from publishing to date (2015) it has been assessed that 30 million copies have been sold of the book. However, this does not include free pdf anf epub etc formats which are still in the public domain
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The first print paid for by dickens in December 1843 sold 6000 copies at five shilling each in 2 weeks.
6000 in the first week and a reprint was demanded by Dickens of the same amount due to the high demand for the book.
6000 were printed and in the 2 weeks from 17th December 1843 all 6000 sold out. The cost was 5 shillings at that time
"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens sold approximately 6,000 copies in its first month of publication in December 1843.