Over in another thread, Neil said...

The question is, are these true sales or are they expected networking dividends? Are they one and the same? In terms of your games success does selling a copy to a member of CE 'count' with the same sales weight as selling one through IPR to someone you have had little or no contact with?

...which I have opinions about.

Yes, they're true sales. In fact, all of the following are true sales:

• Books you sell to people in your game group
• Books you sell to people you know