VG is selling something like 1-6 copies per week, whereas D&D is selling an average of 1-3 per week. That could be inaccurate, but probably in the ballpark.
My guess is that if the documentary is a hit we will see these figures go way up, perhaps--PERHAPS--propelling one or both onto the low end of best seller lists. Of course, as long as we're dreaming, if the documentary is a smash hit, we could both be millionaires, quit our day jobs, and dedicate 100% of our productivity towards game-related stuff. :P
I'm not really happy about the sales of either book. Not sad or disappointed, but definitely not jumping up and down. We had a great period of VG sales after the Slashdot review hit, but it's been okay after that. D&D has slacked off, though occasionally it'll creep back down to an Amazon rank of 100,000 or so. I'm guessing that VG is selling something like 1-6 copies per week, whereas D&D is selling an average of 1-3 per week. That could be inaccurate, but probably in the ballpark.
My guess is that if the documentary is a hit we will see these figures go way up, perhaps--PERHAPS--propelling one or both onto the low end of best seller lists. Of course, as long as we're dreaming, if the documentary is a smash hit, we could both be millionaires, quit our day jobs, and dedicate 100% of our productivity towards game-related stuff. :P
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