[jackz4000]

For Tuesday sales: 170,000 HC ( sold 26% of first print run), 110,000 eBooks, 18,000 audiobooks

Total first printing 650,000 copies.

http://books.usatoday.com/bookbuzz/post/2011/07/record-sales-for-george-rr-martins-a-dance-with-dragons/176909/1

 

[jackz4000]

This. Does anyone think they'd have spent the millions of dollars making the HBO series in the first place if it hadn't been selling incredibly well?

HBO put in over 70 Million for production costs. Before the HBO/BBC episodes came out he had sold 5 Million copies USA alone. Since then he has only sold more. HBO first optioned back in 2007.