VEI Sales - The Charts!

[maraxusofkeld]

Anyone have any sales data on the trades? Do you think readers are just waiting for the trades to come out and bypass single issues?

[greg]

Anyone have any sales data on the trades? Do you think readers are just waiting for the trades to come out and bypass single issues?

It's my understanding that the trades are staying in print and staying available for order. The orders usually only make the "Top 300 Sales" list in the first month that the trades are available, but they stay available in the order system. The print runs are around 5,000 copies per (regular volume) trade, and when those sell, there is another printing done. There are usually minor differences between the printings, but sometimes a printing might have a whole new cover.

[SwiftMann]

Anyone have any sales data on the trades? Do you think readers are just waiting for the trades to come out and bypass single issues?

I pulled the data on trades, but, as Greg said, it so rarely hits the Top 300 lists, it's not particularly telling other than initial orders constantly decrease but unlike comics which have a limited, and not-significant re-order period, again as Greg mentioned, these are being kept in print for the time being.

Here's what was out there for X-O. Note, in this case Vol 2 hits the charts twice when (assumed) a new printing comes out.

Dec-12 1 2,113
Apr-13 2 1,638
Sep-15 2 2,548
Aug-13 3 1,174
Dec-13 4 1,043
Apr-14 5 1,004
Aug-14 6 887
Dec-14 7 734
Mar-15 8 578
Aug-15 9 703
Jan-16 10 633


Here's Harbinger/Imperium. In this case Vol 1 hit the charts twice.

Jan-13 1 1,656 (Harbinger)
Oct-15 1 2,982
Jun-13 2 1,531
Sep-13 3 1,266
Feb-14 4 1,022
Sep-14 5 895
Jan-15 6 664
Jan-15 663 (Armor Hunters)
Jul-15 1 1,035 (Imperium)
Nov-15 2 687