January 17, 2005
5,000 Copies to #1
Elvis Presley just scored the 1,000th #1 single in the U.K., selling only 25,000 copies. A Yorkshire Post article (which loads with a big ad over the text in my browser) explores the history of the singles chart and its waning significance.
Seth Godin comments that being #1 isn't what it used to be, pointing out that selling 5,000 copies of a hardcover novel in one week could land you at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. 5,000 copies? That almost sounds easy.
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January 12, 2005
Success Does Not Equal Depth or Breadth
"Remember, even a book that's a best-seller still is only read by less than 1% of the American public."
-Malcolm Gladwell, author of the bestselling The Tipping Point and the newly released Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, brushing off comments about his impact (from Fast Company, January 2005).
