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If there is going to be any meaningful sales, it's going to be through word of mouth and people recommending it to their book club and then a thousand more book clubs do it, and then you get into real sales numbers.

I think I'm more marketing- and sales-oriented than others, and the notion of selling books continues to interest me.

Sales don't always have anything to do with good or brilliant or original. Sales are about appeal.

If the books are selling, the money will follow.

My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics.

Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little.

I didn't really care about sales figures. I just wanted to get things off my chest.

It seems the world of book publishing is constantly changing. Whether it was the rise of chain stores or their decline, or the digital revolution... fortunately, we have been able not only to adapt but to thrive.

Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving market in the sale of books on how to fix them.

So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs.