Retailers consist of small and large for-profit businesses that sell products directly to consumers. To realize a profit, retailers search for products that coincide with their business objectives and find suppliers with the most competitive pricing. Generally, a retailer can buy small quantities of an item from a distributor or a wholesaler.
Fire and Fury sells half a million copies. Combined sales of hardcover, e-book and audio versions of Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury now top 500,000. Associated Press January 18, 2018 11:41am A company that tracks retail book sales says Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury sold more than 190,000 hardcover copies last week.
This number will depend on the number of buyers. Some self-published authors are very successful. According to USA Today, thriller novelist Michael Prescott has sold more than 300,000 copies of his self-published e-books by pricing them at 99 cents per copy. The author has earned more than $300,000 from book sales alone.