For a personal research project I'm doing I need to know how many of
the following books have been sold globally and, if possible, in
Australia.  (I live in Canberra, Australia).

The books are:
The Sexual Life of Catherine M by Catherine Millet published by
Serpent's Tooth (UK, 2002) and Grove Press USA 2003, (originally
published in French in Paris in 2001);
The Bride Stripped Bare by Anon., (actually Nikki Gemmel) published by
Harper Collins 2002;
A Round Heeled Woman by Jane Juska published by Chatto and Winders USA 2002;  
Sophie?s World by Jostein Gaarder published by Orion Books UK 1996,
originally published in Swedish in 1992);
Einstein's Heroes by Robyn Arianrhod (Queensland University Press 2004);  
The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzenberger Published in 1997 by
Granta Books in the UK,(this has been published in German and
English);
Emma and Max: An Erotic Adventure by Lisa Meekison and Mathew Toms
published by Text Publishing Australia 2001.

I need the source of the publication data, too.  In this regard, it
would not be acceptable to answer the question by simply quoting the
publisher's website.  For example, Granta states that the Number Devil
has sold more than a million copies. I need sufficent information
about how you obtained the data to be confident that the data is
correct and not just an informed guess!!

There are three publications by Australian authors (The Bride Stripped
Bare by Anon., (actually Nikki Gemmel) published by  Harper Collins
2002;
Einstein's Heroes by Robyn Arianrhod (Queensland University Press 2004);  
Emma and Max: An Erotic Adventure by Lisa Meekison and Mathew Toms
published by Text Publishing Australia 2001).
I do require Australian publication data for these.  Two of these have
only been published in Australia (Einstein's Heroes by Robyn Arianrhod
(Queensland University Press 2004;
Emma and Max: An Erotic Adventure by Lisa Meekison and Mathew Toms
published by Text Publishing Australia 2001).  For these, publication
data for Australia alone would suffice, if global data is too
difficult to obtain.
Thank you for considering my question.

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Clarification of Question by lemniscate-ga on 17 May 2004 23:20 PDT

I am willing to provide a fair tip as additional payment for a sound answer.

I'd love to give you a detailed response, but it looks like this post
may have it covered:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=133616

HTH

-Ted

Thanks tedehrich-ga for this advice.  It does not count as an
acceptable answer, as I need the actual data ie how many of the
designated books have been sold over waht timeframe.  I've posted the
question because I'm not able to do the necessary work myself. 
Because I recognise that a fair bit of work is involved, I'm prepared
to pay a fair price for the info.  But the answer has to include the
numbers of books sold, the source of the data and I need sufficent
information about how you obtained the data to be confident that the
data is correct and not just an informed guess!  If you can proceed
with that project please let me know.  If you do proceed and find it
takes a lot of work, more than is covered by $US130 minus 25% for
Google, just let me know!!