Talk:Think and Grow Rich/Archives/2020
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No evidence of 100M sales
The article says:
- "the book had sold more than 20 million copies by the time of Hill's death in 1970.[4] By 2015, more than 100 million copies had been sold worldwide.[5]"
The links for this are broken.
And in light of the Gizmodo critique - https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/12/the-untold-story-of-napoleon-hill-the-greatest-self-help-scammer-of-all-time/ - I think we need a stronger and less biased source for sales than the Hill Foundation.
For comparison, How To Win Friends and Influence People has sold around 32 million copies, as has the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I would be surprised if TAGR had sold more than the two mega-sellers combined, but anything is possible.
I suggest that all such claims be removed until independent proof can be found.
Lauchlanmack (talk) 03:12, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Penguin seem to be running with 15 million sales of the book - https://www.penguin.com.au/books/think-and-grow-rich-9781785042416
An article in Fortune estimated 10 million sales by 1995 - https://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/08/07/205128/index.htm
I think the safe thing to say is "over 15 million copies sold."
I'll update the article accordingly, and reference the Penguin page as the citation.
Lauchlanmack (talk) 03:18, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- The first ref appears to be an Associated Press article. If so, copies should be able to be found. It should not be removed.
- Sourcing anything to the Napoleon Hill Foundation should be used with extreme care, if at all. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 03:21, 21 March 2020 (UTC)