[OSM-talk] OSM book

[David Earl]

At http://blog.geofabrik.de/?p=68 Frederick said of the OSM book, now 
out in English, "The book is of course a niche product as books go — 
with roughly 4,000 copies sold altogether."

I think you sell yourself short: 4,000 copies is good, and is before 
*any* English language sales. I gather a typical print run for a new 
book in general is under 5,000 and 4,000-7,000 is 'a damned good job. A 
"strong seller."'[1]

I'll certainly look forward to reading it now it's in English. 
Congratulations. (As I live round the corners from the publisher, maybe 
I should just pop round and ask for one! I see they are also the 
publishers for David Mackay's book "Sustainable Energy without the hot 
air"[2] which is also available as a free PDF and I have just finished 
reading).

David

[1] http://www.paulmikos.com/2008/10/average-book-sales.html - actually 
the quote is for fiction, but the article then goes on to say "In my 
experience, these numbers hold true for trade sales in all book 
categories", "7,000+ copies = you're a star."

[2] http://www.withouthotair.com/