MikeAsh commented with an article he found saying Stephenson had sold 3 million books to date by 2013 [1], but I found another one saying Sanderson had sold 7 m

MikeAsh commented with an article he found saying Stephenson had sold 3 million books to date by 2013 [1], but I found another one saying Sanderson had sold 7 million to date by 2015 [2]. The really interesting part is that the article MikeAsh linked also lists Sanderson (as of 2013) with 2.5 million sales of his solo books, meaning that he sold at least another 4.5 million books in various languages in two years, basically eclipsing Stephenson's lifetime number. Given the difference in their output and the times that the various books were available for sale, this really cements the difference between them sales-wise for me. My gut feeling here is that a lot of this is due to not only his writing and stories, but also to his constant enthusiastic fan engagement. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20259853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20259853 [2] http://awfulagent.com/brandon-sanderson-sells-over-7-million-copies http://awfulagent.com/brandon-sanderson-sells-over-7-million...