Bookscan

Total U.S. book sales of 2011 have been compiled by Nielsen's Bookscan. Their lists feature about 75% of American book sales, and don't include sales ...

Perhaps there is a way to account for the massive discrepancy between what Mortenson claims he is making, and what the facts show he is 'actually' making, but again, like the 60 Minutes piece, there are reasons to doubt him.

In a move to provide authors with a service their publishers have not, Amazon is making current Nielsen BookScan sales data available to authors on it...

Bestsellers are harder to track than you'd think and it's not easy for everyone to agree which are the biggest. Each bestseller list--The New York Tim...