Lemony Snicket By the Numbers

25,000: First printings for Snicket's first two books, A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Egg and A Series of Unfortunate Events #2: The Reptile Room, both released August 1999

4 million: Total copies in print of The Bad Beginning

3 million: Total copies in print of The Reptile Room

1.75 million: First printing for A Series of Unfortunate Events #10: The Slippery Slope

94: Percentage increase of The Slippery Slope first printing over book #9, The Carnivorous Carnival

2 million: Copies in print of The Slippery Slope

2.5 million: First printing for A Series of Unfortunate Events #13: The End

$12.99: Cover price of The End

$10: Price on Amazon

30: Total Snicket ISBNs

26.5 million: Copies in print of Snicket books, volumes 1–12

30.5 million: In-print total for all Snicket products in U.S.

36: Age of Snicket creator Daniel Handler