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Bens Book, Slaying The Dragon, is now out in paper back and with his interesting style of advertising it he's shared sales graphs with us!
You can buy Bens book via the link he shared.
https://read.macmillan.com/lp/slaying-the-dragon/
If you want to follow the original facebook post it's here
Behold! D&D corebook sales from 2001!
Last week, my book Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons, came out in paperback. In honor of the event, I will be releasing the sales data for pretty much every D&D product that came out in 2001. I picked 2001 because it is the first full year of the release of 3rd edition. Also, I don’t have sales numbers for 2000. If you’re a former WotC employee with sales numbers to share with history, please DM me!
Below, there are three charts detailing the sales of the 3rd edition Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. The first details sales by month of the three corebooks.
The second shows total sales by corebook in that year. Unsurprisingly, the PHB sold the best, but the Monster Manual outsold the DMG, which is a surprise to me.
The third chart compares the sales of the 2nd edition PHB & DMG in their first full year of release to the 3rd ed PHB & DMG. 3rd edition sold exponentially better, confirming with data the fact that 3rd edition was a hit.
Lastly, in the comments, you will find the raw data for these numbers.
Also in the comments, a link to buy my book if you have not yet done so!
More charts to come this week…
Last week, my book Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons, came out in paperback. In honor of the event, I will be releasing the sales data for pretty much every D&D product that came out in 2001. I picked 2001 because it is the first full year of the release of 3rd edition. Also, I don’t have sales numbers for 2000. If you’re a former WotC employee with sales numbers to share with history, please DM me!
Below, there are three charts detailing the sales of the 3rd edition Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual. The first details sales by month of the three corebooks.
The second shows total sales by corebook in that year. Unsurprisingly, the PHB sold the best, but the Monster Manual outsold the DMG, which is a surprise to me.
The third chart compares the sales of the 2nd edition PHB & DMG in their first full year of release to the 3rd ed PHB & DMG. 3rd edition sold exponentially better, confirming with data the fact that 3rd edition was a hit.
Lastly, in the comments, you will find the raw data for these numbers.
Also in the comments, a link to buy my book if you have not yet done so!
More charts to come this week…
You can buy Bens book via the link he shared.
https://read.macmillan.com/lp/slaying-the-dragon/
If you want to follow the original facebook post it's here
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