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		tksmith151 on May 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing books is not really a good idea I think the 2.6 million books refers to 2.6 million different titles that were sold rather than the total number of book sales across all titles, which as you pointed out is significantly higher than 2.6 million.

ellegriffin on May 10, 2021 [–]

Yes, that is correct. 2.6 million different titles were sold (not total copies.)

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