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Let's say you have an idea for something that seems really cool to you. But you're different than most people, so only 1% of people are interested in your great thing. Is it worth making it? Is that enough of an audience?
Probably. The US population is almost 300 million. 1% of that is 3 million. Barely any books or movies or CDs sell 3 million copies.
The world population is around 6.5 billion. 1% of that is 65 million.
And that's why niche market stuff is getting along great now, with the Internet and millions of cable channels and things. Because even less than 1% of people buying your thing is still a whole lot of people.
And lots of comic books barely manage to sell a thousand copies. Which to me says the problem isn't the comics, the problem is the distribution.
Probably. The US population is almost 300 million. 1% of that is 3 million. Barely any books or movies or CDs sell 3 million copies.
The world population is around 6.5 billion. 1% of that is 65 million.
And that's why niche market stuff is getting along great now, with the Internet and millions of cable channels and things. Because even less than 1% of people buying your thing is still a whole lot of people.
And lots of comic books barely manage to sell a thousand copies. Which to me says the problem isn't the comics, the problem is the distribution.
