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Congrats to Brandon!
« on: September 09, 2010, 06:34:49 AM »
He hit #7 on the New York Bestsellers  list as per http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/916/The-Great-Hunt-Update

Congratulations and may it stay on the list for more than one week!

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Re: Congrats to Brandon!
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2010, 06:52:17 AM »
I agree.  Congratulations!  I have a definite feeling that this is my new favorite series.

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Re: Congrats to Brandon!
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2010, 08:39:10 AM »
Hooray for Brandon!  Here's to this bringing in more fans!  *clinks glass*
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Re: Congrats to Brandon!
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2010, 10:06:52 AM »
Congratulations, that's awesome

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Re: Congrats to Brandon!
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2010, 01:04:22 PM »
Congrats!   Not bad!

I can't help but notice that Terry Brooks' new Shannara book debuted at #5.

But, Brooks has been at this a lot longer than Brandon!

Great to see Brandon getting recognition for his "solo" books.

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Re: Congrats to Brandon!
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2010, 02:51:52 PM »
Do books usually move down in position after initially debuting on the New York Times Bestsellers List?  Is there a chance the WoK could move up to the #1 position?

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Re: Congrats to Brandon!
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2010, 03:07:16 PM »
Phenomenal start for a first-in-the-series book!  Way to go, Brandon!
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Re: Congrats to Brandon!
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2010, 03:54:46 PM »
Towers of Midnight is listed as being ahead of Way of Kings in sales on amazon. It is not due out until November. Do the pre-orders get rolled into the first week sales by the New York Times?

Is there anywhere to see how many books are sold by the new york times bestsellers? When I look at the list it does not say. I am curious how many sales it takes on average to get into the top 10?

Other than Terry Brooks new book, have any other TOR books done better than #7 ? #7 sounds very good for a brand new series. It seems like fantasy series sales tend to go up with more books in a series since it picks up steam over time.


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Re: Congrats to Brandon!
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2010, 04:47:57 AM »
That is awesome! I lurk at my local barnes and noble and they have sold out of their first shipment and are getting more in. I agree that this is going to be my favorite new series too. I love huge epic fantasy series like this. He has done a great job world-building which is a huge deal to me too. Congrats Brandon!!
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