SFWA Treasurer, Amy Sterling Casil, Announces Utilization of “Atlanta Nights” Proceeds

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Amy Sterling Casil, Treasurer, of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), recently stated on a Making Light posting : “Just wanted to point up the fact that the Atlanta Nights proceeds so far have gone to the Emergency Medical Fund. That’s worth about 100,000 defamatory nattering nabobs.”

FACT: Atlanta Nights (the book) has a current Amazon Sales Ranking of 847,062. The book was published in 2005. If an Amazon Sales Ranking of 1,000,000 equates to 3 copies sold every 500 days and there’s been approximately 2190 days since publication, just how much is “100,000 defamatory nattering nabobs” really worth? Well, that may buy a few boxes of band-aids.

SIDE BAR: Update 5/16/11: “Atlanta Nights” UNFUNDED, $18,702 Shy of Funding Support

Rank Copies Sold/day 1 3000 10 650 100 100 1000 13 10,000 2.2 (11 copies every 5 days) 100,000 0.2 (1 copy every 5 days) 1,000,000 0.006 (3 copies every 500 days) 2,000,000 0.0001 (1 copy every 1000 days)

References

“Making Light: The Write Agenda: The Wrong Company to Keep.” Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden. Web. 25 May 2011. <http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/012966.html>.