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Am I the only one who looked up the real print run for 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
Our club was arguing about its impact, and I found out it sold under 30,000 copies in its first year. I saw that in a 2015 article from a rare book site. Does that change how we judge a book's initial success?
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lucaslee10d ago
That initial print run number is interesting, but does it really matter for judging the book now?
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leelewis10d ago
Wait, are you serious? That first print run tells you everything about what the publisher really thought of the book before anyone read it. It's a huge sign of their confidence, or lack of it. If they only printed a tiny number, they didn't believe in it at all. That shapes the whole early buzz and chance for the book to even get seen. How can that not matter to the story of the book now?
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