In the years where i was a breaking in, you needed about two thousand copies in a week to get on to the list. That was your threshold. A very successful mid lister would sell 20 thousand copies total in its life and hard cover that was considered really successful. The launtress sold ten thousand for a brak, brand new author. If you were selling ten thousand copies in hartcover, you would never be dropped by your publisher. You would probably start hitting the best sellar list.

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