BN.com Top 1000 Titles Graphic Novels and Comics Friday 25 December 2009
(reviewed at 12:01 AM)
Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #4) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810983915
Sales Rank: 196
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $13.95
Online price: $11.16
Member price: $10.04
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
Hardcover - Not appropriate for children
ISBN-13: 9780393061024
Sales Rank: 258
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $24.95
Online price: $16.21
Member price: $14.58
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810993136
Sales Rank: 304
Pub. Date: April 2007
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810970687
Sales Rank: 314
Pub. Date: January 2009
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover - 4 Hardcover books
ISBN-13: 9781615579181
Sales Rank: 403
Pub. Date: December 2009
List price: $52.80
Online price: $34.32
Member price: $30.88
Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Barry Marx (Editor)
Paperback - REV
ISBN-13: 9780930289232
Sales Rank: 462
Pub. Date: April 1995
List price: $19.99
Online price: $12.99
Member price: $11.69
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #2) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810994737
Sales Rank: 481
Pub. Date: February 2008
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Cyanide and Happiness by Kris Wilson, Matt Melvin, Rob Denbleyker, Dave Mcelfatric
Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780061914799
Sales Rank: 491
Pub. Date: January 2010
List price: $13.99
Online price: $10.49
Member price: $9.44
Logicomix : An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Alecos Papadatos (Illustrator) , Annie Di Donna (Illustrator)
Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781596914520
Sales Rank: 704
Pub. Date: September 2009
List price: $22.95
Online price: $14.91
Member price: $13.41
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Hardcover - 3-volume set
ISBN-13: 9780740748479
Sales Rank: 730
Pub. Date: October 2005
List price: $150.00
Online price: $97.50
Member price: $87.75
On the Money: The Economy in Cartoons, 1925-2009 by The New Yorker, Gladwell, Malcolm
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780740784903
Sales Rank: 940
Pub. Date: September 2009
List price: $24.99
Online price: $16.24
Member price: $14.61
In Odd We Trust by Dean Koontz, Queenie Chan (Illustrator)
Paperback - Graphic Novel
ISBN-13: 9780345499660
Sales Rank: 957
Pub. Date: June 2008
List price: $10.95
Online price: $8.76
Member price: $7.88
The Fine Print:
While I am an employee of Barnes & Noble, Inc., the data presented below is general information from the public website. I have not researched any proprietary sales data, nor do I speak in any official capacity for Barnes & Noble. You can do the same thing I am doing, using the bookmarks listed below. (The easiest way: enter “graphic novels” in the search bar at BN.com. On the left side, you will see a frame titled "Browse Graphic Novels". Click on “bestsellers”. The website sorting differs from the sales ranking (probably due to differing algorithms), so scroll through the listing of ten titles. Unlike other searching, where a user can show 100 titles at a time, this screen can only showcase ten. Click on “next” to continue your research.) I have no knowledge on how sales rankings are calculated. I hypothesize that since the site refreshes periodically throughout the day, that a rolling calculation of sales is performed, where recent sales are weighted more heavily than older sales. Also, sales are in relation to other titles, not a set number of copies sold. The sales rank is sequential. Just as two football teams can be undefeated in a football poll and one may be rated higher than the other, so too are the titles here listed sequentially in relation to everything else. Of course, analysis can only be compared to the titles NOW. Retail sales were difficult last year, and with the media dubbing “Black Friday” as “Grey Friday” this year because of reduced consumer spending, this year will be just as challenging.I will survey the BN.com website weekly (and daily if possible) and at approximately the same time. Here are the bookmarks I use to survey results:
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?env=web&endecaid=&visgrp=fiction&bncatid=1133349&cds2Pid=16864&linkid=1511365
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&SRT=S&WRD=comic%20book
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&SRT=S&WRD=comic%20strip
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?bncatid=1133350&visgrp=fiction&isendeca=y&Ns=SALESRANK_SORT&sid=65213F09810C&act=M9
Showing posts with label R. Crumb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label R. Crumb. Show all posts
Friday, December 25, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
BN.com Top 1000 titles Graphic Novels and Comics 12.20.2009
BN.com Top 1000 titles Graphic Novels and Comics Sunday 20 December 2009
Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #4) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810983915
Sales Rank: 26
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $13.95
Online price: $8.37
Member price: $7.53
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover - 4 Hardcover books
ISBN-13: 9781615579181
Sales Rank: 77
Pub. Date: December 2009
List price: $52.80
Online price: $34.32
Member price: $30.88
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810993136
Sales Rank: 136
Pub. Date: April 2007
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
Hardcover - Not appropriate for children
ISBN-13: 9780393061024
Sales Rank: 144
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $24.95
Online price: $16.21
Member price: $14.58
The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810970687
Sales Rank: 147
Pub. Date: January 2009
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #2) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810994737
Sales Rank: 198
Pub. Date: February 2008
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Marvel Encyclopedia 2009 by DK Publishing
Hardcover - Revised
ISBN-13: 9780756655303
Sales Rank: 224
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $40.00
Online price: $26.00
Member price: $23.40
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Hardcover - 3-volume set
ISBN-13: 9780740748479
Sales Rank: 280
Pub. Date: October 2005
List price: $150.00
Online price: $97.50
Member price: $87.75
Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years by Charles Schulz
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780740785481
Sales Rank: 321
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $75.00
Online price: $45.00
Member price: $40.50
Kiss Kompendium
(Not appropriate for children) by Gene Simmons
(Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780061728198
Sales Rank: 425
Pub. Date: December 2009
List price: $75.00
Online price: $48.75
Member price: $43.87
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
(Reprint) by Max Brooks
(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780307405777
Sales Rank: 542
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $17.00
Online price: $11.05
Member price: $9.94
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis
(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781596914520
Sales Rank: 602
Pub. Date: September 2009
List price: $22.95
Online price: $14.91
Member price: $13.41
Watchmen (REV) by Alan Moore
(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780930289232
Sales Rank: 746
Pub. Date: April 1995
List price: $19.99
Online price: $12.99
Member price: $11.69
Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780316114882
Sales Rank: 791
Pub. Date: September 2005
Also Available in eBook
List price: $14.99
Online price: $11.99
Member price: $10.79
Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid (Tales from the Crypt Series #8) by David Gerrold
(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781597071635
Sales Rank: 878
Pub. Date: November 2009
Online price: $7.95
Member price: $7.15
Bloom County Complete Library, Volume 1 by Berkeley Breathed, Berkeley Breathed (Artist)
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781600105319
Sales Rank: 930
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $39.99
Online price: $25.99
Member price: $23.39
The Fine Print:
While I am an employee of Barnes & Noble, Inc., the data presented below is general information from the public website. I have not researched any proprietary sales data, nor do I speak in any official capacity for Barnes & Noble. You can do the same thing I am doing, using the bookmarks listed below. (The easiest way: enter “graphic novels” in the search bar at BN.com. On the left side, you will see a frame titled "Browse Graphic Novels". Click on “bestsellers”. The website sorting differs from the sales ranking (probably due to differing algorithms), so scroll through the listing of ten titles. Unlike other searching, where a user can show 100 titles at a time, this screen can only showcase ten. Click on “next” to continue your research.) I have no knowledge on how sales rankings are calculated. I hypothesize that since the site refreshes periodically throughout the day, that a rolling calculation of sales is performed, where recent sales are weighted more heavily than older sales. Also, sales are in relation to other titles, not a set number of copies sold. The sales rank is sequential. Just as two football teams can be undefeated in a football poll and one may be rated higher than the other, so too are the titles here listed sequentially in relation to everything else. Of course, analysis can only be compared to the titles NOW. Retail sales were difficult last year, and with the media dubbing “Black Friday” as “Grey Friday” this year because of reduced consumer spending, this year will be just as challenging.I will survey the BN.com website weekly (and daily if possible) and at approximately the same time. Here are the bookmarks I use to survey results:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&SRT=S&WRD=comic%20book
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&SRT=S&WRD=comic%20strip
Saturday, December 19, 2009
BN.com Top 1000 titles Graphic Novels and Comics 12.19.2009
BN.com Top 1000 titles Graphic Novels and Comics Saturday 19 December 2009
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover - 4 Hardcover books
ISBN-13: 9781615579181
Sales Rank: 29
Pub. Date: December 2009
List price: $52.80
Online price: $34.32
Member price: $30.88
Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #4) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810983915
Sales Rank: 31
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $13.95
Online price: $8.37
Member price: $7.53
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810993136
Sales Rank: 127
Pub. Date: April 2007
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Marvel Encyclopedia 2009 by DK Publishing
Hardcover - Revised
ISBN-13: 9780756655303
Sales Rank: 153
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $40.00
Online price: $26.00
Member price: $23.40
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #2) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810994737
Sales Rank: 169
Pub. Date: February 2008
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
Hardcover - Not appropriate for children
ISBN-13: 9780393061024
Sales Rank: 231
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $24.95
Online price: $16.21
Member price: $14.58
The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810970687
Sales Rank: 250
Pub. Date: January 2009
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Celebrating Peanuts : 60 Years by Charles Schulz
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780740785481
Sales Rank: 253
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $75.00
Online price: $45.00
Member price: $40.50
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Hardcover - 3-volume set
ISBN-13: 9780740748479
Sales Rank: 402
Pub. Date: October 2005
List price: $150.00
Online price: $97.50
Member price: $87.75
Kiss Kompendium by Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley
Hardcover - Not appropriate for children
ISBN-13: 9780061728198
Sales Rank: 410
Pub. Date: December 2009
List price: $75.00
Online price: $48.75
Member price: $43.87
Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid (Tales from the Crypt Series #8) by David Gerrold, Stefan Petrucha, Rob Vollmar, Jim Salicrup, John L. Lansdale
Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781597071635
Sales Rank: 617
Pub. Date: November 2009
Online price: $7.95
Member price: $7.15
Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780316114882
Sales Rank: 788
Pub. Date: September 2005
Also Available in eBook
List price: $14.99
Online price: $11.99
Member price: $10.79
Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons (Calvin and Hobbes Series) by Bill Watterson
Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780836218831
Sales Rank: 893
Pub. Date: January 1992
List price: $12.99
Online price: $10.39
Member price: $9.35
Logicomix : An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Alecos Papadatos (Illustrator) , Annie Di Donna (Illustrator)
Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781596914520
Sales Rank: 898
Pub. Date: September 2009
List price: $22.95
Online price: $14.91
Member price: $13.41
The Fine Print:
While I am an employee of Barnes & Noble, Inc., the data presented below is general information from the public website. I have not researched any proprietary sales data, nor do I speak in any official capacity for Barnes & Noble. You can do the same thing I am doing, using the bookmarks listed below. (The easiest way: enter “graphic novels” in the search bar at BN.com. On the left side, you will see a frame titled "Browse Graphic Novels". Click on “bestsellers”. The website sorting differs from the sales ranking (probably due to differing algorithms), so scroll through the listing of ten titles. Unlike other searching, where a user can show 100 titles at a time, this screen can only showcase ten. Click on “next” to continue your research.)
I have no knowledge on how sales rankings are calculated. I hypothesize that since the site refreshes periodically throughout the day, that a rolling calculation of sales is performed, where recent sales are weighted more heavily than older sales. Also, sales are in relation to other titles, not a set number of copies sold. The sales rank is sequential. Just as two football teams can be undefeated in a football poll and one may be rated higher than the other, so too are the titles here listed sequentially in relation to everything else. Of course, analysis can only be compared to the titles NOW. Retail sales were difficult last year, and with the media dubbing “Black Friday” as “Grey Friday” this year because of reduced consumer spending, this year will be just as challenging.
I will survey the BN.com website weekly (and daily if possible) and at approximately the same time. Here are the bookmarks I use to survey results:
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?env=web&endecaid=&visgrp=fiction&bncatid=1133349&cds2Pid=16864&linkid=1511365
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&SRT=S&WRD=comic%20book
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&SRT=S&WRD=comic%20strip
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?bncatid=1133350&visgrp=fiction&isendeca=y&Ns=SALESRANK_SORT&sid=65213F09810C&act=M9
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover - 4 Hardcover books
ISBN-13: 9781615579181
Sales Rank: 29
Pub. Date: December 2009
List price: $52.80
Online price: $34.32
Member price: $30.88
Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #4) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810983915
Sales Rank: 31
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $13.95
Online price: $8.37
Member price: $7.53
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810993136
Sales Rank: 127
Pub. Date: April 2007
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Marvel Encyclopedia 2009 by DK Publishing
Hardcover - Revised
ISBN-13: 9780756655303
Sales Rank: 153
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $40.00
Online price: $26.00
Member price: $23.40
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #2) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810994737
Sales Rank: 169
Pub. Date: February 2008
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
Hardcover - Not appropriate for children
ISBN-13: 9780393061024
Sales Rank: 231
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $24.95
Online price: $16.21
Member price: $14.58
The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) by Jeff Kinney
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780810970687
Sales Rank: 250
Pub. Date: January 2009
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Celebrating Peanuts : 60 Years by Charles Schulz
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780740785481
Sales Rank: 253
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $75.00
Online price: $45.00
Member price: $40.50
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Hardcover - 3-volume set
ISBN-13: 9780740748479
Sales Rank: 402
Pub. Date: October 2005
List price: $150.00
Online price: $97.50
Member price: $87.75
Kiss Kompendium by Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley
Hardcover - Not appropriate for children
ISBN-13: 9780061728198
Sales Rank: 410
Pub. Date: December 2009
List price: $75.00
Online price: $48.75
Member price: $43.87
Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid (Tales from the Crypt Series #8) by David Gerrold, Stefan Petrucha, Rob Vollmar, Jim Salicrup, John L. Lansdale
Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781597071635
Sales Rank: 617
Pub. Date: November 2009
Online price: $7.95
Member price: $7.15
Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780316114882
Sales Rank: 788
Pub. Date: September 2005
Also Available in eBook
List price: $14.99
Online price: $11.99
Member price: $10.79
Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons (Calvin and Hobbes Series) by Bill Watterson
Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780836218831
Sales Rank: 893
Pub. Date: January 1992
List price: $12.99
Online price: $10.39
Member price: $9.35
Logicomix : An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Alecos Papadatos (Illustrator) , Annie Di Donna (Illustrator)
Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781596914520
Sales Rank: 898
Pub. Date: September 2009
List price: $22.95
Online price: $14.91
Member price: $13.41
The Fine Print:
While I am an employee of Barnes & Noble, Inc., the data presented below is general information from the public website. I have not researched any proprietary sales data, nor do I speak in any official capacity for Barnes & Noble. You can do the same thing I am doing, using the bookmarks listed below. (The easiest way: enter “graphic novels” in the search bar at BN.com. On the left side, you will see a frame titled "Browse Graphic Novels". Click on “bestsellers”. The website sorting differs from the sales ranking (probably due to differing algorithms), so scroll through the listing of ten titles. Unlike other searching, where a user can show 100 titles at a time, this screen can only showcase ten. Click on “next” to continue your research.)
I have no knowledge on how sales rankings are calculated. I hypothesize that since the site refreshes periodically throughout the day, that a rolling calculation of sales is performed, where recent sales are weighted more heavily than older sales. Also, sales are in relation to other titles, not a set number of copies sold. The sales rank is sequential. Just as two football teams can be undefeated in a football poll and one may be rated higher than the other, so too are the titles here listed sequentially in relation to everything else. Of course, analysis can only be compared to the titles NOW. Retail sales were difficult last year, and with the media dubbing “Black Friday” as “Grey Friday” this year because of reduced consumer spending, this year will be just as challenging.
I will survey the BN.com website weekly (and daily if possible) and at approximately the same time. Here are the bookmarks I use to survey results:
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?env=web&endecaid=&visgrp=fiction&bncatid=1133349&cds2Pid=16864&linkid=1511365
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&SRT=S&WRD=comic%20book
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&SRT=S&WRD=comic%20strip
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?bncatid=1133350&visgrp=fiction&isendeca=y&Ns=SALESRANK_SORT&sid=65213F09810C&act=M9
Sunday, December 13, 2009
BN.Com Top 1000 Graphic Novels and Comics Bestsellers 12.13.2009
BN.com Top 1000 titles Graphic Novels and Comics
Sunday 13 December 2009
Sunday 13 December 2009
Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #4) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9780810983915
Sales Rank: 22
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $13.95
Online price: $8.37
Member price: $7.53
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9781615579181
Sales Rank: 31
Pub. Date: December 2009
List price: $52.80
Online price: $34.32
Member price: $30.88
Sales Rank: 22
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $13.95
Online price: $8.37
Member price: $7.53
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9781615579181
Sales Rank: 31
Pub. Date: December 2009
List price: $52.80
Online price: $34.32
Member price: $30.88
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9780810993136
Sales Rank: 78
Pub. Date: April 2007
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
ISBN-13: 9780810994737
Sales Rank: 113
Pub. Date: February 2008List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9780810970687
Sales Rank: 124
Pub. Date: January 2009
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
ISBN-13: 9780393061024Sales Rank: 124
Pub. Date: January 2009
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
Sales Rank: 138
Pub. Date: October 2009List price: $24.95
Online price: $16.21Celebrating Peanuts : 60 Years by Charles Schulz
ISBN-13: 9780740785481
Sales Rank: 321
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $75.00
Online price: $45.00
Member price: $40.50
ISBN-13: 9780740785481
Sales Rank: 321
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $75.00
Online price: $45.00
Member price: $40.50
Marvel Encyclopedia 2009 by DK Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780756655303
Sales Rank: 718
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $40.00
Online price: $26.00
Member price: $23.40
ISBN-13: 9780756655303
Sales Rank: 718
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $40.00
Online price: $26.00
Member price: $23.40
Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid (Tales from the Crypt Series #8) by David Gerrold, Stefan Petrucha, Rob Vollmar, Jim Salicrup, John L. Lansdale
ISBN-13: 9781597071635
Sales Rank: 841
Pub. Date: November 2009
Online price: $7.95
Member price: $7.15
The Fine Print:
While I am an employee of Barnes & Noble, Inc., the data presented below is general information from the public website. I have not researched any proprietary sales data, nor do I speak in any official capacity for Barnes & Noble. You can do the same thing I am doing, using the bookmarks listed below. (The easiest way: enter “graphic novels” in the search bar at BN.com. On the left side, you will see a frame titled "Browse Graphic Novels". Click on “bestsellers”. The website sorting differs from the sales ranking (probably due to differing algorithms), so scroll through the listing of ten titles. Unlike other searching, where a user can show 100 titles at a time, this screen can only showcase ten. Click on “next” to continue your research.)I have no knowledge on how sales rankings are calculated. I hypothesize that since the site refreshes periodically throughout the day, that a rolling calculation of sales is performed, where recent sales are weighted more heavily than older sales. Also, sales are in relation to other titles, not a set number of copies sold. The sales rank is sequential. Just as two football teams can be undefeated in a football poll and one may be rated higher than the other, so too are the titles here listed sequentially in relation to everything else. Of course, analysis can only be compared to the titles NOW. Retail sales were difficult last year, and with the media dubbing “Black Friday” as “Grey Friday” this year because of reduced consumer spending, this year will be just as challenging.
I will survey the BN.com website weekly (and daily if possible) and at approximately the same time. Here are the bookmarks I use to survey results:
Friday, December 11, 2009
BN.Com Top 1000 Graphic Novels and Comics Bestsellers 12.11.2009
BN.com Top 1000 titles Graphic Novels and Comics
Friday 11 December 2009
Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #4) by Jeff Kinney
* ISBN-13: 9780810983915
* Sales Rank: 11
* Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $13.95
Online price: $8.37
Member price: $7.53
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set by Jeff Kinney
* ISBN-13: 9781615579181
* Sales Rank: 34
* Pub. Date: December 2009
List price: $52.80
Online price: $34.32
Member price: $30.88
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book by Jeff Kinney
* ISBN-13: 9780810979772
* Sales Rank: 39
* Pub. Date: October 2008
List price: $10.95
Online price: $8.76
Member price: $7.88
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) by Jeff Kinney
* ISBN-13: 9780810993136
* Sales Rank: 69
* Pub. Date: April 2007
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) by Jeff Kinney
* ISBN-13: 9780810970687
* Sales Rank: 84
* Pub. Date: January 2009
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #2) by Jeff Kinney
* ISBN-13: 9780810994737
* Sales Rank: 109
* Pub. Date: February 2008
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
* ISBN-13: 9780393061024
* Sales Rank: 187
* Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $24.95
Online price: $16.21
Member price: $14.58
Celebrating Peanuts : 60 Years by Charles Schulz
* ISBN-13: 9780740785481
* Sales Rank: 210
* Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $75.00
Online price: $45.00
Member price: $40.50
Marvel Encyclopedia 2009 by DK Publishing
* ISBN-13: 9780756655303
* Sales Rank: 240
* Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $40.00
Online price: $26.00
Member price: $23.40
Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid (Tales from the Crypt Series #8) by David Gerrold, Stefan Petrucha, Rob Vollmar, Jim Salicrup, John L. Lansdale
* ISBN-13: 9781597071635
* Sales Rank: 314
* Pub. Date: November 2009
Online price: $7.95
Member price: $7.15
Pokemon : Ultimate Handbook by Cris Silvestri
* ISBN-13: 9780545078863
* Sales Rank: 930
* Pub. Date: October 2008
Online price: $9.99
Member price: $8.99
The Fine Print:
While I am an employee of Barnes & Noble, Inc., the data presented below is general information from the public website. I have not researched any proprietary sales data, nor do I speak in any official capacity for Barnes & Noble. You can do the same thing I am doing, using the bookmarks listed below. (The easiest way: enter “graphic novels” in the search bar at BN.com. On the left side, you will see a frame titled "Browse Graphic Novels". Click on “bestsellers”. The website sorting differs from the sales ranking (probably due to differing algorithms), so scroll through the listing of ten titles. Unlike other searching, where a user can show 100 titles at a time, this screen can only showcase ten. Click on “next” to continue your research.)
I have no knowledge on how sales rankings are calculated. I hypothesize that since the site refreshes periodically throughout the day, that a rolling calculation of sales is performed, where recent sales are weighted more heavily than older sales. Also, sales are in relation to other titles, not a set number of copies sold. The sales rank is sequential. Just as two football teams can be undefeated in a football poll and one may be rated higher than the other, so too are the titles here listed sequentially in relation to everything else. Of course, analysis can only be compared to the titles NOW. Retail sales were difficult last year, and with the media dubbing “Black Friday” as “Grey Friday” this year because of reduced consumer spending, this year will be just as challenging.
I will survey the BN.com website weekly (and daily if possible) and at approximately the same time.
Here are the bookmarks I use to survey results:
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?env=web&endecaid=&visgrp=fiction&bncatid=1133349&cds2Pid=16864&linkid=1511365
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?bncatid=1133350&visgrp=fiction&isendeca=y&Ns=SALESRANK_SORT&sid=65213F09810C&act=M9
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&WRD=comics&SRT=S
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&WRD=comic+strip&SRT=S
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&WRD=comic+books&SRT=S
Friday 11 December 2009
Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #4) by Jeff Kinney
* ISBN-13: 9780810983915
* Sales Rank: 11
* Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $13.95
Online price: $8.37
Member price: $7.53
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set by Jeff Kinney
* ISBN-13: 9781615579181
* Sales Rank: 34
* Pub. Date: December 2009
List price: $52.80
Online price: $34.32
Member price: $30.88
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book by Jeff Kinney
* ISBN-13: 9780810979772
* Sales Rank: 39
* Pub. Date: October 2008
List price: $10.95
Online price: $8.76
Member price: $7.88
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) by Jeff Kinney
* ISBN-13: 9780810993136
* Sales Rank: 69
* Pub. Date: April 2007
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) by Jeff Kinney
* ISBN-13: 9780810970687
* Sales Rank: 84
* Pub. Date: January 2009
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #2) by Jeff Kinney
* ISBN-13: 9780810994737
* Sales Rank: 109
* Pub. Date: February 2008
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
* ISBN-13: 9780393061024
* Sales Rank: 187
* Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $24.95
Online price: $16.21
Member price: $14.58
Celebrating Peanuts : 60 Years by Charles Schulz
* ISBN-13: 9780740785481
* Sales Rank: 210
* Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $75.00
Online price: $45.00
Member price: $40.50
Marvel Encyclopedia 2009 by DK Publishing
* ISBN-13: 9780756655303
* Sales Rank: 240
* Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $40.00
Online price: $26.00
Member price: $23.40
Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid (Tales from the Crypt Series #8) by David Gerrold, Stefan Petrucha, Rob Vollmar, Jim Salicrup, John L. Lansdale
* ISBN-13: 9781597071635
* Sales Rank: 314
* Pub. Date: November 2009
Online price: $7.95
Member price: $7.15
Pokemon : Ultimate Handbook by Cris Silvestri
* ISBN-13: 9780545078863
* Sales Rank: 930
* Pub. Date: October 2008
Online price: $9.99
Member price: $8.99
The Fine Print:
While I am an employee of Barnes & Noble, Inc., the data presented below is general information from the public website. I have not researched any proprietary sales data, nor do I speak in any official capacity for Barnes & Noble. You can do the same thing I am doing, using the bookmarks listed below. (The easiest way: enter “graphic novels” in the search bar at BN.com. On the left side, you will see a frame titled "Browse Graphic Novels". Click on “bestsellers”. The website sorting differs from the sales ranking (probably due to differing algorithms), so scroll through the listing of ten titles. Unlike other searching, where a user can show 100 titles at a time, this screen can only showcase ten. Click on “next” to continue your research.)
I have no knowledge on how sales rankings are calculated. I hypothesize that since the site refreshes periodically throughout the day, that a rolling calculation of sales is performed, where recent sales are weighted more heavily than older sales. Also, sales are in relation to other titles, not a set number of copies sold. The sales rank is sequential. Just as two football teams can be undefeated in a football poll and one may be rated higher than the other, so too are the titles here listed sequentially in relation to everything else. Of course, analysis can only be compared to the titles NOW. Retail sales were difficult last year, and with the media dubbing “Black Friday” as “Grey Friday” this year because of reduced consumer spending, this year will be just as challenging.
I will survey the BN.com website weekly (and daily if possible) and at approximately the same time.
Here are the bookmarks I use to survey results:
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?env=web&endecaid=&visgrp=fiction&bncatid=1133349&cds2Pid=16864&linkid=1511365
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?bncatid=1133350&visgrp=fiction&isendeca=y&Ns=SALESRANK_SORT&sid=65213F09810C&act=M9
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&WRD=comics&SRT=S
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&WRD=comic+strip&SRT=S
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&WRD=comic+books&SRT=S
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
BN.com Graphic Novel and Comics Bestsellers 12.09.2009
Barnes & Noble online
Graphic Novel and Comics Bestsellers
09 December 2009
(Posted via email)
Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #4) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9780810983915
Sales Rank: 6
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $13.95
Online price: $8.37
Member price: $7.53
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13:9781615579181
Sales Rank: 39
Pub. Date:December 2009
List price:$52.80
Online price:$34.32
Member price:$30.88
Celebrating Peanuts : 60 Years by Charles Schulz
ISBN-13: 9780740785481
Sales Rank: 43
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $75.00
Online price: $45.00
Member price: $40.50
The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9780810970687
Sales Rank: 62
Pub. Date: January 2009
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #2) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9780810994737
Sales Rank: 69
Pub. Date: February 2008
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13:9780810993136
Sales Rank: 77
Pub. Date:April 2007
List price:$12.95
Online price:$10.36
Member price:$9.32
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
ISBN-13: 9780393061024
Sales Rank: 155
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $24.95
Online price: $16.21
Member price: $14.58
Marvel Encyclopedia 2009 by DK Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780756655303
Sales Rank: 372
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $40.00
Online price: $26.00
Member price: $23.40
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13:9780810979772
Sales Rank: 500
Pub. Date:October 2008
List price:$10.95
Online price:$8.76
Member price:$7.88
Bone: The Great Cow Race (Bones Series #2), Vol. 2 by Jeff Smith
ISBN-13: 9780439706391
Sales Rank: 806
Pub. Date: July 2005
Online price: $9.99
Member price: $8.99
Bone: Ghost Circles (Bone Series #7) by Jeff Smith
ISBN-13: 9780439706346
Sales Rank: 861
Pub. Date: February 2008
List price: $10.99
Online price: $8.79
Member price: $7.91
Bone: The Dragonslayer (Bone Series #4), Vol. 4 by Jeff Smith
ISBN-13: 9780439706377
Sales Rank: 862
Pub. Date: July 2006
List price: $10.99
Online price: $8.79
Member price: $7.91
FINE PRINT
While I am an employee of Barnes & Noble, I do not speak for them.
These sales rankings are found on the Barnes & Noble public website, using the following bookmarks:
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?env=web&endecaid=&visgrp=fiction&bncatid=1133349&cds2Pid=16864&linkid=1511365
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&SRT=S&WRD=comic%20book
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&SRT=S&WRD=comic%20strip
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?bncatid=1133350&visgrp=fiction&isendeca=y&Ns=SALESRANK_SORT&sid=65213F09810C&act=M9
No proprietary sales data is used in the creation of this list, nor do I have any knowledge as to how the sales rankings are calculated.
Graphic Novel and Comics Bestsellers
09 December 2009
(Posted via email)
Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #4) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9780810983915
Sales Rank: 6
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $13.95
Online price: $8.37
Member price: $7.53
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13:9781615579181
Sales Rank: 39
Pub. Date:December 2009
List price:$52.80
Online price:$34.32
Member price:$30.88
Celebrating Peanuts : 60 Years by Charles Schulz
ISBN-13: 9780740785481
Sales Rank: 43
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $75.00
Online price: $45.00
Member price: $40.50
The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9780810970687
Sales Rank: 62
Pub. Date: January 2009
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #2) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9780810994737
Sales Rank: 69
Pub. Date: February 2008
List price: $12.95
Online price: $10.36
Member price: $9.32
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13:9780810993136
Sales Rank: 77
Pub. Date:April 2007
List price:$12.95
Online price:$10.36
Member price:$9.32
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
ISBN-13: 9780393061024
Sales Rank: 155
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $24.95
Online price: $16.21
Member price: $14.58
Marvel Encyclopedia 2009 by DK Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780756655303
Sales Rank: 372
Pub. Date: October 2009
List price: $40.00
Online price: $26.00
Member price: $23.40
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13:9780810979772
Sales Rank: 500
Pub. Date:October 2008
List price:$10.95
Online price:$8.76
Member price:$7.88
Bone: The Great Cow Race (Bones Series #2), Vol. 2 by Jeff Smith
ISBN-13: 9780439706391
Sales Rank: 806
Pub. Date: July 2005
Online price: $9.99
Member price: $8.99
Bone: Ghost Circles (Bone Series #7) by Jeff Smith
ISBN-13: 9780439706346
Sales Rank: 861
Pub. Date: February 2008
List price: $10.99
Online price: $8.79
Member price: $7.91
Bone: The Dragonslayer (Bone Series #4), Vol. 4 by Jeff Smith
ISBN-13: 9780439706377
Sales Rank: 862
Pub. Date: July 2006
List price: $10.99
Online price: $8.79
Member price: $7.91
FINE PRINT
While I am an employee of Barnes & Noble, I do not speak for them.
These sales rankings are found on the Barnes & Noble public website, using the following bookmarks:
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?env=web&endecaid=&visgrp=fiction&bncatid=1133349&cds2Pid=16864&linkid=1511365
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&SRT=S&WRD=comic%20book
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&SRT=S&WRD=comic%20strip
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?bncatid=1133350&visgrp=fiction&isendeca=y&Ns=SALESRANK_SORT&sid=65213F09810C&act=M9
No proprietary sales data is used in the creation of this list, nor do I have any knowledge as to how the sales rankings are calculated.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Barnes & Noble Top 1000 Graphic Novels and Comics Bestsellers
Sunday 06 December 2009 5:45 PM
As of approximately 17:45 EST, 06 December 2009, the following titles were among the top 1000 titles as calculated by www.BarnesAndNoble.com.
Last year's analysis can be found here.
The Rankings:
ISBN-13: 9780810970687
55. Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #2) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9780810994737
409. Marvel Encyclopedia 2009 by DK Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780756655303
List price: $40.00
Online price: $23.40
Sunday 06 December 2009 5:45 PM
As of approximately 17:45 EST, 06 December 2009, the following titles were among the top 1000 titles as calculated by www.BarnesAndNoble.com.
Last year's analysis can be found here.
The Rankings:
ISBN-13: 9780810983915
37. The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
ISBN-13: 9780393061024
39. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) by Jeff Kinney
ISBN-13: 9780810993136
42. The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) by Jeff Kinney
List price: $13.95
Online price: $7.53
37. The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
ISBN-13: 9780393061024
List price :$24.95
Online price: $14.58
ISBN-13: 9780810993136
List price: $12.95
Online price: $9.32
ISBN-13: 9780810970687
$12.95 List price: $12.95
$10.36 Online price: $9.32
ISBN-13: 9780810994737
List price: $12.95
Online price: $9.32
ISBN-13: 9780756655303
List price: $40.00
Online price: $23.40
464. Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell
ISBN-13: 9780316114882
Also Available in
eBook
List price: $14.99
ISBN-13: 9780316114882
Also Available in
eBookList price: $14.99
Online price: $10.79
1679. Maximum Ride, Volume 2 Manga by James Patterson, NaRae Lee (Illustrator) , NaRae Lee (Adapted by)
ISBN-13: 9780759529687
List price: $10.99
Sales Rank: 2,228
List price: $39.99
List price: $75.00
Online price: $40.50
916. Warriors Manga Box Set: Graystripe's Adventure (Warriors Series) by Erin Hunter
ISBN-13: 9780061782282
Dropped titles from last week:
1384. The Zombie Survival Guide : Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks, Ibraim Roberson (Illustrator)
ISBN-13: 9780307405777
List price: $17.00
ISBN-13: 9781596914520
ISBN-13: 9780740748479
List price: $150.00
Online price: $87.75
916. Warriors Manga Box Set: Graystripe's Adventure (Warriors Series) by Erin Hunter
ISBN-13: 9780061782282
List price: $16.99
Online price: $9.93
Dropped titles from last week:
NA. Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid (Tales from the Crypt Series #8) by David Gerrold, Stefan Petrucha, Rob Vollmar, Jim Salicrup, John L. Lansdale
[Currently sold out in paperback AND hardcover at BN.com, therefore no sales ranking. Congrats to Papercutz!]1384. The Zombie Survival Guide : Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks, Ibraim Roberson (Illustrator)
ISBN-13: 9780307405777
List price: $17.00
Online price: $12.24
1493. Logicomix : An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Alecos Papadatos (Illustrator), Annie Di Donna(Illustrator)List price: $22.95
Online price: $16.52
1679. Maximum Ride, Volume 2 Manga by James Patterson, NaRae Lee (Illustrator) , NaRae Lee (Adapted by)
ISBN-13: 9780759529687
List price: $10.99
Online price: $7.91
ISBN-13: 9781600105319
Sales Rank: 2,228
List price: $39.99
Online price: $28.79
2235. Vampire Knight, Volume 8 by Matsuri Hino
ISBN-13: 9781421530734
2235. Vampire Knight, Volume 8 by Matsuri Hino
ISBN-13: 9781421530734
List price: $9.99
Online price: $8.99
3064. Batman : The Killing Joke by Alan Moore, Brian Bolland (Illustrator) , Richard Starkings
ISBN-13: 9781401216672
List price: $17.99
Analysis:
The Gift of Nothing, a delightful gift book, makes an appearance. Featuring characters from Patrick McDonnell's comic strip Mutts, it is more of a picture book than a graphic novel, but why quibble?
The Warriors Box Set is a nice marketing technique. By packaging previously published volumes into a set, HarperCollins/Tokyopop manages to sell a "gift book" without having to design or publish a new edition. At the sales price of $9.93, more than half off the cover price of the three separate volumes, it costs the same as a regular manga volume.
Not much else is surprising, although Wimpy Kid rockets up to number 7.
The Fine Print:
While I am an employee of Barnes & Noble, Inc., the data presented below is general information from the public website. I have not researched any proprietary sales data, nor do I speak in any official capacity for Barnes & Noble. You can do the same thing I am doing, using the bookmarks listed below. (The easiest way: enter “graphic novels” in the search bar at BN.com. On the left side, you will see a frame titled "Browse Graphic Novels". Click on “bestsellers”. The website sorting differs from the sales ranking (probably due to differing algorithms), so scroll through the listing of ten titles. Unlike other searching, where a user can show 100 titles at a time, this screen can only showcase ten. Click on “next” to continue your research.)
I have no knowledge on how sales rankings are calculated. I hypothesize that since the site refreshes periodically throughout the day, that a rolling calculation of sales is performed, where recent sales are weighted more heavily than older sales. Also, sales are in relation to other titles, not a set number of copies sold. The sales rank is sequential. Just as two football teams can be undefeated in a football poll and one may be rated higher than the other, so too are the titles here listed sequentially in relation to everything else. Of course, analysis can only be compared to the titles NOW. Retail sales were difficult last year, and with the media dubbing “Black Friday” as “Grey Friday” this year because of reduced consumer spending, this year will be just as challenging.
I will survey the BN.com website weekly and at approximately the same time.
Here are the bookmarks I use to survey results:
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?env=web&endecaid=&visgrp=fiction&bncatid=1133349&cds2Pid=16864&linkid=1511365
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?bncatid=1133350&visgrp=fiction&isendeca=y&Ns=SALESRANK_SORT&sid=65213F09810C&act=M9
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&WRD=comics&SRT=S
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&WRD=comic+strip&SRT=S
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&WRD=comic+books&SRT=S
3064. Batman : The Killing Joke by Alan Moore, Brian Bolland (Illustrator) , Richard Starkings
ISBN-13: 9781401216672
List price: $17.99
Online price: $12.95
Analysis:
The Gift of Nothing, a delightful gift book, makes an appearance. Featuring characters from Patrick McDonnell's comic strip Mutts, it is more of a picture book than a graphic novel, but why quibble?
The Warriors Box Set is a nice marketing technique. By packaging previously published volumes into a set, HarperCollins/Tokyopop manages to sell a "gift book" without having to design or publish a new edition. At the sales price of $9.93, more than half off the cover price of the three separate volumes, it costs the same as a regular manga volume.
Not much else is surprising, although Wimpy Kid rockets up to number 7.
The Fine Print:
While I am an employee of Barnes & Noble, Inc., the data presented below is general information from the public website. I have not researched any proprietary sales data, nor do I speak in any official capacity for Barnes & Noble. You can do the same thing I am doing, using the bookmarks listed below. (The easiest way: enter “graphic novels” in the search bar at BN.com. On the left side, you will see a frame titled "Browse Graphic Novels". Click on “bestsellers”. The website sorting differs from the sales ranking (probably due to differing algorithms), so scroll through the listing of ten titles. Unlike other searching, where a user can show 100 titles at a time, this screen can only showcase ten. Click on “next” to continue your research.)
I have no knowledge on how sales rankings are calculated. I hypothesize that since the site refreshes periodically throughout the day, that a rolling calculation of sales is performed, where recent sales are weighted more heavily than older sales. Also, sales are in relation to other titles, not a set number of copies sold. The sales rank is sequential. Just as two football teams can be undefeated in a football poll and one may be rated higher than the other, so too are the titles here listed sequentially in relation to everything else. Of course, analysis can only be compared to the titles NOW. Retail sales were difficult last year, and with the media dubbing “Black Friday” as “Grey Friday” this year because of reduced consumer spending, this year will be just as challenging.
I will survey the BN.com website weekly and at approximately the same time.
Here are the bookmarks I use to survey results:
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?env=web&endecaid=&visgrp=fiction&bncatid=1133349&cds2Pid=16864&linkid=1511365
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?bncatid=1133350&visgrp=fiction&isendeca=y&Ns=SALESRANK_SORT&sid=65213F09810C&act=M9
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&WRD=comics&SRT=S
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&WRD=comic+strip&SRT=S
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?SZE=100&WRD=comic+books&SRT=S
Saturday, September 26, 2009
I'll Be On My Way...
[Q| It's been more than a month since my last post, and realize I need an entry for September.
So... I am on the 7 AM Bolt Bus ($19) to DC. We just entered the Lincoln Tunnel, and should arrive in my nation's capital in 4.5 hours.
I booked the 7:30 bus, but they let me on early. (Just left the tunnel, on the helix.) Found an aisle seat, fourth row back, the window seat occupied by an attractive brunette who I will politely not bother.
So... why D.C.? Isn't the (toll plaza) New York Anime Festival this weekend? Yes, it is, but the Small Press Expo is also this weekend. I missed MoCCA Fest this year (was in Italy), I haven't been in years, and I'm not that big a fan of anime. $38 for the bus, $33 for a bed at the youth hostel, and payday yesterday makes it all possible. (Exit 15E)
I bought The Year's Best American Comics 2009 yesterday, and read a few selections... I dunno... I like the series, am glad it exists, but so much is just...blah. I love good comics, but these stories just don't resonate. Maybe I never developed that literary criticism skill. (Exit 13A) Maybe I like more story, more plot.
No corporate comics in this volume. Not even in the Honorary Mentions. (The book is not on the bus, so I may be mistaken.) No Minx, and I wonder if many "Best of" stories made the book. And how many award winners?
R. Crumb's The Book of Genesis is engaging, and, well, reverent towards the source material. He does include the genealogies, I think partly because the Bible does, and he needs to pad the book. The naughty bits are tastefully rendered with the occasional breast, and Crumb practices his trademark pulchritude with a bit of restraint. I have read up to the death of Sarah, and learned some things not usually covered in Bible study.
Will Crumb do more? Uncertain. I do hope he will at least adapt specific stories, as his everyday style and storytelling talent is ideally suited to the subject matter. (buffer reached, just passed Milboro water tower)
So... I am on the 7 AM Bolt Bus ($19) to DC. We just entered the Lincoln Tunnel, and should arrive in my nation's capital in 4.5 hours.
I booked the 7:30 bus, but they let me on early. (Just left the tunnel, on the helix.) Found an aisle seat, fourth row back, the window seat occupied by an attractive brunette who I will politely not bother.
So... why D.C.? Isn't the (toll plaza) New York Anime Festival this weekend? Yes, it is, but the Small Press Expo is also this weekend. I missed MoCCA Fest this year (was in Italy), I haven't been in years, and I'm not that big a fan of anime. $38 for the bus, $33 for a bed at the youth hostel, and payday yesterday makes it all possible. (Exit 15E)
I bought The Year's Best American Comics 2009 yesterday, and read a few selections... I dunno... I like the series, am glad it exists, but so much is just...blah. I love good comics, but these stories just don't resonate. Maybe I never developed that literary criticism skill. (Exit 13A) Maybe I like more story, more plot.
No corporate comics in this volume. Not even in the Honorary Mentions. (The book is not on the bus, so I may be mistaken.) No Minx, and I wonder if many "Best of" stories made the book. And how many award winners?
R. Crumb's The Book of Genesis is engaging, and, well, reverent towards the source material. He does include the genealogies, I think partly because the Bible does, and he needs to pad the book. The naughty bits are tastefully rendered with the occasional breast, and Crumb practices his trademark pulchritude with a bit of restraint. I have read up to the death of Sarah, and learned some things not usually covered in Bible study.
Will Crumb do more? Uncertain. I do hope he will at least adapt specific stories, as his everyday style and storytelling talent is ideally suited to the subject matter. (buffer reached, just passed Milboro water tower)
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