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Kind of depressing that the book only has one reader review and ranks 1.6 million on the U.S. Amazon store, which means it's barely selling (I'm a publisher; th
by ilamont 8y ago
Kind of depressing that the book only has one reader review and ranks 1.6 million on the U.S. Amazon store, which means it's barely selling (I'm a publisher; that number translates to just a few copies per month at most). That's despite a boatload of editorial reviews like the featured article.
It could be because the retail hardcover and Kindle prices are over $30 (!) but I am also wondering if the market for biographies is completely saturated, especially by big books by marquee authors. I've recently read the Da Vinci and Einstein bios by Walter Isaacson, both of which took ages to get through. There's just not much time to read other stuff, like the Carreyou bio of Theranos I've been eyeing at the library.
Incidentally, the Kindle edition of the Stevenson biography is currently on sale for $3.99 on the U.S. Amazon store. I bought it based on this review.