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Snapshot: May 1 2013

May 1, 2013

Snapshot: May 1 2013

I generally run this information through eReaderIQ.com (it’s just easier than Amazon), and there are some vagaries in the searches (both there and on Amazon). I do try to run it the same way every time, so unless Amazon changes something, it should give you a pretty good idea. NOTE: I’ve changed this explanation from saying “Jungle-Search.com” to “eReaderIQ.com”. It’s the same people and I assume the results are the same. eReaderIQ is just for the Kindle, Jungle-Search does Amazon generally. eReaderIQ has a slightly better interface for the searches.

Titles in Kindle Store

May 1, 2013: 1,940,274
April 1, 2013: 1,924,138
March 1, 2013: 1,913,164
February 1, 2013: 1,849,479
January 1, 2013: 1,805,001
December 1, 2012: 1,742,991
November 1, 2012: 1,641,362
October 1, 2012: 1,579,329
September 1, 2012: 1,531,069
August 1, 2012: 1,486,649
July 1, 2012: 1,451,504
June 1, 2012: 1,407,210
May 1, 2012: 1,358,922
April 1, 2012: 1,315,927
March 1, 2012: 1,265,632
February 1, 2012: 1,207,522
January 1, 2012: 1,165,654
December 1, 2011: 1,112,876
November 1, 2011: 1,058,635
October 1, 2011: 1,033,611
September 1, 2011: 995,265 (roughly 40,000 removed one day: PLR?)
August 1, 2011: 1,015,056
July 1, 2011: 980,434
June 1, 2011: 974,841
May 1, 2011: 937,831
April 1, 2011: 897,663
March 1, 2011: 868,351
February 1, 2011: 828,708
January 1, 2011: 796,131
December 1, 2010: 768,865
November 1, 2010: 743,692
October 1, 2010: 714, 663
September 1, 2010: 687,246
August 1, 2010: 659,479
July 1 2010: 627,343
June 1 2010: 596,300
May 1 2010: 509,229
April 1 2010: 476,653
March 1 2010: 450,625
February 1 2010: 415,100
January 1 2010: 401,773
December 1 2009: 385,484
November 1 2009: 368,813
October 1 2009: 342,865
September 21 2009: 355,805
July 28 2009: 332,813
May 16 2009: 284,491

Approximate average of titles added per day:

May 1, 2013: 538
April 1, 2013: 354
March 1, 2013: 2,274
February 1, 2013: 1,435
January 1, 2013: 2,000
December 1, 2012: 3,388
November 1, 2012: 2,001
October 1, 2012: 1,609
September 1, 2012: 1,433
August 1, 2012: 1,134
July 1, 2012: 1,476
June 1, 2012: 1,558
May 1, 2012: 1,433
April 1, 2012: 1,622
March 1, 2012: 2,004
February 1, 2012: 1,351
January 1, 2012: 1,703
December 1, 2011: 1,808
November 1, 2011: 807
October 1, 2011: 1,278
September 1, 2011: -638
August 1, 2011: 1,117
July 1, 2011: 186
June 1, 2011: 1,194
May 1, 2011: 1,339
April 1, 2011: 946
March 1, 2011: 1,416 (corrected from last post)
February 1, 2011: 1,051
Taken January 1, 2011: 880 (average for December 2010)
December: 839
November: 968
October: 914
September: 896
August: 1,037
July: 1,035
May: 2,809 (may be affected by Penguin return)
April: 1,086
March: 840
February: 1,146
January: 430 (may be impacted by Macmillan removal)
December 2009: 525
November: 556
October: 837

Magazines:

May 1, 2013: 620
April 1, 2013: 609
March 1, 2013: 605
February 1, 2013: 601
January 1, 2013: 586
December 1, 2012: 573
November 1, 2012: 567
October 1, 2012: 558
September 1, 2012: 547
August 1, 2012: 510
July 1, 2012: 497
June 1, 2012: 476
May 1, 2012: 469
April 1, 2012: 453
March 1, 2012: 430
February 1, 2012: 409
January 1, 2012: 370
December 1, 2011: 340
November 1, 2011: 132
October 1, 2011: 129
September 1, 2011: 127
August 1, 2011: 119
July 1, 2011: 115
June 1, 2011: 110
May 1, 2011: 93
April 1, 2011: 86
March 1, 2011: 81
February 1, 2011: 80
January 1, 2011: 74
December 1, 2010: 83
November 1, 2010: 84
October 1, 2010: 80
September 1. 2010: 70
August 1, 2010: 64
July 1, 2010: 61
June 1, 2010: 60
May 1, 2010: 58
April 1, 2010: 53
March 1, 2010: 50
February 1, 2010: 46
January 1, 2010: 43
December 1, 2009: 40
November 1, 2009: 38

Newspapers:

May 1, 2013: 185
April 1, 2013: 181
March 1, 2013: 198
February 1, 2013: 201
January 1, 2013: 200
December 1, 2012: 198
November 1, 2012: 202
October 1, 2012: 200
September 1, 2012: 201
August 1, 2012: 204
July 1, 2012: 201
June 1, 2012: 199
May 1, 2012: 195
April 1, 2012: 194
March 1, 2012: 193
February 1, 2012: 190
January 1, 2012: 188
December 1, 2011: 211
November 1, 2011: 191
October 1, 2011: 184
September 1, 2011: 177
August 1, 2011: 176
July 1, 2011: 176
June 1, 2011: 169
May 1, 2011: 167
April 1, 2011: 164
March 1, 2011: 161
February 1, 2011: 156
January 1, 2011: 153
December 1, 2010: 148
November 1, 2010: 145
October 1, 2010: 144
September 1, 2010: 138
August 1, 2010: 135
July 1, 2010: 136
June 1, 2010: 133
May 1, 2010: 128
April 1, 2010: 118
March 1, 2010: 107
February 1, 2010: 93
January 1, 2010: 89
December 1, 2009: 76
November 1, 2009: 58

Blogs:

May 1, 2013: 14,552
April 1, 2013: 14,234
March 1, 2013: 13,870
February 1, 2013: 13,461
January 1, 2013: 13,110
December 1, 2012: 13,559
November 1, 2012: 13,178
October 1, 2012: 12,908
September 1, 2012: 12,417
August 1, 2012: 12,087
July 1, 2012: 12,759
June 1, 2012: 12,680
May 1, 2012: 12,914
April 1, 2012: 13,295
March 1, 2012: 13,038
February 1, 2012: 13,984
January 1, 2012: 13,571
December 1, 2011: 13,178
November 1, 2011: 14,286
October 1, 2011: 15,116
September 1, 2011: 14,801
August 1, 2011: 14,477
July 1, 2011: 14,053
June 1, 2011: 13,616
May 1, 2011: 12,901
April 1, 2011: 12,502
March 1, 2011: 12,080
February 1, 2011: 11,355
January 1, 2011: 11,087
December 1, 2010: 10,585
November 1, 2010: 10,255
October 1, 2010: 10,056
September 1, 2010: 10,036
August 1, 2010: 9,716
July 1, 2010: 9,429
June 1, 2010: 9,228
May 1, 2010: 9,094
April 1, 2010: 8,944
March 1, 2010: 8,754
February 1, 2010: 8,651
January 1, 2010: 7992
December 1, 2009: 7589
November 1, 2009: 7365

Percentage of books priced from one penny to $50 that are under ten dollars

April (taken May 1, 2013): 87.8% (1,582,685 of 1,801,844)
March (taken April 1, 2013): 88.1% (1,573,845 of 1,785,986)
February (taken March 1, 2013): 88.4% (1,564,429 of 1,770,452)
January (taken February 1, 2013): 89.6% (1,534,604 of 1,713,256)
December (taken January 1, 2013): 89.9% (1,502,267 of 1,671,220)
November (taken December 1): 89.8% (1,451,437 of 1,615,716)
October (taken November 1): 90.0% (1,371,227 of 1,522,810)
September (taken October 1): 90.1% (1,322,272 of 1,466,890)
August (taken September 1): 90.0% (1,278,733 of 1,421,168)
July (taken August 1): 89.9% (1,240,642 of 1,379,399)
June (taken (July 1): 89.7% (1,204,888 of 1,343,776)
May (taken June 1): 89.8% (1,1174,668 of 1,308,331)
April (taken May 1): 89.9% (1,113,793 of 1,261,606)
March (taken April 1): 89.6% (1,089,619 of 1,215,625)
February (taken March 1): 89.7% (1,044,889 of 1,165,368)
January (taken February 1): 89.4% (994,448 of 1,112,467)
December (taken January 1): 89.0% (955,187 of 1,073,539)
November (taken December 1): 88.8% (907,647 of 1,021,647)
October (taken November 1): 88.7% (859,492 of 968,948)
September (taken October 1): 88.6% (835,590 of 943,545)
August (taken September 1): 88.4% (803,271 of 908,602)
July (taken August 1): 89.1% (829,823 of 931,713)
June (taken July 1): 89.2% (801,631 of 898,735)
May (taken June 1): 89.4% (799,845 of 895,091)
April (taken May 1): 89.2% (769,798 of 862,970)
March (taken April 1): 88.9% (739,192 of 831,867)
February (taken March 1): 92.4% (752,043 of 814,009)
January (taken February 1): 88.9% (692,840 of 779,683)
December (taken January 1): 88.8% (663,315 of 746,963)
November (taken December 1): 88.8% (639,676 of 720,179)
October: (taken November 1): 88.8% (617,133 of 695,278)
September (taken October 1): 93.0% (589,877 of 634,375)
August: 88.2% (565,260 of 640,936)
July: 87.7% (522,046 of 595,370)
June: 87.1% (479,793 of 563,436)
May: 86.8% (462,359 of 532,646)
April: 84.8% (377,624 of 445,421)
March: 83.9% (413,302 of 346,665)
February: 84.2% (328,597 of 390,178)
January: 83.4% (295,634 of 354,499)
December: 83.1% (283,497 of 341,112)
November: 82.8% (268,366 of 324,230)
October: 82.2% (252,511 of 307,241)
September: 82.0% (239,666 of 292318)
August: 83.2% (245,524 of 295,210)

Percentage of books with a publication date of the previous month priced from one penny to $50 that are under ten dollars

Books for April: 93.3% (53,929 of 57,818)
Books for March: 94.5% (53,632 of 56,758)
Books for February: 94.0% (48,876 of 52,015)
Books for January: 93.8% (50,100 of 53,418)
Books for December: 95.7% (49,147 of 51,337)
Books for November: 93.3% (47,702 of 51,103)
Books for October: 93.5% (48,869 of 52,243)
Books for September: 95.0% (52,571 of 49,491)
Books for August: 94.9% (45,180 of 47,593)
Books for July: 95.2% (46,712 of 49,072)
Books for June: 90.8% (50,056 of 55,143)
Books for May: 93.8% (44,463 of 47,396)
Books for April: 96.6% (45,211 of 46,800)
Books for March: 95.6% (48,578 of 50,788)
Books for February: 97.1% (51,180 of 52,734)
Books for January 2012: 96.9% (49,134 of 50,703)
Books for December: 96.8% (46,619 or 48,151)
Books for November: 96.0% (41,067 of 42,678)
Books for October: 96.2% (37,305 of 38,792)
Books for September 96.1% (33,889 of 35,254)
Books for August: 95.8% (37,440 of 39,100)
Books for July: 96.7% (42,922 of 44,400)
Books for June: 96.4% (45,332 of 47,018)
Books for May: 96.9% (51,840 of 53,484)
Books for April: 96.2% (42,795 of 44,464)
Books for March: 96.1% (38,961 of 40,558)
Books for February: 94.7% (32,379 of 34,206)
Books for January: 95.9% (29,010 of 30,260)
Books for December, 2010: 95.2% (23,419 of 24,593)
Books for November: 96.4% (28,189 of 29.251)
Books for October: 94.6% (22,005 of 23,268)
Books for September: 94.7% (22,338 of 23,592)
Books for August: 95.6% (24,514 of 25,638)
Books for July: 95.3% (24,375 of 25,579)
Books for June: 94.9% (21,774 of 22,945)
Books for May: 94.9% (24,436 of 25,737)
Books for April: 95.9% (23,695 of 24,714)
Books for March: 96.0% (23,703 of 24,699)
Books for February: 96.5% (26,850 of 27,815)
Books for January: 93.3% (11,857 of 12,704)
Books for December: 90.6% (8,948 of 9,879)
Books for November: 94.1% (11,520 of 12,239)
Books for October: 91.2% (6,789 of 7,445)
Books for September: 91.0% (5,104 of 5,608)
Books for August: 96.4% (20,239 of 21,079)

Books in the Seventy Percent Royalty Range ($2.99 – $9.99)

May 1, 2013: 65.0% (1,261,991 of 1,940,274)
April 1, 2013: 65.7% (1,264,685 of 1,924,138)
March 1, 2013: 66.2% (1,265,680 of 1,913,164)
February 1, 2013: 67.4% (1,247,401 of 1,849,479)
January 1, 2013: 67.8% (1,224,368 of 1,805,001)
December 1, 2012: 67.9% (1,183,346 of 1,742,991)
November 1, 2012: 64.7% (1,061,871 of 1,641,362)
October 1, 2012: 61.4% (969,791 of 1,579,329)
September 1, 2012: 60.4% (924,771 of 1,531,069)
August 1, 2012: 59.4% (883,612 of 1,486,649)
July 1: 61.3% (890,148 of 1,451,504)
June 1: 62.1% (874,145 of 1,407,210)
May 1: 62.6% (850,030 of 1,358,922)
April 1: 66.8% (812,423 of 1,215,625)
March 1: 61.1% (773,783 of 1,265,632)
February 1: 60.5% (731,051 of 1,207,522)
January 1, 2012: 61.6% (718,191 of 1,165,654)
December 1: 62.5% (694,766 of 1,112,876)
November 1: 61.8% (653,971 of 1,058,635)
October 1: 64.6% (667,521 of 1,033,611)
September 1: 65.8% (654,521 of 995,265)
August 1: 66.8% (677,646 of 1,015,056)
July 1: 63.5% (622,648 of 980,434)
June 1: 65.8% (641,867 of 974,841)
May 1: 67.4% (631,871 of 937,831)
April 1: 67.5% (606,223 of 897,663)
March 1: 68.2% (592,077 of 868,351)
February 1: 67.7% (561,035 of 828,708)
January 1: 66.8% (532,092 of 796,131)
December 1, 2010: 66.9% (514,086 of 768,865)
November 1: 66.7% (493,644 of 743,692)
October 1: 68.2% (487,833 of 714,863)
September 1: 66% (453,408 of 687,246)
August 1: 58% (382,691 of 659,479)
July 1: 57.3% (359,361 of 627,343)
June 1: 57.1% (340,379 of 596,300)
May 1: 51.4% (261,869 of 509,229)
April 1: 51.1% (243,718 of 476,653)
March 1: 52.5% (236,418 of 450,625)
February 1: 50.8% (210,978 of 415,100)

Books from one penny to $2.98

May 1, 2013: 16.9% (326,947 of 1,940,274)
April 1, 2013: 16.4% (315,280 of 1,924,138)
March 1, 2013: 15.9% (304,800 of 1,913,164)
February 1, 2013: 15.8% (293,041 of 1,849,479)
January 1, 2013: 15.7% (283,545 of 1,805,001)
December 1, 2012: 15.5% (270,520 of 1,742,991)
November 1, 2012: 19.2% (315,137 of 1,641,362)
October 1, 2012: 22.7% (358,015 of 1,579,329)
September 1, 2012: 23.5% (359,257 of 1,531,069)
August 1, 2012: 24.3% (361,675 of 1,486,649)
July 1: 22.0% (319,951 of 1,451,504)
June 1: 21.7% (305,794 of 1,407,210)
May 1: 21.3% (288,796 of 1,368,922)
April 1: 23.2% (282,254 of 1,215,625)
March 1: 21.8% (275,556 of 1,265,632)
February 1: 22.2% (268,203 of 1,207,522)
January 1, 2012: 20.7% (241,553 of 1,165,654)
December 1: 19.5% (217,026 of 1,112,876)
November 1: 19.8% (209,435 of 1,058,635)
October 1: 16.7% (172,745 of 1,033,611)
September 1: 15.5% (153,891 of 995,265)
August 1: 15.6% (158,010 of 1,015,056)
July 1: 18.9% (185,041 of 980,434)
June 1: 17.0% (165,687 of 974,841)
May 1: 15.6% (146,540 of 937,831)
April 1: 16.2% (145,638 of 897,863)
March 1: 16.9% (147,076 of 868,351)
February 1: 18.1% (149,809 of 828,708)
January 1: 18.7% (148,681 of 796,131)
December 1, 2010: 18.5% (142,549 of 768,865)
November 1: 18.4% (136,964 of 743,692)
October 1: 17.9% (127,830 of 714,863)
September 1: 18.5% (127,165 of 687,246)
August 1: 21.1% (139,277 of 659,479)
July 1: 21% (131,432 of 627,343)
June 1: 20.5% (121,981 of 596,300)
May 1: 22.7% (115,756 of 509,229)
April 1: 21.6% (102,948 of 476,653)
March 1: 20.5% (92,180 of 450,625)
February 1: 20.4% (84,721 of 415,100)

Price Point Analysis of New York Times Hardback Fiction Equivalents

May 1, 2013:

12.99 10.99 12.74 12.99 7.99 12.99 10.99 12.99 12.99 12.99
12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 10.99 10.99 12.99 7.49 14.99 12.59

Average: $12.23

April 1, 2013:

12.74 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 9.45
11.99 14.99 14.99 9.68 12.99 12.99 12.99 9.78 11.04 10.67

Average: $12.36

March 1, 2013:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 N/A 10.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99
12.74 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99

Average: $12.92

February 1, 2013:

N/A 12.99 12.74 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.04 12.99

9.99 8.00 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 13.59

Average: $12.38

January 1, 2013:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.04 11.04 12.74 11.43 12.74 12.99

11.99 9.99 12.99 7.50 12.99 8.00 19.99 13.49 13.99 14.99

Average: 12.49

December 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 11.99

12.99 12.99 19.99 9.50 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.22

November 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 19.99 12.99 9.50 12.99

11.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 13.99 14.99 12.80 11.99 12.99

Average: $13.26

October 1, 2012:

19.99 12.99 12.99 9.50 12.99 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 11.99 9.45 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $12.84

September 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 9.99 14.99 12.99 14.99 1.99

Average: $12.49

August 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

July 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 14.99 12.99 12.99

Average: 13.29

June 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99

12.99 9.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 14.99

Average: $12.94

May 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

April 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

14.99* 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 11.9912.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.14

March 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99* 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

9.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

$13.04

February 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99* 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

* There was also an enhanced audio/visual version of this book for $16.99. I chose to enter it here only in the standard version, since that most closely represents the comparison between paper and e-book versions. It isn’t necessary to pay $16.99: it’s an additional payment for more features

January 1, 2012

Average: $13.14

December 1, 2011

Average: $12.40

November 1, 2011:

Average: $12.45

October 1, 2011:

Avg: $13.09

September 1, 2011:

Avg: 12.99

August 1, 2011:

Avg $13.29

July 1, 2011

Avg $13.09

June 1, 2011

Avg: $12.81

May 1, 2011

Average: $12.84

April 1, 2011

Average: $12.69

March 1, 2011

Average: $12.83

February 1, 2011

Average: $12.25
Agency Model average: $12.86
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

January 1, 2011

Average: $12.52

Agency Model: $12.99

Non-Agency: $9.99

December 1, 2010:

Average: $12.78
Agency Model average: $13.52
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

November 1, 2010:

Average: $12.83
Agency Model average: $13.59
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

October 1, 2010:

Average: $12.38
Agency Model average: $12.79
Non-Agency Model average: $10.87

September 1, 2010:

Average: $12.52
Agency Model average $12.99
Non-Agency Model average $9.99

Textbooks in the Kindle Store

May 1, 2013: 27,110
April 1, 2013: 26,35
March 1, 2013: 26,100
February 1, 2013: 25,000
January 1, 2013: 23,256
December 1, 2012: 21,507
November 1, 2012: 19,796
October 1, 2012: 19,095
September 1, 2012: 18,369
August 1, 2012: 17,756
July 1, 2012: 24,629
June 1, 2012: 15,581
May 1, 2012: 14,868
April 1, 2012: 16,509
March 1, 2012: 15,434
February 1, 2012: 14,827
January 1, 2012: 13,828
December 1, 2011: 13,396
November 1, 2011: 13,131
October 1, 2011: 12,788
September 1, 2011: 11,966
August 1, 2011: 10,316
July 1, 2011: 9,852
June 1, 2011: 9,442
May 1, 2011: 9,193
April 1, 2011: 8,952
March 1, 2011: 8,633
February 1, 2011: 8,342
January 1, 2011: 7,926
December 1, 2010: 7,637
November 1, 2010: 7,355
October 1, 2010: 7, 162
September 1, 2010: 6,831
August 1, 2010: 6,661
July 1, 2010: 6,481
June 1, 2010: 6,249
May 1, 2010: 6,117
April 1, 2010: 5,973
March 1, 2010: 5,728
February 1, 2010: 5,673
January 1, 2010: 5,549
December 1, 2009: 4,892
November 1, 2009: 4,768
October 1, 2009: 4,633
September 24, 2009: 4,678
August 11, 2009: 4,381

Free books (including public domain)

May 1, 2013: 54,033
April 1, 2013: 55,670
March 1, 2013: 54,946
February 1, 2013: 54,567
January 1, 2013: 54,538
December 1, 2012: 50,869
November 1, 2012: 50,938
October 1, 2012: 50,982
September 1, 2012: 52,601
August 1, 2012: 51,680
July 1: 53,728
June 1: 50,470
May 1: 48,904
April 1: 49,826
March 1: 51,860
February 1: 48,207
January 1, 2012: 46,201
December 1: 43,757
November 1: 42,657
October 1, 2011: 42,710
September 1, 2011: 39,540
August 1, 2011: 38,936
July 1, 2011: 38,627
June 1, 2011: 37,415
May 1, 2011: 36,481
April 1, 2011: 33,469
March 1, 2011: 15,931
February 1, 2011: 15,947
January 1, 2011: 16,758
December 1, 2010: 16,708
November 1, 2010: 16,703
October 1, 2010: 16,702
September 1, 2010: 16,726
August 1, 2010: 20,634
July 1, 2010: 20,628
June 1, 2010: 20,590
May 1, 2010: 20,601
April 1, 2010: 20,619
March 1, 2010: 20,143
February 1, 2010: 19788
January 1, 2010: 19,802
December 1, 2009: 19,895
November 1, 2009: 18,547
October 1, 2009: 7,428
February 28, 2009: 7,401

Free books (without public domain)

May 1, 2013: 7,807
April 1, 2013: 7,761
March 1, 2013: 7,710
February 1, 2013: 7,404
January 1, 2013: 7,261
December 1, 2012: 7,089
November 1, 2012: 7,186
October 1, 2012: 7,259
September 1, 2012: 8,701
August 1, 2012: 7,829
July 1, 2012: 9,660
June 1, 2012: 6,715
May 1, 2012: 5,195
April 1, 2012: 5,622
March 1, 2012: 8,356
February 1, 2012: 6,109
January 1, 2012: 4,102
December 1, 2011: 2,007
November 1, 2011: 1,681
October 1, 2011: 1,449
September 1, 2011: 1,283
August 1, 2011: 1,046
July 1, 2011: 883
June 1, 2011: 707
May 1, 2011: 20,984
April 1, 2011: 17,832
March 1, 2011: 241
February 1, 2011: 240
January 1, 2011: 230
December 1, 2010: 183
November 1, 2010: 171
October 1, 2010: 161
September 1, 2010: 143
August 1, 2010: 621 (125 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
July 1, 2010: 599 (102 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
June 1, 2010: 559 (63 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
May 1, 2010: 556 (57 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
April 1, 2010: 560 (59 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
March 1, 2010: 67
February 1, 2010: 52
January 1, 2010: 53
December 1, 2009: 84
November 1, 2009: 64
October 1, 2009: 67

Spanish edition books*

May 1, 2013: 63,842
April 1, 2013: 61,264
March 1, 2013: 54,839
February 1, 2013: 52,638
January 1, 2013: 51,302
December 1, 2012: 48,905
November 1, 2012: 46,790
October 1, 2012: 44,232
September 1, 2012: 41,659
August 1, 2012: 40,214
July 1, 2012: 38,684
June 1, 2012: 36,891
May 1, 2012: 34,308
April 1, 2012: 32,157
March 1, 2012: 29,480
February 1, 2012: 22,834
January 1, 2012: 22,492
December 1, 2011: 19,928
November 1, 2011: 15,758
October 1, 2011: 16,874
September 1, 2011: 14,805
August 1, 2011: 11,383
July 1, 2011: 10,552
June 1, 2011: 9,917
May 1, 2011: 9,251
April 1, 2011: 8,362
March 1, 2011: 9,244
February 1, 2011: 8,608
January 1, 2011: 8.045
December 1, 2010: 5,839
November 1, 2010: 5,286
October 1, 2010: 4,982
September 1, 2010: 4,723
August 1, 2010: 4,623
July 1, 2010: 4,398
June 1, 2010: 4,078
May 1, 2010: 3,735
April 1, 2010: 3,383
March 1, 2010: 2,841
February 1, 2010: 2,548
January 1, 2010: 2,363
December 1, 2009: 3,483

Books in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL)

May 1, 2013: 336,351 (17.3%)
April 1, 2013: 319,676 (16.6%)
March 1, 2013: 302,080 (15.8%)
February 1, 2013: 283,641 (15.3%)
January 1, 2013: 264,444
December 1, 2012: 242,716
November 1, 2012: 235,957
October 1, 2012: 216,873
September 1, 2012: 198,009
August 1, 2012: 180,133
July 1, 2012: 168,440
June 1, 2012: 159,937
May 1, 2012: 146,182
April 1, 2012: 131,110
March 1, 2012: 117,652
February 1, 2012: 95,020
January 1, 2012: 69,850 (new measurement)

Price Point Analysis

April 1, 2010 was “Agency Day”, when the pricing system for some of the largest trade publishers in the US changed. I’ve started tracking price points, to see how that is affecting things. These are not ranges: it’s how many books are at a specific price point.

	4/1/2010
Total	476653
Prime	413032
Under $10	346665
	83.9%

Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	43,993	9.17%	0.01%
$ 1.99	7,704	1.61%	0.00%
$ 2.99	14,560	3.03%	0.00%
$ 3.99	17,390	3.62%	-0.02%
$ 4.99	9,758	2.03%	-0.01%
$ 5.99	2,691	0.56%	0.00%
$ 6.99	1,800	0.38%	0.00%
$ 7.99	10,927	2.28%	-0.25%
$ 8.99	1,312	0.27%	0.00%
$ 9.99	51,857	10.80%	-0.26%
$ 10.99	191	0.04%	0.00%
$ 11.99	196	0.04%	0.00%
$ 12.99	308	0.06%	0.00%
$ 13.99	93	0.02%	0.00%
$ 14.99	806	0.17%	0.00%
$ 15.99	114	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	67	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	43	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	201	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	11	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	11	0.00%	0.00%
$ 22.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	5	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	50	0.01%	0.00%

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4/1/2011
Total	897,663
Prime	831,867
Under $10	739192


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	71,036	7.91%	-0.84%
$ 1.99	15,994	1.78%	0.06%
$ 2.99	50,033	5.57%	0.30%
$ 3.99	23,986	2.67%	0.24%
$ 4.99	20,374	2.27%	0.48%
$ 5.99	10,560	1.18%	0.16%
$ 6.99	7,422	0.83%	0.07%
$ 7.99	18,354	2.04%	0.20%
$ 8.99	4,436	0.49%	-0.04%
$ 9.99	96,211	10.72%	0.88%
$ 10.99	766	0.09%	0.02%
$ 11.99	1,383	0.15%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	2,122	0.24%	0.01%
$ 13.99	506	0.06%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,519	0.17%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	172	0.02%	0.01%
$ 16.99	225	0.03%	0.00%
$ 17.99	403	0.04%	0.02%
$ 18.99	199	0.02%	0.01%
$ 19.99	568	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	45	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	152	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	22	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	104	0.01%	-0.04%

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5/1/2011
Total	937,831
Prime	862,970
Under $10	769,798


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	74,929	7.99%	0.08%
$ 1.99	16,497	1.76%	-0.02%
$ 2.99	56,878	6.06%	0.49%
$ 3.99	22,937	2.45%	-0.23%
$ 4.99	24,880	2.65%	0.38%
$ 5.99	13,387	1.43%	0.25%
$ 6.99	5,215	0.56%	-0.27%
$ 7.99	18,992	2.03%	-0.02%
$ 8.99	5,053	0.54%	0.04%
$ 9.99	103,463	11.03%	0.31%
$ 10.99	865	0.09%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,412	0.15%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,271	0.24%	0.01%
$ 13.99	490	0.05%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,577	0.17%	0.00%
$ 15.99	134	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	235	0.03%	0.00%
$ 17.99	471	0.05%	0.01%
$ 18.99	207	0.02%	0.00%
$ 19.99	465	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	172	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	79	0.01%	0.01%
$ 24.99	110	0.01%	0.00%

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6/1/2011
Total	974,841
Prime	895,091
Under $10	799,845


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	81,095	8.32%	0.33%
$ 1.99	16,628	1.71%	-0.05%
$ 2.99	54,630	5.60%	-0.46%
$ 3.99	22,026	2.26%	-0.19%
$ 4.99	18,976	1.95%	-0.71%
$ 5.99	10,685	1.10%	-0.33%
$ 6.99	7,039	0.72%	0.17%
$ 7.99	15,841	1.62%	-0.40%
$ 8.99	4,226	0.43%	-0.11%
$ 9.99	90,005	9.23%	-1.80%
$ 10.99	619	0.06%	-0.03%
$ 11.99	1,481	0.15%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,112	0.22%	-0.03%
$ 13.99	571	0.06%	0.01%
$ 14.99	1,720	0.18%	0.01%
$ 15.99	176	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	230	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	251	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 18.99	178	0.02%	0.00%
$ 19.99	468	0.05%	0.00%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	200	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	59	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	121	0.01%	0.00%

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July 1, 2011

7/1/2011
Total	980,434
Prime	898,735
Under $10	801,631


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	73,957	7.54%	-0.78%
$ 1.99	18,207	1.86%	0.15%
$ 2.99	34,414	3.51%	-2.09%
$ 3.99	26,942	2.75%	0.49%
$ 4.99	8,926	0.91%	-1.04%
$ 5.99	5,117	0.52%	-0.57%
$ 6.99	3,725	0.38%	-0.34%
$ 7.99	14,537	1.48%	-0.14%
$ 8.99	2,009	0.20%	-0.23%
$ 9.99	79,377	8.10%	-1.14%
$ 10.99	491	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,574	0.16%	0.01%
$ 12.99	1,863	0.19%	-0.03%
$ 13.99	509	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	1,555	0.16%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	453	0.05%	0.03%
$ 16.99	201	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	138	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	118	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	271	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 20.99	18	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	186	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	111	0.01%	0.01%
$ 24.99	125	0.01%	0.00%

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August 1, 2011

8/1/2011
Total	1,015,056
Prime	931,713
Under $10	829,823


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	76,233	7.51%	-0.03%
$ 1.99	17,083	1.68%	-0.17%
$ 2.99	66,967	6.60%	3.09%
$ 3.99	12,921	1.27%	-1.48%
$ 4.99	27,893	2.75%	1.84%
$ 5.99	12,894	1.27%	0.75%
$ 6.99	2,715	0.27%	-0.11%
$ 7.99	18,431	1.82%	0.33%
$ 8.99	5,638	0.56%	0.35%
$ 9.99	111,705	11.00%	2.91%
$ 10.99	473	0.05%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,691	0.17%	0.01%
$ 12.99	2,129	0.21%	0.02%
$ 13.99	576	0.06%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,768	0.17%	0.02%
$ 15.99	252	0.02%	-0.02%
$ 16.99	230	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	128	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	249	0.02%	0.01%
$ 19.99	468	0.05%	0.02%
$ 20.99	46	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	166	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	64	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	90	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	59	0.01%	-0.01%

September 1, 2011

9/1/2011
Total	995,265
Prime	908,602
Under $10	803,271


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	77,793	7.82%	0.31%
$ 1.99	16,614	1.67%	-0.01%
$ 2.99	56,503	5.68%	-0.92%
$ 3.99	21,995	2.21%	0.94%
$ 4.99	21,595	2.17%	-0.58%
$ 5.99	11,312	1.14%	-0.13%
$ 6.99	7,477	0.75%	0.48%
$ 7.99	16,948	1.70%	-0.11%
$ 8.99	14,883	1.50%	0.94%
$ 9.99	102,626	10.31%	-0.69%
$ 10.99	485	0.05%	0.00%
$ 11.99	983	0.10%	-0.07%
$ 12.99	1,374	0.14%	-0.07%
$ 13.99	316	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 14.99	1,501	0.15%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	160	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	159	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 17.99	285	0.03%	0.02%
$ 18.99	165	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	446	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	50	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	171	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	41	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	33	0.00%	-0.01%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.01%

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10/1/2011
Total	1,033,611
Prime	943,545
Under $10	835,590


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	81,946	7.93%	0.11%
$ 1.99	16,172	1.56%	-0.10%
$ 2.99	48,287	4.67%	-1.01%
$ 3.99	16,808	1.63%	-0.58%
$ 4.99	17,389	1.68%	-0.49%
$ 5.99	8,259	0.80%	-0.34%
$ 6.99	5,300	0.51%	-0.24%
$ 7.99	10,833	1.05%	-0.65%
$ 8.99	12,478	1.21%	-0.29%
$ 9.99	89,175	8.63%	-1.68%
$ 10.99	395	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	804	0.08%	-0.02%
$ 12.99	1,285	0.12%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	302	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,386	0.13%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	146	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	151	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	144	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	75	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	368	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	22	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	150	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	66	0.01%	0.00%

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11/1/2011
Total	1,058,635
Prime	968,948
Under $10	859,492


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	84,612	7.99%	0.06%
$ 1.99	7,659	0.72%	-0.84%
$ 2.99	19,157	1.81%	-2.86%
$ 3.99	10,245	0.97%	-0.66%
$ 4.99	7,451	0.70%	-0.98%
$ 5.99	3,026	0.29%	-0.51%
$ 6.99	2,533	0.24%	-0.27%
$ 7.99	8,414	0.79%	-0.25%
$ 8.99	11,882	1.12%	-0.08%
$ 9.99	70,312	6.64%	-1.99%
$ 10.99	348	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,144	0.11%	0.03%
$ 12.99	1,068	0.10%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	280	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,171	0.11%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	69	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	118	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	116	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	59	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	234	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	33	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	153	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	28	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	89	0.01%	0.00%

—

12/1/2011
Total	1,112,876
Prime	1021677
Under $10	907,647


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	90,203	8.11%	0.11%
$ 1.99	17,711	1.59%	0.87%
$ 2.99	29,634	2.66%	0.85%
$ 3.99	23,617	2.12%	1.15%
$ 4.99	23,320	2.10%	1.39%
$ 5.99	4,606	0.41%	0.13%
$ 6.99	4,887	0.44%	0.20%
$ 7.99	13,241	1.19%	0.40%
$ 8.99	10,646	0.96%	-0.17%
$ 9.99	71,709	6.44%	-0.20%
$ 10.99	466	0.04%	0.01%
$ 11.99	598	0.05%	-0.05%
$ 12.99	1,038	0.09%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	317	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,234	0.11%	0.00%
$ 15.99	78	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	109	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	132	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	50	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	278	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	168	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	31	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	104	0.01%	0.00%

—

1/1/2012
Total	1,165,654
Prime	1073539
Under $10	955,187


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	99,225	8.51%	0.41%
$ 1.99	16,088	1.38%	-0.21%
$ 2.99	38,295	3.29%	0.62%
$ 3.99	24,602	2.11%	-0.01%
$ 4.99	18,289	1.57%	-0.53%
$ 5.99	4,438	0.38%	-0.03%
$ 6.99	5,002	0.43%	-0.01%
$ 7.99	11,495	0.99%	-0.20%
$ 8.99	12,412	1.06%	0.11%
$ 9.99	68,467	5.87%	-0.57%
$ 10.99	421	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	549	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	1,010	0.09%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	270	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	1,272	0.11%	0.00%
$ 15.99	142	0.01%	0.01%
$ 16.99	102	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	192	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	44	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	279	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	134	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	30	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	36	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	108	0.01%	0.00%

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2/1/2012
Total	1,207,522
Prime	1,112,467
Under $10	994,448


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	107,238	8.88%	0.37%
$ 1.99	8,528	0.71%	-0.67%
$ 2.99	28,515	2.36%	-0.92%
$ 3.99	7,463	0.62%	-1.49%
$ 4.99	6,509	0.54%	-1.03%
$ 5.99	2,761	0.23%	-0.15%
$ 6.99	2,740	0.23%	-0.20%
$ 7.99	7,571	0.63%	-0.36%
$ 8.99	13,377	1.11%	0.04%
$ 9.99	58,244	4.82%	-1.05%
$ 10.99	331	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	476	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	914	0.08%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	186	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	988	0.08%	-0.03%
$ 15.99	82	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	98	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	194	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	59	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	167	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	15	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	163	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	20	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	58	0.00%	0.00%

—

3/1/2012
Total	1,265,632
Prime	1,165,368
Under $10	1,044,889


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	113,150	8.94%	0.06%
$ 1.99	10,638	0.84%	0.13%
$ 2.99	43,320	3.42%	1.06%
$ 3.99	18,776	1.48%	0.87%
$ 4.99	8,565	0.68%	0.14%
$ 5.99	3,879	0.31%	0.08%
$ 6.99	3,591	0.28%	0.06%
$ 7.99	8,164	0.65%	0.02%
$ 8.99	14,825	1.17%	0.06%
$ 9.99	62,009	4.90%	0.08%
$ 10.99	375	0.03%	0.00%
$ 11.99	673	0.05%	0.01%
$ 12.99	936	0.07%	0.00%
$ 13.99	249	0.02%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,005	0.08%	0.00%
$ 15.99	117	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	102	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	210	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	55	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	213	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	12	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	170	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	20	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	73	0.01%	0.00%

—

4/1/2012
Total	1,315,927
Prime	1,215,625
Under $10	1,089,619


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	118,411	9.00%	0.06%
$ 1.99	12,440	0.95%	0.10%
$ 2.99	53,686	4.08%	0.66%
$ 3.99	30,997	2.36%	0.87%
$ 4.99	10,786	0.82%	0.14%
$ 5.99	5,026	0.38%	0.08%
$ 6.99	4,705	0.36%	0.07%
$ 7.99	8,988	0.68%	0.04%
$ 8.99	5,461	0.41%	-0.76%
$ 9.99	71,568	5.44%	0.54%
$ 10.99	654	0.05%	0.02%
$ 11.99	1,281	0.10%	0.04%
$ 12.99	1,835	0.14%	0.07%
$ 13.99	438	0.03%	0.01%
$ 14.99	1,739	0.13%	0.05%
$ 15.99	323	0.02%	0.02%
$ 16.99	236	0.02%	0.01%
$ 17.99	86	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	118	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	395	0.03%	0.01%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	272	0.02%	0.01%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	17	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	96	0.01%	0.00%

—

5/1/2012
Total	1,358,922
Prime	1,261,606
Under $10	1,133,793


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	122,040	9.27%	0.28%
$ 1.99	13,124	1.00%	0.05%
$ 2.99	64,106	4.87%	0.79%
$ 3.99	37,072	2.82%	0.46%
$ 4.99	12,631	0.96%	0.14%
$ 5.99	6,288	0.48%	0.10%
$ 6.99	4,897	0.37%	0.01%
$ 7.99	10,145	0.77%	0.09%
$ 8.99	3,156	0.24%	-0.18%
$ 9.99	76,063	5.78%	0.34%
$ 10.99	809	0.06%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,816	0.14%	0.04%
$ 12.99	2,159	0.16%	0.02%
$ 13.99	565	0.04%	0.01%
$ 14.99	2,010	0.15%	0.02%
$ 15.99	140	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	306	0.02%	0.01%
$ 17.99	78	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	91	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	471	0.04%	0.01%
$ 20.99	24	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	283	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	27	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	150	0.01%	0.00%

—

5/1/2012
Total	1,407,210
Prime	1,308,331
Under $10	1,174,668


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	125,811	9.56%	0.29%
$ 1.99	13,076	0.99%	0.00%
$ 2.99	66,685	5.07%	0.20%
$ 3.99	36,204	2.75%	-0.07%
$ 4.99	11,225	0.85%	-0.11%
$ 5.99	5,903	0.45%	-0.03%
$ 6.99	4,569	0.35%	-0.02%
$ 7.99	10,524	0.80%	0.03%
$ 8.99	2,717	0.21%	-0.03%
$ 9.99	71,733	5.45%	-0.33%
$ 10.99	885	0.07%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,818	0.14%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,140	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	684	0.05%	0.01%
$ 14.99	2,042	0.16%	0.00%
$ 15.99	182	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	302	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	73	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	108	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	513	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	251	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	97	0.01%	0.00%

—

7/1/2012
Total	1,451,504
Prime	1,343,776
Under $10	1,204,888


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	129,323	8.91%	-0.65%
$ 1.99	12,780	0.88%	-0.11%
$ 2.99	64,315	4.43%	-0.64%
$ 3.99	27,128	1.87%	-0.88%
$ 4.99	12,335	0.85%	0.00%
$ 5.99	6,307	0.43%	-0.01%
$ 6.99	5,118	0.35%	0.01%
$ 7.99	10,689	0.74%	-0.06%
$ 8.99	2,871	0.20%	-0.01%
$ 9.99	78,303	5.39%	-0.06%
$ 10.99	875	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,804	0.12%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	2,291	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	688	0.05%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,225	0.15%	0.00%
$ 15.99	218	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	332	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	79	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	104	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	443	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	319	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	44	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	30	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.00%

—

8/1/2012
Total	1,486,649
Prime	1,379,399
Under $10	1,240,062


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	137,876	9.27%	0.36%
$ 1.99	9,880	0.66%	-0.22%
$ 2.99	46,971	3.16%	-1.27%
$ 3.99	12,096	0.81%	-1.06%
$ 4.99	8,445	0.57%	-0.28%
$ 5.99	4,956	0.33%	-0.10%
$ 6.99	3,180	0.21%	-0.14%
$ 7.99	10,781	0.73%	-0.01%
$ 8.99	2,877	0.19%	0.00%
$ 9.99	70,140	4.72%	-0.68%
$ 10.99	962	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,910	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,371	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	636	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,056	0.14%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	192	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	357	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	121	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	82	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	337	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	364	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	24	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	86	0.01%	0.00%

—

9/1/2012
Total	1,531,069
Prime	1,421,168
Under $10	1,278,733


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	144,288	9.42%	0.15%
$ 1.99	13,399	0.88%	0.21%
$ 2.99	68,395	4.47%	1.31%
$ 3.99	14,760	0.96%	0.15%
$ 4.99	11,627	0.76%	0.19%
$ 5.99	6,456	0.42%	0.09%
$ 6.99	5,407	0.35%	0.14%
$ 7.99	11,697	0.76%	0.04%
$ 8.99	3,050	0.20%	0.01%
$ 9.99	74,605	4.87%	0.15%
$ 10.99	955	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,973	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,119	0.14%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	582	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,039	0.13%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	212	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	347	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	127	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	81	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	385	0.03%	0.00%
$ 20.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	313	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	99	0.01%	0.00%

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10/1/2012
Total	1,579,329
Prime	1,466,890
Under $10	1,322,272


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	147,931	9.37%	-0.06%
$ 1.99	16,053	1.02%	0.14%
$ 2.99	87,788	5.56%	1.09%
$ 3.99	20,853	1.32%	0.36%
$ 4.99	14,656	0.93%	0.17%
$ 5.99	7,558	0.48%	0.06%
$ 6.99	6,642	0.42%	0.07%
$ 7.99	13,807	0.87%	0.11%
$ 8.99	3,256	0.21%	0.01%
$ 9.99	84,003	5.32%	0.45%
$ 10.99	972	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	2,052	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,189	0.14%	0.00%
$ 13.99	587	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,123	0.13%	0.00%
$ 15.99	216	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	339	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	109	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	117	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	509	0.03%	0.01%
$ 20.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	371	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.00%

—

Total	1,641,362
Prime	1,522,810
Under $10	1,371,227


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	155,732	9.49%	0.12%
$ 1.99	24,777	1.51%	0.49%
$ 2.99	134,461	8.19%	2.63%
$ 3.99	49,221	3.00%	1.68%
$ 4.99	29,671	1.81%	0.88%
$ 5.99	15,629	0.95%	0.47%
$ 6.99	12,969	0.79%	0.37%
$ 7.99	22,527	1.37%	0.50%
$ 8.99	6,642	0.40%	0.20%
$ 9.99	134,811	8.21%	2.89%
$ 10.99	1,576	0.10%	0.03%
$ 11.99	2,986	0.18%	0.05%
$ 12.99	3,292	0.20%	0.06%
$ 13.99	894	0.05%	0.02%
$ 14.99	2,717	0.17%	0.03%
$ 15.99	319	0.02%	0.01%
$ 16.99	481	0.03%	0.01%
$ 17.99	235	0.01%	0.01%
$ 18.99	237	0.01%	0.01%
$ 19.99	902	0.05%	0.02%
$ 20.99	68	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	431	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	87	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	86	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	218	0.01%	0.01%

—

12/1/2012
Total	1,742,991
Prime	1,615,716
Under $10	1,451,437


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	163,634	9.97%	0.48%
$ 1.99	40,111	2.44%	0.93%
$ 2.99	192,449	11.72%	3.53%
$ 3.99	122,419	7.46%	4.46%
$ 4.99	50,073	3.05%	1.24%
$ 5.99	27,780	1.69%	0.74%
$ 6.99	20,681	1.26%	0.47%
$ 7.99	40,348	2.46%	1.09%
$ 8.99	10,692	0.65%	0.25%
$ 9.99	236,101	14.38%	6.17%
$ 10.99	2,423	0.15%	0.05%
$ 11.99	4,346	0.26%	0.08%
$ 12.99	4,614	0.28%	0.08%
$ 13.99	1,299	0.08%	0.02%
$ 14.99	3,439	0.21%	0.04%
$ 15.99	840	0.05%	0.03%
$ 16.99	595	0.04%	0.01%
$ 17.99	354	0.02%	0.01%
$ 18.99	495	0.03%	0.02%
$ 19.99	1,498	0.09%	0.04%
$ 20.99	120	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	383	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	153	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	136	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	370	0.02%	0.01%

—

1/1/2013
Total	1,805,001
Prime	1,671,220
Under $10	1,502,267


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	172,149	10.49%	0.52%
$ 1.99	42,262	2.57%	0.13%
$ 2.99	206,531	12.58%	0.86%
$ 3.99	126,369	7.70%	0.24%
$ 4.99	52,158	3.18%	0.13%
$ 5.99	29,128	1.77%	0.08%
$ 6.99	20,656	1.26%	0.00%
$ 7.99	41,417	2.52%	0.07%
$ 8.99	10,775	0.66%	0.01%
$ 9.99	235,662	14.36%	-0.03%
$ 10.99	2,195	0.13%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	4,123	0.25%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	4,319	0.26%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	1,207	0.07%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	3,600	0.22%	0.01%
$ 15.99	966	0.06%	0.01%
$ 16.99	581	0.04%	0.00%
$ 17.99	377	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	547	0.03%	0.00%
$ 19.99	3,087	0.19%	0.10%
$ 20.99	105	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	418	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	144	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	136	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	359	0.02%	0.00%

—

Percentages for February 1, 2013 were corrected on March 1, 2013

2/1/2013
Total	1,849,479
Prime	1,713,256
Under $10	1,534,604


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	178,913	9.67%	-0.81%
$ 1.99	45,121	2.44%	-0.14%
$ 2.99	214,748	11.61%	-0.97%
$ 3.99	130,320	7.05%	-0.65%
$ 4.99	54,653	2.96%	-0.22%
$ 5.99	31,434	1.70%	-0.08%
$ 6.99	21,941	1.19%	-0.07%
$ 7.99	42,620	2.30%	-0.22%
$ 8.99	10,835	0.59%	-0.07%
$ 9.99	230,800	12.48%	-1.88%
$ 10.99	2,463	0.13%	0.00%
$ 11.99	4,593	0.25%	0.00%
$ 12.99	4,563	0.25%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	1,304	0.07%	0.00%
$ 14.99	3,703	0.20%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	1,004	0.05%	0.00%
$ 16.99	659	0.04%	0.00%
$ 17.99	435	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	598	0.03%	0.00%
$ 19.99	5,276	0.29%	0.10%
$ 20.99	116	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	458	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	178	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	154	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	395	0.02%	0.00%

—

3/1/2013
Total	1,913,164
Prime	1,770,452
Under $10	1,564,429


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	187,353	9.79%	0.12%
$ 1.99	49,309	2.58%	0.14%
$ 2.99	227,956	11.92%	0.30%
$ 3.99	133,323	6.97%	-0.08%
$ 4.99	58,386	3.05%	0.10%
$ 5.99	35,339	1.85%	0.15%
$ 6.99	25,102	1.31%	0.13%
$ 7.99	45,755	2.39%	0.09%
$ 8.99	12,282	0.64%	0.06%
$ 9.99	224,082	11.71%	-0.77%
$ 10.99	3,590	0.19%	0.05%
$ 11.99	7,838	0.41%	0.16%
$ 12.99	6,533	0.34%	0.09%
$ 13.99	2,318	0.12%	0.05%
$ 14.99	4,760	0.25%	0.05%
$ 15.99	1,341	0.07%	0.02%
$ 16.99	1,129	0.06%	0.02%
$ 17.99	719	0.04%	0.01%
$ 18.99	920	0.05%	0.02%
$ 19.99	5,711	0.30%	0.01%
$ 20.99	303	0.02%	0.01%
$ 21.99	280	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 22.99	359	0.02%	0.01%
$ 23.99	250	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	482	0.03%	0.00%

—

4/1/2013
Total	1,924,138
Prime	1,785,986
Under $10	1,573,845


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	193,771	10.07%	0.28%
$ 1.99	50,993	2.65%	0.07%
$ 2.99	240,734	12.51%	0.60%
$ 3.99	138,910	7.22%	0.25%
$ 4.99	60,568	3.15%	0.10%
$ 5.99	37,409	1.94%	0.10%
$ 6.99	25,863	1.34%	0.03%
$ 7.99	47,298	2.46%	0.07%
$ 8.99	12,791	0.66%	0.02%
$ 9.99	235,041	12.22%	0.50%
$ 10.99	3,781	0.20%	0.01%
$ 11.99	9,716	0.50%	0.10%
$ 12.99	6,538	0.34%	0.00%
$ 13.99	2,325	0.12%	0.00%
$ 14.99	4,848	0.25%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,403	0.07%	0.00%
$ 16.99	1,182	0.06%	0.00%
$ 17.99	759	0.04%	0.00%
$ 18.99	922	0.05%	0.00%
$ 19.99	5,772	0.30%	0.00%
$ 20.99	249	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	277	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	3,212	0.17%	0.15%
$ 23.99	281	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	519	0.03%	0.00%

—

5/1/2013
Total	1,940,274
Prime	1,801,844
Under $10	1,582,685


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	201,240	10.37%	0.30%
$ 1.99	52,243	2.69%	0.04%
$ 2.99	251,311	12.95%	0.44%
$ 3.99	141,835	7.31%	0.09%
$ 4.99	62,839	3.24%	0.09%
$ 5.99	37,835	1.95%	0.01%
$ 6.99	25,567	1.32%	-0.03%
$ 7.99	42,663	2.20%	-0.26%
$ 8.99	13,147	0.68%	0.01%
$ 9.99	237,096	12.22%	0.00%
$ 10.99	3,738	0.19%	0.00%
$ 11.99	9,891	0.51%	0.00%
$ 12.99	7,097	0.37%	0.03%
$ 13.99	2,922	0.15%	0.03%
$ 14.99	5,166	0.27%	0.01%
$ 15.99	1,523	0.08%	0.01%
$ 16.99	1,263	0.07%	0.00%
$ 17.99	795	0.04%	0.00%
$ 18.99	992	0.05%	0.00%
$ 19.99	5,704	0.29%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	403	0.02%	0.01%
$ 21.99	282	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	325	0.02%	-0.15%
$ 23.99	278	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	513	0.03%	0.00%

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Summary

Just as we did last month, we have that weird drop in net titles added. I still don’t know what the cause is on that…it’s better this month than it was last, but still down considerably. Speaking of down, the New York Times bestselling hardback equivalents have dropped in price…and I think there are more that are cheaper (it’s just that we had two $14.99 titles this month, or it would have been even lower). I do think this is a result of the Agency Model losing power…the sub $12.99 prices generally weren’t set by the publisher. We have more subscription items available, in all three categories (magazines, newspapers, blogs). I’m starting to get a little concerned about the drop in the percentage of books in the one penny to fifty dollar range that are under $10…this is the second straight month, and that’s been unusual. There are also fewer free books…but more free to borrow in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. The price point shifts were towards $2.99 and away from $7.99. Overall, things look good.

Data were drawn using http://www.ereaderiq.com. There are a number of possible sources of errors (eRi, Amazon, me), but these are probably pretty good. The same people now do eReaderIQ.com, and I may switch to that eventually. However, I’m reluctant to change my methods in order to maintain consistency.

The free books referenced here are from the Kindle store: there are many other sources for free books
My search for textbooks definitely has false positives (books that aren’t really textbooks). I search for -domain (to eliminate public domain titles, which would be older books, generall) textbook. That would find a bookabout textbooks, for example
I searched for “Spanish edition” to find Spanish language books. That has some false positives as well
I look at price percentages of books in the range of one penny to fifty dollars, to eliminate freebies and limit textbooks
The price point analysis is for books at that specific price: it does not represent a range of prices
I compared the percentage of price points in the Price Point Analysis when I showed the difference…not the number of books
This information is based on what a United States customer sees

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.

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Comparing Goodreads, Shelfari, and LibraryThing

April 16, 2013

Comparing Goodreads, Shelfari, and LibraryThing

There has been a lot of reaction to the announcement that Amazon is buying Goodreads, an independent review site.

When I first heard about it, I speculated a bit that they might shut down Shelfari (another social reading site which Amazon owns), and fold it into Goodreads.

However, I also said I wanted to investigate Goodreads more, and my hope now is that they don’t do that without combining features.

The two of them actually function quite differently…as does LibraryThing. Amazon owns Abebooks, which has, I think, a 40% stake in LibraryThing…but LT has emphatically said that they are not owned by Amazon, which I think is a reasonable interpretation.

I wanted to go through here and compare the three. This isn’t to say that you (or Amazon) have to pick one…you can use all three. Right now, though, that would mean entering your books into each of them (although there is some possibility of importing), so you’d have to think about it.

With any site with a social factor, you also have to consider the “social capital” you have to spend on it to be a “good citizen”. That’s why I don’t use Facebook: I know I couldn’t expand my energy and attention to the point where I wouldn’t anger people with non-responsiveness there. I already have “real life”, my job, this blog, my other writings, and the Amazon forums. People who e-mail me realize, I hope, that I won’t always get back to them quickly. Being on Facebook, too? I just don’t have the bandwidth.

Before I get started, let me say that I’m going to look at different aspects. One key question: do you use the site to catalog and analyze and share what you are already own, or to discover new things to read? You could certainly do both, but my immediate thought for a site like this is the former. I want to catalogue my books, and record information about them. That’s probably not why Amazon bought Goodreads. They clearly want sites like this to drive future sales. Understanding you is helpful in that regard, but they probably don’t care that you put five different versions of the same book on your “shelves” to reflect your paper collections.

That said, let me first give you an overview:

Goodreads.com

“The right book in the right hands at the right time can change the world”

Members (all numbers per their website): 16 million
Books added: 525 million
Reviews: 23 million

Founded by Otis and Elizabeth Chandler, the site has been around for about six years. The homepage emphasizes three key functions:

Add friends and see what is on their “shelves”
Rate books you’ve read to get recommendations
Add books to your own shelves

Clicking on a book gives you ratings and reviews.

There’s no question that one of the attractions of Goodreads is its sheer size.

Shelfari.com

“read.share.explore.”

Shelfari doesn’t make a lot of their numbers available publicly. It was founded in 2006 by Josh Hug, Kevin Beukelman, and Mark Williamson, and acquired in 2008 by Amazon.

The homepage has three tabs:

Profile
Books
Community

LibraryThing.com

“What’s on your bookshelf?”

Members: 1,666,713
Books: 81,133,380
Reviews: 2,146,228

Founded in 2005 by Tim Spalding, it’s actually the oldest of the three.

The homepage has

Profile
Your Books
Add Books
Talk
Groups
Local
More
Zeitgeist

Next, let’s compare a few specific books. After that,I’ll give you more of my sense of the sites.

A Popular Besteller:

The Hunger Games

I know this isn’t current right now, but it’s in the public consciousness. I also thought it was one where one could expect a lot of activity. I’m just doing the first book, not the series, for the sake of comparison. So, how does each site treat it?

Goodreads

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games

The average rating is 4.45 out of five stars. There are 1,499,207 ratings and 114,780 reviews.

There is a lot happening on this page!

You can click Stats and see a line graph of activity (how many times it was added, reviewed, and so on) for about the past six months.

They list 146 other editions of it.

You can buy it a variety of places, and look for it in libraries (through a link with WorldCat, which I’ve written about before).

If you’ve designated “friends”, you can see their reviews. You can see public reviews.

You can see lists in which Goodreads users have put it. You can see genres containing it. You can see other recommended reads similar to it.

There is an author profile (and the helpful note that there are other authors listed with the same name).

The reviews often contain pictures…in this case, there was a lot of parody stuff.

There are videos from readers (“It completely took over my life.”) with comments on them.

There are sections for trivia and quotations.

You can share the book through a number of social media.

Certainly, if you wanted to see if you’d like the book, and you wanted to discuss it, it’s covered here.

Shelfari

http://www.shelfari.com/books/3987702/The-Hunger-Games

Weirdly, I”m not seeing an actual numeric average of the reviews, although I can see that on Amazon. It looks like about 4.5 stars on a scale of 1 to 5. There are 22, 747 reviews, and I’m told that 110,324 members have it (I can see a list of members by clicking).

The first thing I see are the Book Extras: that’s where you can get a wiki type listing of details. Those sections include

Description
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis
Summary
Characters (35 of them listed)
Popular Covers
Quotes
Settings & Locations
Organizations (in the book)
First sentence
Table of Contents
Glossary
Themes & Symbolism
Series & Lists
Authors & Contributors
First Edition
Awards
Classification
Notes for Parents
Subjects
Popular Tags
Links to Supplemental Material
Movie Connections
More Books Like This
Books Influenced by This Book
Books That Cite This Book
Amazon Customers Who Bought This Book Also Bought

There are also sections which are hidden by default: Errata; Books with Additional Background Information; and Books That Influenced This Book. I’m not quite sure why those are hidden. There is a “hide spoilers” checkbox which is selected by default (I really appreciate that!), but unchecking it didn’t make them show up.

In addition to the Book Extras tab, there are tabs for Readers & Reviews, Discussions, and Editions (Shelfari lists 258 of those).

You can buy the book, but it links just to Amazon or Abebooks (which is part of the Amazon family) for collectible editions.

You can share the book on social media.

There is a sidebar where members can ask questions, and get answers (by people voting yes or no).

Recent editors are shown.

Members, Group, and Lists with this book are linked.

You can read the first chapter for free.

This page has more of the geeky kind of detail about the book I find interesting than the Goodreads page. I’d say that Goodreads feels more modern and more shallow (outside of reviews), and Shelfari feels more scholarly, in a pop culture sort of way.

LibraryThing

http://www.librarything.com/work/4979986

It’s rated 4.43. There are 2,358 reviews, and 29,350 members with the book.

Outside of the cover image, there are no images beyond icons on this page.

I see a ranking of 25 for popularity, but I’m not quite clear what that means. When I clicked on it, it said

“Popularity is position on a rank-ordered list of the number of copies of a works cataloged during a given period.”

It looks like it is the ranking out of the top 100,000. In 2008, The Hunger Games was #1,785: in 2012, it was #2.

I see

Members
Tags
LibraryThing Recommendations
Member Recommendations
Will you like it? (I haven’t rated enough books to get that to work yet)
Member Reviews (in a number of languages…you can narrow by language, which is nice)
Published Reviews
Other authors (these are contributors: translators, illustrators)
Work-to-work relationships (contained in, parodied in, reference guides/companions
Common Knowledge

Common Knowledge is like the Book Extras at Shelfari. The sections include

Series (with order)
Canonical (official) title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
People/characters (30 of these)
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Awards and honors
Epigraph
Dedication
First words
Quotations
Last words (with a spoiler screen…click to reveal)
Disambiguation notice
Publisher’s editors
Blurbers (including Stephen King)
Publisher series

Then there are sections for

References
LibraryThing members’ descriptions (amusingly, this includes haiku summaries)
Book descriptions (including Amazon’s)
Library descriptions

In the sidebar, there are

Quicklinks (including purchasing and getting it at the library through WorldCat)
Current Discussion
Popular covers (159 listed)
Ratings (broken down with numbers for each number of stars)
Audible
LibraryThing Early Reviewers Alumn (it’s a program where you can get pre-publication copies)
Is this you? (an author program)
Advanced

There aren’t as many reviews here, and I would describe the feel of this page as funky. The “Common Knowledge” seems more fun than the Book Extras, but hasn’t been completed as much (a lot of things were blank).

Next, let’s just compare a couple of stats on a

Popular Classic

Pride and Prejudice

I went with one that’s a perennial bestseller. I’m curious as to whether it being an older, public domain titles is going to change how the different sites treat it.

Goodreads: Rating: 4.23; 942,848 ratings; 27,542 reviews (about 24% the number as The Hunger Games)
Shelfari: Rating: roughly 4.2; 4,818 reviews (about 21%)
LibraryThing: Rating: 4.46; 762 reviews (about 32%)

Based on that, LibraryThing seems to be the friendliest to classics.

The Somewhat Obscure

The Platypus of Doom and Other Nihilists

Goodreads: Rating: 3.5; 20 ratings; 3 reviews
Shelfari: no reviews or ratings, but the book is listed and eight members have it
LibraryThing: no reviews, but two ratings (averaging three stars): 38 members have it

Goodreads was the winner there.

Well, that’s actually probably enough for this post! If people are interested, I’ll do another one of these looking at features besides just the book listings.

Feel free to let me and my readers know what you think by commenting on this post.

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.

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Judge rules against ReDigi, making Amazon used e-books more likely

April 2, 2013

Judge rules against ReDigi, making Amazon used e-books more likely

Judge Richard J. Sullivan has decided against ReDigi, which runs what amounts to a used digital music service:

“However, here, the Court cannot of its own accord condone the wholesale application of the first sale defense to the digital sphere, particularly when Congress itself has declined to take that step. Accordingly, and for the reasons stated above, the Court GRANTS Capitol’s motion for summary judgment on its claims for ReDigi’s direct, contributory, and vicarious infringement of its distribution and reproduction rights. The Court also DENIES ReDigi’s motion in its entirety.”
–Memorandum and Order

I haven’t read the entire M&O yet, but I figured many of you might be seeing this this morning and I thought you might appreciate my opinion on it.

The first thing to say is that this isn’t necessarily the end of the case…ReDigi can appeal this ruling from the

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

and it could go to the Supreme Court eventually. The Judge has asked for a joint letter by April 12th from the parties about what they want to do next.

Unless a court were to rule that the First Sale Doctrine (which is what enables you to resell a paperbook without first getting the publisher’s permission, basically) applies to contracts (which is what you agree to when you buy an e-book in the Kindle store…you are really buying a license), I haven’t quite seen ReDigi’s argument.

The process that they use,while it ensures that only one copy of the e-book does exist at a time between the purchasers, still makes a copy and distributes it without the rightsholder’s authorization. While the effect is similar to selling a copy of a p-book, the process is quite different…and you didn’t buy a copy of the file, you bought a license.

However, I’m not a lawyer, and I’m always hesitant to predict what a court will do, based on mere logic.

The key thing for me is that the potential for using Amazon’s patent, which I wrote about in early February, to create a used e-book market, is strengthened by this decision.

As I explained in that post, Amazon would do this with the rightsholders’ permission…and it would be an economic win for everybody, the way I laid it out.

There’s the split: without permission/with permission.

Not allowing it to be done without permission makes doing it with permission more economically viable, since there would be fewer competitors.

I think this moves a used e-book marketplace (through Amazon) much closer…you could be selling your used e-books sooner.

Publishers may wait to see what happens until we see what ReDigi does…if they don’t appeal (I expect that they will, if they have the resources), that helps clear the way for Amazon.

Yes, yes, I know…we don’t want Amazon monopolizing the used e-book market, any more than we would them monopolizing the used p-book market. However, the legal used e-book market doesn’t even exist right now, at least not unambiguously. Amazon’s patent could bring one into being, saving you money.

What do you think? Should the First Sale Doctrine apply to digital goods? Was ReDigi working in good faith to protect rightsholders’ interests, or was it working around existing protections for its own benefit? How important would a used e-book market be to you? Even with Amazon having a patent, could other legal resellers emerge? For example, could the publishers themselves do used e-books, if you bought directly from them (perhaps “buying you out” of the contract early)? Feel free to tell me and my readers what you think by commenting on this post.

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.

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Snapshot: April 1 2013

April 1, 2013

Snapshot: April 1 2013

Titles in Kindle Store

April 1, 2013: 1,924,138
March 1, 2013: 1,913,164
February 1, 2013: 1,849,479
January 1, 2013: 1,805,001
December 1, 2012: 1,742,991
November 1, 2012: 1,641,362
October 1, 2012: 1,579,329
September 1, 2012: 1,531,069
August 1, 2012: 1,486,649
July 1, 2012: 1,451,504
June 1, 2012: 1,407,210
May 1, 2012: 1,358,922
April 1, 2012: 1,315,927
March 1, 2012: 1,265,632
February 1, 2012: 1,207,522
January 1, 2012: 1,165,654
December 1, 2011: 1,112,876
November 1, 2011: 1,058,635
October 1, 2011: 1,033,611
September 1, 2011: 995,265 (roughly 40,000 removed one day: PLR?)
August 1, 2011: 1,015,056
July 1, 2011: 980,434
June 1, 2011: 974,841
May 1, 2011: 937,831
April 1, 2011: 897,663
March 1, 2011: 868,351
February 1, 2011: 828,708
January 1, 2011: 796,131
December 1, 2010: 768,865
November 1, 2010: 743,692
October 1, 2010: 714, 663
September 1, 2010: 687,246
August 1, 2010: 659,479
July 1 2010: 627,343
June 1 2010: 596,300
May 1 2010: 509,229
April 1 2010: 476,653
March 1 2010: 450,625
February 1 2010: 415,100
January 1 2010: 401,773
December 1 2009: 385,484
November 1 2009: 368,813
October 1 2009: 342,865
September 21 2009: 355,805
July 28 2009: 332,813
May 16 2009: 284,491

Approximate average of titles added per day:

April 1, 2013: 354
March 1, 2013: 2,274
February 1, 2013: 1,435
January 1, 2013: 2,000
December 1, 2012: 3,388
November 1, 2012: 2,001
October 1, 2012: 1,609
September 1, 2012: 1,433
August 1, 2012: 1,134
July 1, 2012: 1,476
June 1, 2012: 1,558
May 1, 2012: 1,433
April 1, 2012: 1,622
March 1, 2012: 2,004
February 1, 2012: 1,351
January 1, 2012: 1,703
December 1, 2011: 1,808
November 1, 2011: 807
October 1, 2011: 1,278
September 1, 2011: -638
August 1, 2011: 1,117
July 1, 2011: 186
June 1, 2011: 1,194
May 1, 2011: 1,339
April 1, 2011: 946
March 1, 2011: 1,416 (corrected from last post)
February 1, 2011: 1,051
Taken January 1, 2011: 880 (average for December 2010)
December: 839
November: 968
October: 914
September: 896
August: 1,037
July: 1,035
May: 2,809 (may be affected by Penguin return)
April: 1,086
March: 840
February: 1,146
January: 430 (may be impacted by Macmillan removal)
December 2009: 525
November: 556
October: 837

Magazines:

April 1, 2013: 609
March 1, 2013: 605
February 1, 2013: 601
January 1, 2013: 586
December 1, 2012: 573
November 1, 2012: 567
October 1, 2012: 558
September 1, 2012: 547
August 1, 2012: 510
July 1, 2012: 497
June 1, 2012: 476
May 1, 2012: 469
April 1, 2012: 453
March 1, 2012: 430
February 1, 2012: 409
January 1, 2012: 370
December 1, 2011: 340
November 1, 2011: 132
October 1, 2011: 129
September 1, 2011: 127
August 1, 2011: 119
July 1, 2011: 115
June 1, 2011: 110
May 1, 2011: 93
April 1, 2011: 86
March 1, 2011: 81
February 1, 2011: 80
January 1, 2011: 74
December 1, 2010: 83
November 1, 2010: 84
October 1, 2010: 80
September 1. 2010: 70
August 1, 2010: 64
July 1, 2010: 61
June 1, 2010: 60
May 1, 2010: 58
April 1, 2010: 53
March 1, 2010: 50
February 1, 2010: 46
January 1, 2010: 43
December 1, 2009: 40
November 1, 2009: 38

Newspapers:

April 1, 2013: 181
March 1, 2013: 198
February 1, 2013: 201
January 1, 2013: 200
December 1, 2012: 198
November 1, 2012: 202
October 1, 2012: 200
September 1, 2012: 201
August 1, 2012: 204
July 1, 2012: 201
June 1, 2012: 199
May 1, 2012: 195
April 1, 2012: 194
March 1, 2012: 193
February 1, 2012: 190
January 1, 2012: 188
December 1, 2011: 211
November 1, 2011: 191
October 1, 2011: 184
September 1, 2011: 177
August 1, 2011: 176
July 1, 2011: 176
June 1, 2011: 169
May 1, 2011: 167
April 1, 2011: 164
March 1, 2011: 161
February 1, 2011: 156
January 1, 2011: 153
December 1, 2010: 148
November 1, 2010: 145
October 1, 2010: 144
September 1, 2010: 138
August 1, 2010: 135
July 1, 2010: 136
June 1, 2010: 133
May 1, 2010: 128
April 1, 2010: 118
March 1, 2010: 107
February 1, 2010: 93
January 1, 2010: 89
December 1, 2009: 76
November 1, 2009: 58

Blogs:

April 1, 2013: 14,234
March 1, 2013: 13,870
February 1, 2013: 13,461
January 1, 2013: 13,110
December 1, 2012: 13,559
November 1, 2012: 13,178
October 1, 2012: 12,908
September 1, 2012: 12,417
August 1, 2012: 12,087
July 1, 2012: 12,759
June 1, 2012: 12,680
May 1, 2012: 12,914
April 1, 2012: 13,295
March 1, 2012: 13,038
February 1, 2012: 13,984
January 1, 2012: 13,571
December 1, 2011: 13,178
November 1, 2011: 14,286
October 1, 2011: 15,116
September 1, 2011: 14,801
August 1, 2011: 14,477
July 1, 2011: 14,053
June 1, 2011: 13,616
May 1, 2011: 12,901
April 1, 2011: 12,502
March 1, 2011: 12,080
February 1, 2011: 11,355
January 1, 2011: 11,087
December 1, 2010: 10,585
November 1, 2010: 10,255
October 1, 2010: 10,056
September 1, 2010: 10,036
August 1, 2010: 9,716
July 1, 2010: 9,429
June 1, 2010: 9,228
May 1, 2010: 9,094
April 1, 2010: 8,944
March 1, 2010: 8,754
February 1, 2010: 8,651
January 1, 2010: 7992
December 1, 2009: 7589
November 1, 2009: 7365

Percentage of books priced from one penny to $50 that are under ten dollars

March (taken April 1, 2013): 88.1% (1,573,845 of 1,785,986)
February (taken March 1, 2013): 88.4% (1,564,429 of 1,770,452)
January (taken February 1, 2013): 89.6% (1,534,604 of 1,713,256)
December (taken January 1, 2013): 89.9% (1,502,267 of 1,671,220)
November (taken December 1): 89.8% (1,451,437 of 1,615,716)
October (taken November 1): 90.0% (1,371,227 of 1,522,810)
September (taken October 1): 90.1% (1,322,272 of 1,466,890)
August (taken September 1): 90.0% (1,278,733 of 1,421,168)
July (taken August 1): 89.9% (1,240,642 of 1,379,399)
June (taken (July 1): 89.7% (1,204,888 of 1,343,776)
May (taken June 1): 89.8% (1,1174,668 of 1,308,331)
April (taken May 1): 89.9% (1,113,793 of 1,261,606)
March (taken April 1): 89.6% (1,089,619 of 1,215,625)
February (taken March 1): 89.7% (1,044,889 of 1,165,368)
January (taken February 1): 89.4% (994,448 of 1,112,467)
December (taken January 1): 89.0% (955,187 of 1,073,539)
November (taken December 1): 88.8% (907,647 of 1,021,647)
October (taken November 1): 88.7% (859,492 of 968,948)
September (taken October 1): 88.6% (835,590 of 943,545)
August (taken September 1): 88.4% (803,271 of 908,602)
July (taken August 1): 89.1% (829,823 of 931,713)
June (taken July 1): 89.2% (801,631 of 898,735)
May (taken June 1): 89.4% (799,845 of 895,091)
April (taken May 1): 89.2% (769,798 of 862,970)
March (taken April 1): 88.9% (739,192 of 831,867)
February (taken March 1): 92.4% (752,043 of 814,009)
January (taken February 1): 88.9% (692,840 of 779,683)
December (taken January 1): 88.8% (663,315 of 746,963)
November (taken December 1): 88.8% (639,676 of 720,179)
October: (taken November 1): 88.8% (617,133 of 695,278)
September (taken October 1): 93.0% (589,877 of 634,375)
August: 88.2% (565,260 of 640,936)
July: 87.7% (522,046 of 595,370)
June: 87.1% (479,793 of 563,436)
May: 86.8% (462,359 of 532,646)
April: 84.8% (377,624 of 445,421)
March: 83.9% (413,302 of 346,665)
February: 84.2% (328,597 of 390,178)
January: 83.4% (295,634 of 354,499)
December: 83.1% (283,497 of 341,112)
November: 82.8% (268,366 of 324,230)
October: 82.2% (252,511 of 307,241)
September: 82.0% (239,666 of 292318)
August: 83.2% (245,524 of 295,210)

Percentage of books with a publication date of the previous month priced from one penny to $50 that are under ten dollars

Books for March: 94.5% (53,632 of 56,758)
Books for February: 94.0% (48,876 of 52,015)
Books for January: 93.8% (50,100 of 53,418)
Books for December: 95.7% (49,147 of 51,337)
Books for November: 93.3% (47,702 of 51,103)
Books for October: 93.5% (48,869 of 52,243)
Books for September: 95.0% (52,571 of 49,491)
Books for August: 94.9% (45,180 of 47,593)
Books for July: 95.2% (46,712 of 49,072)
Books for June: 90.8% (50,056 of 55,143)
Books for May: 93.8% (44,463 of 47,396)
Books for April: 96.6% (45,211 of 46,800)
Books for March: 95.6% (48,578 of 50,788)
Books for February: 97.1% (51,180 of 52,734)
Books for January 2012: 96.9% (49,134 of 50,703)
Books for December: 96.8% (46,619 or 48,151)
Books for November: 96.0% (41,067 of 42,678)
Books for October: 96.2% (37,305 of 38,792)
Books for September 96.1% (33,889 of 35,254)
Books for August: 95.8% (37,440 of 39,100)
Books for July: 96.7% (42,922 of 44,400)
Books for June: 96.4% (45,332 of 47,018)
Books for May: 96.9% (51,840 of 53,484)
Books for April: 96.2% (42,795 of 44,464)
Books for March: 96.1% (38,961 of 40,558)
Books for February: 94.7% (32,379 of 34,206)
Books for January: 95.9% (29,010 of 30,260)
Books for December, 2010: 95.2% (23,419 of 24,593)
Books for November: 96.4% (28,189 of 29.251)
Books for October: 94.6% (22,005 of 23,268)
Books for September: 94.7% (22,338 of 23,592)
Books for August: 95.6% (24,514 of 25,638)
Books for July: 95.3% (24,375 of 25,579)
Books for June: 94.9% (21,774 of 22,945)
Books for May: 94.9% (24,436 of 25,737)
Books for April: 95.9% (23,695 of 24,714)
Books for March: 96.0% (23,703 of 24,699)
Books for February: 96.5% (26,850 of 27,815)
Books for January: 93.3% (11,857 of 12,704)
Books for December: 90.6% (8,948 of 9,879)
Books for November: 94.1% (11,520 of 12,239)
Books for October: 91.2% (6,789 of 7,445)
Books for September: 91.0% (5,104 of 5,608)
Books for August: 96.4% (20,239 of 21,079)

Books in the Seventy Percent Royalty Range ($2.99 – $9.99)

April 1, 2013: 65.7% (1,264,685 of 1,924,138)
March 1, 2013: 66.2% (1,265,680 of 1,913,164)
February 1, 2013: 67.4% (1,247,401 of 1,849,479)
January 1, 2013: 67.8% (1,224,368 of 1,805,001)
December 1, 2012: 67.9% (1,183,346 of 1,742,991)
November 1, 2012: 64.7% (1,061,871 of 1,641,362)
October 1, 2012: 61.4% (969,791 of 1,579,329)
September 1, 2012: 60.4% (924,771 of 1,531,069)
August 1, 2012: 59.4% (883,612 of 1,486,649)
July 1: 61.3% (890,148 of 1,451,504)
June 1: 62.1% (874,145 of 1,407,210)
May 1: 62.6% (850,030 of 1,358,922)
April 1: 66.8% (812,423 of 1,215,625)
March 1: 61.1% (773,783 of 1,265,632)
February 1: 60.5% (731,051 of 1,207,522)
January 1, 2012: 61.6% (718,191 of 1,165,654)
December 1: 62.5% (694,766 of 1,112,876)
November 1: 61.8% (653,971 of 1,058,635)
October 1: 64.6% (667,521 of 1,033,611)
September 1: 65.8% (654,521 of 995,265)
August 1: 66.8% (677,646 of 1,015,056)
July 1: 63.5% (622,648 of 980,434)
June 1: 65.8% (641,867 of 974,841)
May 1: 67.4% (631,871 of 937,831)
April 1: 67.5% (606,223 of 897,663)
March 1: 68.2% (592,077 of 868,351)
February 1: 67.7% (561,035 of 828,708)
January 1: 66.8% (532,092 of 796,131)
December 1, 2010: 66.9% (514,086 of 768,865)
November 1: 66.7% (493,644 of 743,692)
October 1: 68.2% (487,833 of 714,863)
September 1: 66% (453,408 of 687,246)
August 1: 58% (382,691 of 659,479)
July 1: 57.3% (359,361 of 627,343)
June 1: 57.1% (340,379 of 596,300)
May 1: 51.4% (261,869 of 509,229)
April 1: 51.1% (243,718 of 476,653)
March 1: 52.5% (236,418 of 450,625)
February 1: 50.8% (210,978 of 415,100)

Books from one penny to $2.98

April 1, 2013: 16.4% (315,280 of 1,924,138)
March 1, 2013: 15.9% (304,800 of 1,913,164)
February 1, 2013: 15.8% (293,041 of 1,849,479)
January 1, 2013: 15.7% (283,545 of 1,805,001)
December 1, 2012: 15.5% (270,520 of 1,742,991)
November 1, 2012: 19.2% (315,137 of 1,641,362)
October 1, 2012: 22.7% (358,015 of 1,579,329)
September 1, 2012: 23.5% (359,257 of 1,531,069)
August 1, 2012: 24.3% (361,675 of 1,486,649)
July 1: 22.0% (319,951 of 1,451,504)
June 1: 21.7% (305,794 of 1,407,210)
May 1: 21.3% (288,796 of 1,368,922)
April 1: 23.2% (282,254 of 1,215,625)
March 1: 21.8% (275,556 of 1,265,632)
February 1: 22.2% (268,203 of 1,207,522)
January 1, 2012: 20.7% (241,553 of 1,165,654)
December 1: 19.5% (217,026 of 1,112,876)
November 1: 19.8% (209,435 of 1,058,635)
October 1: 16.7% (172,745 of 1,033,611)
September 1: 15.5% (153,891 of 995,265)
August 1: 15.6% (158,010 of 1,015,056)
July 1: 18.9% (185,041 of 980,434)
June 1: 17.0% (165,687 of 974,841)
May 1: 15.6% (146,540 of 937,831)
April 1: 16.2% (145,638 of 897,863)
March 1: 16.9% (147,076 of 868,351)
February 1: 18.1% (149,809 of 828,708)
January 1: 18.7% (148,681 of 796,131)
December 1, 2010: 18.5% (142,549 of 768,865)
November 1: 18.4% (136,964 of 743,692)
October 1: 17.9% (127,830 of 714,863)
September 1: 18.5% (127,165 of 687,246)
August 1: 21.1% (139,277 of 659,479)
July 1: 21% (131,432 of 627,343)
June 1: 20.5% (121,981 of 596,300)
May 1: 22.7% (115,756 of 509,229)
April 1: 21.6% (102,948 of 476,653)
March 1: 20.5% (92,180 of 450,625)
February 1: 20.4% (84,721 of 415,100)

Price Point Analysis of New York Times Hardback Fiction Equivalents

April 1, 2013:

12.74 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 9.45
11.99 14.99 14.99 9.68 12.99 12.99 12.99 9.78 11.04 10.67

Average: $12.36

March 1, 2013:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 N/A 10.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99
12.74 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99

Average: $12.92

February 1, 2013:

N/A 12.99 12.74 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.04 12.99

9.99 8.00 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 13.59

Average: $12.38

January 1, 2013:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.04 11.04 12.74 11.43 12.74 12.99

11.99 9.99 12.99 7.50 12.99 8.00 19.99 13.49 13.99 14.99

Average: 12.49

December 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 11.99

12.99 12.99 19.99 9.50 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.22

November 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 19.99 12.99 9.50 12.99

11.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 13.99 14.99 12.80 11.99 12.99

Average: $13.26

October 1, 2012:

19.99 12.99 12.99 9.50 12.99 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 11.99 9.45 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $12.84

September 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 9.99 14.99 12.99 14.99 1.99

Average: $12.49

August 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

July 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 14.99 12.99 12.99

Average: 13.29

June 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99

12.99 9.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 14.99

Average: $12.94

May 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

April 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

14.99* 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 11.9912.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.14

March 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99* 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

9.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

$13.04

February 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99* 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

January 1, 2012

Average: $13.14

December 1, 2011

Average: $12.40

November 1, 2011:

Average: $12.45

October 1, 2011:

Avg: $13.09

September 1, 2011:

Avg: 12.99

August 1, 2011:

Avg $13.29

July 1, 2011

Avg $13.09

June 1, 2011

Avg: $12.81

May 1, 2011

Average: $12.84

April 1, 2011

Average: $12.69

March 1, 2011

Average: $12.83

February 1, 2011

Average: $12.25
Agency Model average: $12.86
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

January 1, 2011

Average: $12.52

Agency Model: $12.99

Non-Agency: $9.99

December 1, 2010:

Average: $12.78
Agency Model average: $13.52
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

November 1, 2010:

Average: $12.83
Agency Model average: $13.59
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

October 1, 2010:

Average: $12.38
Agency Model average: $12.79
Non-Agency Model average: $10.87

September 1, 2010:

Average: $12.52
Agency Model average $12.99
Non-Agency Model average $9.99

Textbooks in the Kindle Store

April 1, 2013: 26,35
March 1, 2013: 26,100
February 1, 2013: 25,000
January 1, 2013: 23,256
December 1, 2012: 21,507
November 1, 2012: 19,796
October 1, 2012: 19,095
September 1, 2012: 18,369
August 1, 2012: 17,756
July 1, 2012: 24,629
June 1, 2012: 15,581
May 1, 2012: 14,868
April 1, 2012: 16,509
March 1, 2012: 15,434
February 1, 2012: 14,827
January 1, 2012: 13,828
December 1, 2011: 13,396
November 1, 2011: 13,131
October 1, 2011: 12,788
September 1, 2011: 11,966
August 1, 2011: 10,316
July 1, 2011: 9,852
June 1, 2011: 9,442
May 1, 2011: 9,193
April 1, 2011: 8,952
March 1, 2011: 8,633
February 1, 2011: 8,342
January 1, 2011: 7,926
December 1, 2010: 7,637
November 1, 2010: 7,355
October 1, 2010: 7, 162
September 1, 2010: 6,831
August 1, 2010: 6,661
July 1, 2010: 6,481
June 1, 2010: 6,249
May 1, 2010: 6,117
April 1, 2010: 5,973
March 1, 2010: 5,728
February 1, 2010: 5,673
January 1, 2010: 5,549
December 1, 2009: 4,892
November 1, 2009: 4,768
October 1, 2009: 4,633
September 24, 2009: 4,678
August 11, 2009: 4,381

Free books (including public domain)

April 1, 2013: 55,670
March 1, 2013: 54,946
February 1, 2013: 54,567
January 1, 2013: 54,538
December 1, 2012: 50,869
November 1, 2012: 50,938
October 1, 2012: 50,982
September 1, 2012: 52,601
August 1, 2012: 51,680
July 1: 53,728
June 1: 50,470
May 1: 48,904
April 1: 49,826
March 1: 51,860
February 1: 48,207
January 1, 2012: 46,201
December 1: 43,757
November 1: 42,657
October 1, 2011: 42,710
September 1, 2011: 39,540
August 1, 2011: 38,936
July 1, 2011: 38,627
June 1, 2011: 37,415
May 1, 2011: 36,481
April 1, 2011: 33,469
March 1, 2011: 15,931
February 1, 2011: 15,947
January 1, 2011: 16,758
December 1, 2010: 16,708
November 1, 2010: 16,703
October 1, 2010: 16,702
September 1, 2010: 16,726
August 1, 2010: 20,634
July 1, 2010: 20,628
June 1, 2010: 20,590
May 1, 2010: 20,601
April 1, 2010: 20,619
March 1, 2010: 20,143
February 1, 2010: 19788
January 1, 2010: 19,802
December 1, 2009: 19,895
November 1, 2009: 18,547
October 1, 2009: 7,428
February 28, 2009: 7,401

Free books (without public domain)

April 1, 2013: 7,761
March 1, 2013: 7,710
February 1, 2013: 7,404
January 1, 2013: 7,261
December 1, 2012: 7,089
November 1, 2012: 7,186
October 1, 2012: 7,259
September 1, 2012: 8,701
August 1, 2012: 7,829
July 1, 2012: 9,660
June 1, 2012: 6,715
May 1, 2012: 5,195
April 1, 2012: 5,622
March 1, 2012: 8,356
February 1, 2012: 6,109
January 1, 2012: 4,102
December 1, 2011: 2,007
November 1, 2011: 1,681
October 1, 2011: 1,449
September 1, 2011: 1,283
August 1, 2011: 1,046
July 1, 2011: 883
June 1, 2011: 707
May 1, 2011: 20,984
April 1, 2011: 17,832
March 1, 2011: 241
February 1, 2011: 240
January 1, 2011: 230
December 1, 2010: 183
November 1, 2010: 171
October 1, 2010: 161
September 1, 2010: 143
August 1, 2010: 621 (125 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
July 1, 2010: 599 (102 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
June 1, 2010: 559 (63 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
May 1, 2010: 556 (57 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
April 1, 2010: 560 (59 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
March 1, 2010: 67
February 1, 2010: 52
January 1, 2010: 53
December 1, 2009: 84
November 1, 2009: 64
October 1, 2009: 67

Spanish edition books*

April 1, 2013: 61,264
March 1, 2013: 54,839
February 1, 2013: 52,638
January 1, 2013: 51,302
December 1, 2012: 48,905
November 1, 2012: 46,790
October 1, 2012: 44,232
September 1, 2012: 41,659
August 1, 2012: 40,214
July 1, 2012: 38,684
June 1, 2012: 36,891
May 1, 2012: 34,308
April 1, 2012: 32,157
March 1, 2012: 29,480
February 1, 2012: 22,834
January 1, 2012: 22,492
December 1, 2011: 19,928
November 1, 2011: 15,758
October 1, 2011: 16,874
September 1, 2011: 14,805
August 1, 2011: 11,383
July 1, 2011: 10,552
June 1, 2011: 9,917
May 1, 2011: 9,251
April 1, 2011: 8,362
March 1, 2011: 9,244
February 1, 2011: 8,608
January 1, 2011: 8.045
December 1, 2010: 5,839
November 1, 2010: 5,286
October 1, 2010: 4,982
September 1, 2010: 4,723
August 1, 2010: 4,623
July 1, 2010: 4,398
June 1, 2010: 4,078
May 1, 2010: 3,735
April 1, 2010: 3,383
March 1, 2010: 2,841
February 1, 2010: 2,548
January 1, 2010: 2,363
December 1, 2009: 3,483

Books in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL)

April 1, 2013: 319,676 (5.8%)
March 1, 2013: 302,080 (15.8%)
February 1, 2013: 283,641 (15.3%)
January 1, 2013: 264,444
December 1, 2012: 242,716
November 1, 2012: 235,957
October 1, 2012: 216,873
September 1, 2012: 198,009
August 1, 2012: 180,133
July 1, 2012: 168,440
June 1, 2012: 159,937
May 1, 2012: 146,182
April 1, 2012: 131,110
March 1, 2012: 117,652
February 1, 2012: 95,020
January 1, 2012: 69,850 (new measurement)

Price Point Analysis

	4/1/2010
Total	476653
Prime	413032
Under $10	346665
	83.9%

Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	43,993	9.17%	0.01%
$ 1.99	7,704	1.61%	0.00%
$ 2.99	14,560	3.03%	0.00%
$ 3.99	17,390	3.62%	-0.02%
$ 4.99	9,758	2.03%	-0.01%
$ 5.99	2,691	0.56%	0.00%
$ 6.99	1,800	0.38%	0.00%
$ 7.99	10,927	2.28%	-0.25%
$ 8.99	1,312	0.27%	0.00%
$ 9.99	51,857	10.80%	-0.26%
$ 10.99	191	0.04%	0.00%
$ 11.99	196	0.04%	0.00%
$ 12.99	308	0.06%	0.00%
$ 13.99	93	0.02%	0.00%
$ 14.99	806	0.17%	0.00%
$ 15.99	114	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	67	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	43	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	201	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	11	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	11	0.00%	0.00%
$ 22.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	5	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	50	0.01%	0.00%

—

4/1/2011
Total	897,663
Prime	831,867
Under $10	739192


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	71,036	7.91%	-0.84%
$ 1.99	15,994	1.78%	0.06%
$ 2.99	50,033	5.57%	0.30%
$ 3.99	23,986	2.67%	0.24%
$ 4.99	20,374	2.27%	0.48%
$ 5.99	10,560	1.18%	0.16%
$ 6.99	7,422	0.83%	0.07%
$ 7.99	18,354	2.04%	0.20%
$ 8.99	4,436	0.49%	-0.04%
$ 9.99	96,211	10.72%	0.88%
$ 10.99	766	0.09%	0.02%
$ 11.99	1,383	0.15%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	2,122	0.24%	0.01%
$ 13.99	506	0.06%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,519	0.17%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	172	0.02%	0.01%
$ 16.99	225	0.03%	0.00%
$ 17.99	403	0.04%	0.02%
$ 18.99	199	0.02%	0.01%
$ 19.99	568	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	45	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	152	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	22	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	104	0.01%	-0.04%

—

5/1/2011
Total	937,831
Prime	862,970
Under $10	769,798


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	74,929	7.99%	0.08%
$ 1.99	16,497	1.76%	-0.02%
$ 2.99	56,878	6.06%	0.49%
$ 3.99	22,937	2.45%	-0.23%
$ 4.99	24,880	2.65%	0.38%
$ 5.99	13,387	1.43%	0.25%
$ 6.99	5,215	0.56%	-0.27%
$ 7.99	18,992	2.03%	-0.02%
$ 8.99	5,053	0.54%	0.04%
$ 9.99	103,463	11.03%	0.31%
$ 10.99	865	0.09%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,412	0.15%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,271	0.24%	0.01%
$ 13.99	490	0.05%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,577	0.17%	0.00%
$ 15.99	134	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	235	0.03%	0.00%
$ 17.99	471	0.05%	0.01%
$ 18.99	207	0.02%	0.00%
$ 19.99	465	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	172	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	79	0.01%	0.01%
$ 24.99	110	0.01%	0.00%

—

6/1/2011
Total	974,841
Prime	895,091
Under $10	799,845


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	81,095	8.32%	0.33%
$ 1.99	16,628	1.71%	-0.05%
$ 2.99	54,630	5.60%	-0.46%
$ 3.99	22,026	2.26%	-0.19%
$ 4.99	18,976	1.95%	-0.71%
$ 5.99	10,685	1.10%	-0.33%
$ 6.99	7,039	0.72%	0.17%
$ 7.99	15,841	1.62%	-0.40%
$ 8.99	4,226	0.43%	-0.11%
$ 9.99	90,005	9.23%	-1.80%
$ 10.99	619	0.06%	-0.03%
$ 11.99	1,481	0.15%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,112	0.22%	-0.03%
$ 13.99	571	0.06%	0.01%
$ 14.99	1,720	0.18%	0.01%
$ 15.99	176	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	230	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	251	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 18.99	178	0.02%	0.00%
$ 19.99	468	0.05%	0.00%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	200	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	59	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	121	0.01%	0.00%

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July 1, 2011

7/1/2011
Total	980,434
Prime	898,735
Under $10	801,631


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	73,957	7.54%	-0.78%
$ 1.99	18,207	1.86%	0.15%
$ 2.99	34,414	3.51%	-2.09%
$ 3.99	26,942	2.75%	0.49%
$ 4.99	8,926	0.91%	-1.04%
$ 5.99	5,117	0.52%	-0.57%
$ 6.99	3,725	0.38%	-0.34%
$ 7.99	14,537	1.48%	-0.14%
$ 8.99	2,009	0.20%	-0.23%
$ 9.99	79,377	8.10%	-1.14%
$ 10.99	491	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,574	0.16%	0.01%
$ 12.99	1,863	0.19%	-0.03%
$ 13.99	509	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	1,555	0.16%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	453	0.05%	0.03%
$ 16.99	201	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	138	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	118	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	271	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 20.99	18	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	186	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	111	0.01%	0.01%
$ 24.99	125	0.01%	0.00%

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August 1, 2011

8/1/2011
Total	1,015,056
Prime	931,713
Under $10	829,823


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	76,233	7.51%	-0.03%
$ 1.99	17,083	1.68%	-0.17%
$ 2.99	66,967	6.60%	3.09%
$ 3.99	12,921	1.27%	-1.48%
$ 4.99	27,893	2.75%	1.84%
$ 5.99	12,894	1.27%	0.75%
$ 6.99	2,715	0.27%	-0.11%
$ 7.99	18,431	1.82%	0.33%
$ 8.99	5,638	0.56%	0.35%
$ 9.99	111,705	11.00%	2.91%
$ 10.99	473	0.05%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,691	0.17%	0.01%
$ 12.99	2,129	0.21%	0.02%
$ 13.99	576	0.06%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,768	0.17%	0.02%
$ 15.99	252	0.02%	-0.02%
$ 16.99	230	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	128	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	249	0.02%	0.01%
$ 19.99	468	0.05%	0.02%
$ 20.99	46	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	166	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	64	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	90	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	59	0.01%	-0.01%

September 1, 2011

9/1/2011
Total	995,265
Prime	908,602
Under $10	803,271


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	77,793	7.82%	0.31%
$ 1.99	16,614	1.67%	-0.01%
$ 2.99	56,503	5.68%	-0.92%
$ 3.99	21,995	2.21%	0.94%
$ 4.99	21,595	2.17%	-0.58%
$ 5.99	11,312	1.14%	-0.13%
$ 6.99	7,477	0.75%	0.48%
$ 7.99	16,948	1.70%	-0.11%
$ 8.99	14,883	1.50%	0.94%
$ 9.99	102,626	10.31%	-0.69%
$ 10.99	485	0.05%	0.00%
$ 11.99	983	0.10%	-0.07%
$ 12.99	1,374	0.14%	-0.07%
$ 13.99	316	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 14.99	1,501	0.15%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	160	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	159	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 17.99	285	0.03%	0.02%
$ 18.99	165	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	446	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	50	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	171	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	41	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	33	0.00%	-0.01%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.01%

—

10/1/2011
Total	1,033,611
Prime	943,545
Under $10	835,590


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	81,946	7.93%	0.11%
$ 1.99	16,172	1.56%	-0.10%
$ 2.99	48,287	4.67%	-1.01%
$ 3.99	16,808	1.63%	-0.58%
$ 4.99	17,389	1.68%	-0.49%
$ 5.99	8,259	0.80%	-0.34%
$ 6.99	5,300	0.51%	-0.24%
$ 7.99	10,833	1.05%	-0.65%
$ 8.99	12,478	1.21%	-0.29%
$ 9.99	89,175	8.63%	-1.68%
$ 10.99	395	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	804	0.08%	-0.02%
$ 12.99	1,285	0.12%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	302	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,386	0.13%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	146	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	151	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	144	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	75	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	368	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	22	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	150	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	66	0.01%	0.00%

—

11/1/2011
Total	1,058,635
Prime	968,948
Under $10	859,492


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	84,612	7.99%	0.06%
$ 1.99	7,659	0.72%	-0.84%
$ 2.99	19,157	1.81%	-2.86%
$ 3.99	10,245	0.97%	-0.66%
$ 4.99	7,451	0.70%	-0.98%
$ 5.99	3,026	0.29%	-0.51%
$ 6.99	2,533	0.24%	-0.27%
$ 7.99	8,414	0.79%	-0.25%
$ 8.99	11,882	1.12%	-0.08%
$ 9.99	70,312	6.64%	-1.99%
$ 10.99	348	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,144	0.11%	0.03%
$ 12.99	1,068	0.10%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	280	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,171	0.11%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	69	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	118	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	116	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	59	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	234	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	33	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	153	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	28	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	89	0.01%	0.00%

—

12/1/2011
Total	1,112,876
Prime	1021677
Under $10	907,647


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	90,203	8.11%	0.11%
$ 1.99	17,711	1.59%	0.87%
$ 2.99	29,634	2.66%	0.85%
$ 3.99	23,617	2.12%	1.15%
$ 4.99	23,320	2.10%	1.39%
$ 5.99	4,606	0.41%	0.13%
$ 6.99	4,887	0.44%	0.20%
$ 7.99	13,241	1.19%	0.40%
$ 8.99	10,646	0.96%	-0.17%
$ 9.99	71,709	6.44%	-0.20%
$ 10.99	466	0.04%	0.01%
$ 11.99	598	0.05%	-0.05%
$ 12.99	1,038	0.09%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	317	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,234	0.11%	0.00%
$ 15.99	78	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	109	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	132	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	50	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	278	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	168	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	31	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	104	0.01%	0.00%

—

1/1/2012
Total	1,165,654
Prime	1073539
Under $10	955,187


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	99,225	8.51%	0.41%
$ 1.99	16,088	1.38%	-0.21%
$ 2.99	38,295	3.29%	0.62%
$ 3.99	24,602	2.11%	-0.01%
$ 4.99	18,289	1.57%	-0.53%
$ 5.99	4,438	0.38%	-0.03%
$ 6.99	5,002	0.43%	-0.01%
$ 7.99	11,495	0.99%	-0.20%
$ 8.99	12,412	1.06%	0.11%
$ 9.99	68,467	5.87%	-0.57%
$ 10.99	421	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	549	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	1,010	0.09%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	270	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	1,272	0.11%	0.00%
$ 15.99	142	0.01%	0.01%
$ 16.99	102	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	192	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	44	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	279	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	134	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	30	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	36	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	108	0.01%	0.00%

—

2/1/2012
Total	1,207,522
Prime	1,112,467
Under $10	994,448


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	107,238	8.88%	0.37%
$ 1.99	8,528	0.71%	-0.67%
$ 2.99	28,515	2.36%	-0.92%
$ 3.99	7,463	0.62%	-1.49%
$ 4.99	6,509	0.54%	-1.03%
$ 5.99	2,761	0.23%	-0.15%
$ 6.99	2,740	0.23%	-0.20%
$ 7.99	7,571	0.63%	-0.36%
$ 8.99	13,377	1.11%	0.04%
$ 9.99	58,244	4.82%	-1.05%
$ 10.99	331	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	476	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	914	0.08%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	186	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	988	0.08%	-0.03%
$ 15.99	82	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	98	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	194	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	59	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	167	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	15	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	163	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	20	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	58	0.00%	0.00%

—

3/1/2012
Total	1,265,632
Prime	1,165,368
Under $10	1,044,889


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	113,150	8.94%	0.06%
$ 1.99	10,638	0.84%	0.13%
$ 2.99	43,320	3.42%	1.06%
$ 3.99	18,776	1.48%	0.87%
$ 4.99	8,565	0.68%	0.14%
$ 5.99	3,879	0.31%	0.08%
$ 6.99	3,591	0.28%	0.06%
$ 7.99	8,164	0.65%	0.02%
$ 8.99	14,825	1.17%	0.06%
$ 9.99	62,009	4.90%	0.08%
$ 10.99	375	0.03%	0.00%
$ 11.99	673	0.05%	0.01%
$ 12.99	936	0.07%	0.00%
$ 13.99	249	0.02%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,005	0.08%	0.00%
$ 15.99	117	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	102	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	210	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	55	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	213	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	12	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	170	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	20	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	73	0.01%	0.00%

—

4/1/2012
Total	1,315,927
Prime	1,215,625
Under $10	1,089,619


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	118,411	9.00%	0.06%
$ 1.99	12,440	0.95%	0.10%
$ 2.99	53,686	4.08%	0.66%
$ 3.99	30,997	2.36%	0.87%
$ 4.99	10,786	0.82%	0.14%
$ 5.99	5,026	0.38%	0.08%
$ 6.99	4,705	0.36%	0.07%
$ 7.99	8,988	0.68%	0.04%
$ 8.99	5,461	0.41%	-0.76%
$ 9.99	71,568	5.44%	0.54%
$ 10.99	654	0.05%	0.02%
$ 11.99	1,281	0.10%	0.04%
$ 12.99	1,835	0.14%	0.07%
$ 13.99	438	0.03%	0.01%
$ 14.99	1,739	0.13%	0.05%
$ 15.99	323	0.02%	0.02%
$ 16.99	236	0.02%	0.01%
$ 17.99	86	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	118	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	395	0.03%	0.01%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	272	0.02%	0.01%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	17	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	96	0.01%	0.00%

—

5/1/2012
Total	1,358,922
Prime	1,261,606
Under $10	1,133,793


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	122,040	9.27%	0.28%
$ 1.99	13,124	1.00%	0.05%
$ 2.99	64,106	4.87%	0.79%
$ 3.99	37,072	2.82%	0.46%
$ 4.99	12,631	0.96%	0.14%
$ 5.99	6,288	0.48%	0.10%
$ 6.99	4,897	0.37%	0.01%
$ 7.99	10,145	0.77%	0.09%
$ 8.99	3,156	0.24%	-0.18%
$ 9.99	76,063	5.78%	0.34%
$ 10.99	809	0.06%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,816	0.14%	0.04%
$ 12.99	2,159	0.16%	0.02%
$ 13.99	565	0.04%	0.01%
$ 14.99	2,010	0.15%	0.02%
$ 15.99	140	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	306	0.02%	0.01%
$ 17.99	78	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	91	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	471	0.04%	0.01%
$ 20.99	24	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	283	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	27	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	150	0.01%	0.00%

—

5/1/2012
Total	1,407,210
Prime	1,308,331
Under $10	1,174,668


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	125,811	9.56%	0.29%
$ 1.99	13,076	0.99%	0.00%
$ 2.99	66,685	5.07%	0.20%
$ 3.99	36,204	2.75%	-0.07%
$ 4.99	11,225	0.85%	-0.11%
$ 5.99	5,903	0.45%	-0.03%
$ 6.99	4,569	0.35%	-0.02%
$ 7.99	10,524	0.80%	0.03%
$ 8.99	2,717	0.21%	-0.03%
$ 9.99	71,733	5.45%	-0.33%
$ 10.99	885	0.07%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,818	0.14%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,140	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	684	0.05%	0.01%
$ 14.99	2,042	0.16%	0.00%
$ 15.99	182	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	302	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	73	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	108	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	513	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	251	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	97	0.01%	0.00%

—

7/1/2012
Total	1,451,504
Prime	1,343,776
Under $10	1,204,888


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	129,323	8.91%	-0.65%
$ 1.99	12,780	0.88%	-0.11%
$ 2.99	64,315	4.43%	-0.64%
$ 3.99	27,128	1.87%	-0.88%
$ 4.99	12,335	0.85%	0.00%
$ 5.99	6,307	0.43%	-0.01%
$ 6.99	5,118	0.35%	0.01%
$ 7.99	10,689	0.74%	-0.06%
$ 8.99	2,871	0.20%	-0.01%
$ 9.99	78,303	5.39%	-0.06%
$ 10.99	875	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,804	0.12%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	2,291	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	688	0.05%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,225	0.15%	0.00%
$ 15.99	218	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	332	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	79	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	104	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	443	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	319	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	44	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	30	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.00%

—

8/1/2012
Total	1,486,649
Prime	1,379,399
Under $10	1,240,062


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	137,876	9.27%	0.36%
$ 1.99	9,880	0.66%	-0.22%
$ 2.99	46,971	3.16%	-1.27%
$ 3.99	12,096	0.81%	-1.06%
$ 4.99	8,445	0.57%	-0.28%
$ 5.99	4,956	0.33%	-0.10%
$ 6.99	3,180	0.21%	-0.14%
$ 7.99	10,781	0.73%	-0.01%
$ 8.99	2,877	0.19%	0.00%
$ 9.99	70,140	4.72%	-0.68%
$ 10.99	962	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,910	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,371	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	636	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,056	0.14%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	192	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	357	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	121	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	82	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	337	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	364	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	24	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	86	0.01%	0.00%

—

9/1/2012
Total	1,531,069
Prime	1,421,168
Under $10	1,278,733


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	144,288	9.42%	0.15%
$ 1.99	13,399	0.88%	0.21%
$ 2.99	68,395	4.47%	1.31%
$ 3.99	14,760	0.96%	0.15%
$ 4.99	11,627	0.76%	0.19%
$ 5.99	6,456	0.42%	0.09%
$ 6.99	5,407	0.35%	0.14%
$ 7.99	11,697	0.76%	0.04%
$ 8.99	3,050	0.20%	0.01%
$ 9.99	74,605	4.87%	0.15%
$ 10.99	955	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,973	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,119	0.14%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	582	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,039	0.13%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	212	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	347	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	127	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	81	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	385	0.03%	0.00%
$ 20.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	313	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	99	0.01%	0.00%

—

10/1/2012
Total	1,579,329
Prime	1,466,890
Under $10	1,322,272


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	147,931	9.37%	-0.06%
$ 1.99	16,053	1.02%	0.14%
$ 2.99	87,788	5.56%	1.09%
$ 3.99	20,853	1.32%	0.36%
$ 4.99	14,656	0.93%	0.17%
$ 5.99	7,558	0.48%	0.06%
$ 6.99	6,642	0.42%	0.07%
$ 7.99	13,807	0.87%	0.11%
$ 8.99	3,256	0.21%	0.01%
$ 9.99	84,003	5.32%	0.45%
$ 10.99	972	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	2,052	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,189	0.14%	0.00%
$ 13.99	587	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,123	0.13%	0.00%
$ 15.99	216	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	339	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	109	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	117	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	509	0.03%	0.01%
$ 20.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	371	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.00%

—

Total	1,641,362
Prime	1,522,810
Under $10	1,371,227


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	155,732	9.49%	0.12%
$ 1.99	24,777	1.51%	0.49%
$ 2.99	134,461	8.19%	2.63%
$ 3.99	49,221	3.00%	1.68%
$ 4.99	29,671	1.81%	0.88%
$ 5.99	15,629	0.95%	0.47%
$ 6.99	12,969	0.79%	0.37%
$ 7.99	22,527	1.37%	0.50%
$ 8.99	6,642	0.40%	0.20%
$ 9.99	134,811	8.21%	2.89%
$ 10.99	1,576	0.10%	0.03%
$ 11.99	2,986	0.18%	0.05%
$ 12.99	3,292	0.20%	0.06%
$ 13.99	894	0.05%	0.02%
$ 14.99	2,717	0.17%	0.03%
$ 15.99	319	0.02%	0.01%
$ 16.99	481	0.03%	0.01%
$ 17.99	235	0.01%	0.01%
$ 18.99	237	0.01%	0.01%
$ 19.99	902	0.05%	0.02%
$ 20.99	68	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	431	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	87	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	86	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	218	0.01%	0.01%

—

12/1/2012
Total	1,742,991
Prime	1,615,716
Under $10	1,451,437


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	163,634	9.97%	0.48%
$ 1.99	40,111	2.44%	0.93%
$ 2.99	192,449	11.72%	3.53%
$ 3.99	122,419	7.46%	4.46%
$ 4.99	50,073	3.05%	1.24%
$ 5.99	27,780	1.69%	0.74%
$ 6.99	20,681	1.26%	0.47%
$ 7.99	40,348	2.46%	1.09%
$ 8.99	10,692	0.65%	0.25%
$ 9.99	236,101	14.38%	6.17%
$ 10.99	2,423	0.15%	0.05%
$ 11.99	4,346	0.26%	0.08%
$ 12.99	4,614	0.28%	0.08%
$ 13.99	1,299	0.08%	0.02%
$ 14.99	3,439	0.21%	0.04%
$ 15.99	840	0.05%	0.03%
$ 16.99	595	0.04%	0.01%
$ 17.99	354	0.02%	0.01%
$ 18.99	495	0.03%	0.02%
$ 19.99	1,498	0.09%	0.04%
$ 20.99	120	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	383	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	153	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	136	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	370	0.02%	0.01%

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1/1/2013
Total	1,805,001
Prime	1,671,220
Under $10	1,502,267


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	172,149	10.49%	0.52%
$ 1.99	42,262	2.57%	0.13%
$ 2.99	206,531	12.58%	0.86%
$ 3.99	126,369	7.70%	0.24%
$ 4.99	52,158	3.18%	0.13%
$ 5.99	29,128	1.77%	0.08%
$ 6.99	20,656	1.26%	0.00%
$ 7.99	41,417	2.52%	0.07%
$ 8.99	10,775	0.66%	0.01%
$ 9.99	235,662	14.36%	-0.03%
$ 10.99	2,195	0.13%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	4,123	0.25%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	4,319	0.26%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	1,207	0.07%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	3,600	0.22%	0.01%
$ 15.99	966	0.06%	0.01%
$ 16.99	581	0.04%	0.00%
$ 17.99	377	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	547	0.03%	0.00%
$ 19.99	3,087	0.19%	0.10%
$ 20.99	105	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	418	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	144	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	136	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	359	0.02%	0.00%

—

Percentages for February 1, 2013 were corrected on March 1, 2013

2/1/2013
Total	1,849,479
Prime	1,713,256
Under $10	1,534,604


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	178,913	9.67%	-0.81%
$ 1.99	45,121	2.44%	-0.14%
$ 2.99	214,748	11.61%	-0.97%
$ 3.99	130,320	7.05%	-0.65%
$ 4.99	54,653	2.96%	-0.22%
$ 5.99	31,434	1.70%	-0.08%
$ 6.99	21,941	1.19%	-0.07%
$ 7.99	42,620	2.30%	-0.22%
$ 8.99	10,835	0.59%	-0.07%
$ 9.99	230,800	12.48%	-1.88%
$ 10.99	2,463	0.13%	0.00%
$ 11.99	4,593	0.25%	0.00%
$ 12.99	4,563	0.25%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	1,304	0.07%	0.00%
$ 14.99	3,703	0.20%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	1,004	0.05%	0.00%
$ 16.99	659	0.04%	0.00%
$ 17.99	435	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	598	0.03%	0.00%
$ 19.99	5,276	0.29%	0.10%
$ 20.99	116	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	458	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	178	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	154	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	395	0.02%	0.00%

—

3/1/2013
Total	1,913,164
Prime	1,770,452
Under $10	1,564,429


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	187,353	9.79%	0.12%
$ 1.99	49,309	2.58%	0.14%
$ 2.99	227,956	11.92%	0.30%
$ 3.99	133,323	6.97%	-0.08%
$ 4.99	58,386	3.05%	0.10%
$ 5.99	35,339	1.85%	0.15%
$ 6.99	25,102	1.31%	0.13%
$ 7.99	45,755	2.39%	0.09%
$ 8.99	12,282	0.64%	0.06%
$ 9.99	224,082	11.71%	-0.77%
$ 10.99	3,590	0.19%	0.05%
$ 11.99	7,838	0.41%	0.16%
$ 12.99	6,533	0.34%	0.09%
$ 13.99	2,318	0.12%	0.05%
$ 14.99	4,760	0.25%	0.05%
$ 15.99	1,341	0.07%	0.02%
$ 16.99	1,129	0.06%	0.02%
$ 17.99	719	0.04%	0.01%
$ 18.99	920	0.05%	0.02%
$ 19.99	5,711	0.30%	0.01%
$ 20.99	303	0.02%	0.01%
$ 21.99	280	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 22.99	359	0.02%	0.01%
$ 23.99	250	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	482	0.03%	0.00%

—

4/1/2013
Total	1,924,138
Prime	1,785,986
Under $10	1,573,845


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	193,771	10.07%	0.28%
$ 1.99	50,993	2.65%	0.07%
$ 2.99	240,734	12.51%	0.60%
$ 3.99	138,910	7.22%	0.25%
$ 4.99	60,568	3.15%	0.10%
$ 5.99	37,409	1.94%	0.10%
$ 6.99	25,863	1.34%	0.03%
$ 7.99	47,298	2.46%	0.07%
$ 8.99	12,791	0.66%	0.02%
$ 9.99	235,041	12.22%	0.50%
$ 10.99	3,781	0.20%	0.01%
$ 11.99	9,716	0.50%	0.10%
$ 12.99	6,538	0.34%	0.00%
$ 13.99	2,325	0.12%	0.00%
$ 14.99	4,848	0.25%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,403	0.07%	0.00%
$ 16.99	1,182	0.06%	0.00%
$ 17.99	759	0.04%	0.00%
$ 18.99	922	0.05%	0.00%
$ 19.99	5,772	0.30%	0.00%
$ 20.99	249	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	277	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	3,212	0.17%	0.15%
$ 23.99	281	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	519	0.03%	0.00%

—

Summary

I think something really big happened, and we’re likely to hear about it. We have never had this low a number of books net added to the USA Kindle store since I’ve been tracking it. It’s really an anomalously low number. However, the number of books added last month was, I think, the highest since I’ve been tracking it (but not by much). That suggests to me that a lot of books were removed by Amazon. That’s happened a couple of times before: they pulled the Macmillan buy buttons during the dispute over the Agency Model, and they removed a bunch of books that appeared to be duplicates. I don’t know what the reason is here, and maybe this is just some sort of glitch, buy my intuition is that something deliberate happened here. Outside of that, things look pretty good. More magazines, newspapers, and blogs are available to us. The percentage of books from one penny to $50 that are under $10 did drop a bit, but not much. The average price of New York Times bestseller hardback fiction equivalents was down more than fifty cents. There were more free books to own, and more books in the KOLL (Kindle Owners’ Lending Library) to borrow (although the rate of growth in the latter slowed). Overall, I like it…but I do want to know what happened with the net growth!

The free books referenced here are from the Kindle store: there are many other sources for free books
My search for textbooks definitely has false positives (books that aren’t really textbooks). I search for -domain (to eliminate public domain titles, which would be older books, generall) textbook. That would find a bookabout textbooks, for example
I searched for “Spanish edition” to find Spanish language books. That has some false positives as well
I look at price percentages of books in the range of one penny to fifty dollars, to eliminate freebies and limit textbooks
The price point analysis is for books at that specific price: it does not represent a range of prices
I compared the percentage of price points in the Price Point Analysis when I showed the difference…not the number of books
This information is based on what a United States customer sees

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.

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Snapshot: March 1 2013

March 1, 2013

Snapshot: March 1 2013

Titles in Kindle Store

March 1, 2013: 1,913,164
February 1, 2013: 1,849,479
January 1, 2013: 1,805,001
December 1, 2012: 1,742,991
November 1, 2012: 1,641,362
October 1, 2012: 1,579,329
September 1, 2012: 1,531,069
August 1, 2012: 1,486,649
July 1, 2012: 1,451,504
June 1, 2012: 1,407,210
May 1, 2012: 1,358,922
April 1, 2012: 1,315,927
March 1, 2012: 1,265,632
February 1, 2012: 1,207,522
January 1, 2012: 1,165,654
December 1, 2011: 1,112,876
November 1, 2011: 1,058,635
October 1, 2011: 1,033,611
September 1, 2011: 995,265 (roughly 40,000 removed one day: PLR?)
August 1, 2011: 1,015,056
July 1, 2011: 980,434
June 1, 2011: 974,841
May 1, 2011: 937,831
April 1, 2011: 897,663
March 1, 2011: 868,351
February 1, 2011: 828,708
January 1, 2011: 796,131
December 1, 2010: 768,865
November 1, 2010: 743,692
October 1, 2010: 714, 663
September 1, 2010: 687,246
August 1, 2010: 659,479
July 1 2010: 627,343
June 1 2010: 596,300
May 1 2010: 509,229
April 1 2010: 476,653
March 1 2010: 450,625
February 1 2010: 415,100
January 1 2010: 401,773
December 1 2009: 385,484
November 1 2009: 368,813
October 1 2009: 342,865
September 21 2009: 355,805
July 28 2009: 332,813
May 16 2009: 284,491

Approximate average of titles added per day:

March 1, 2013: 2,274
February 1, 2013: 1,435
January 1, 2013: 2,000
December 1, 2012: 3,388
November 1, 2012: 2,001
October 1, 2012: 1,609
September 1, 2012: 1,433
August 1, 2012: 1,134
July 1, 2012: 1,476
June 1, 2012: 1,558
May 1, 2012: 1,433
April 1, 2012: 1,622
March 1, 2012: 2,004
February 1, 2012: 1,351
January 1, 2012: 1,703
December 1, 2011: 1,808
November 1, 2011: 807
October 1, 2011: 1,278
September 1, 2011: -638
August 1, 2011: 1,117
July 1, 2011: 186
June 1, 2011: 1,194
May 1, 2011: 1,339
April 1, 2011: 946
March 1, 2011: 1,416 (corrected from last post)
February 1, 2011: 1,051
Taken January 1, 2011: 880 (average for December 2010)
December: 839
November: 968
October: 914
September: 896
August: 1,037
July: 1,035
May: 2,809 (may be affected by Penguin return)
April: 1,086
March: 840
February: 1,146
January: 430 (may be impacted by Macmillan removal)
December 2009: 525
November: 556
October: 837

Magazines:

March 1, 2013: 605
February 1, 2013: 601
January 1, 2013: 586
December 1, 2012: 573
November 1, 2012: 567
October 1, 2012: 558
September 1, 2012: 547
August 1, 2012: 510
July 1, 2012: 497
June 1, 2012: 476
May 1, 2012: 469
April 1, 2012: 453
March 1, 2012: 430
February 1, 2012: 409
January 1, 2012: 370
December 1, 2011: 340
November 1, 2011: 132
October 1, 2011: 129
September 1, 2011: 127
August 1, 2011: 119
July 1, 2011: 115
June 1, 2011: 110
May 1, 2011: 93
April 1, 2011: 86
March 1, 2011: 81
February 1, 2011: 80
January 1, 2011: 74
December 1, 2010: 83
November 1, 2010: 84
October 1, 2010: 80
September 1. 2010: 70
August 1, 2010: 64
July 1, 2010: 61
June 1, 2010: 60
May 1, 2010: 58
April 1, 2010: 53
March 1, 2010: 50
February 1, 2010: 46
January 1, 2010: 43
December 1, 2009: 40
November 1, 2009: 38

Newspapers:

March 1, 2013: 198
February 1, 2013: 201
January 1, 2013: 200
December 1, 2012: 198
November 1, 2012: 202
October 1, 2012: 200
September 1, 2012: 201
August 1, 2012: 204
July 1, 2012: 201
June 1, 2012: 199
May 1, 2012: 195
April 1, 2012: 194
March 1, 2012: 193
February 1, 2012: 190
January 1, 2012: 188
December 1, 2011: 211
November 1, 2011: 191
October 1, 2011: 184
September 1, 2011: 177
August 1, 2011: 176
July 1, 2011: 176
June 1, 2011: 169
May 1, 2011: 167
April 1, 2011: 164
March 1, 2011: 161
February 1, 2011: 156
January 1, 2011: 153
December 1, 2010: 148
November 1, 2010: 145
October 1, 2010: 144
September 1, 2010: 138
August 1, 2010: 135
July 1, 2010: 136
June 1, 2010: 133
May 1, 2010: 128
April 1, 2010: 118
March 1, 2010: 107
February 1, 2010: 93
January 1, 2010: 89
December 1, 2009: 76
November 1, 2009: 58

Blogs:

March 1, 2013: 13,870
February 1, 2013: 13,461
January 1, 2013: 13,110
December 1, 2012: 13,559
November 1, 2012: 13,178
October 1, 2012: 12,908
September 1, 2012: 12,417
August 1, 2012: 12,087
July 1, 2012: 12,759
June 1, 2012: 12,680
May 1, 2012: 12,914
April 1, 2012: 13,295
March 1, 2012: 13,038
February 1, 2012: 13,984
January 1, 2012: 13,571
December 1, 2011: 13,178
November 1, 2011: 14,286
October 1, 2011: 15,116
September 1, 2011: 14,801
August 1, 2011: 14,477
July 1, 2011: 14,053
June 1, 2011: 13,616
May 1, 2011: 12,901
April 1, 2011: 12,502
March 1, 2011: 12,080
February 1, 2011: 11,355
January 1, 2011: 11,087
December 1, 2010: 10,585
November 1, 2010: 10,255
October 1, 2010: 10,056
September 1, 2010: 10,036
August 1, 2010: 9,716
July 1, 2010: 9,429
June 1, 2010: 9,228
May 1, 2010: 9,094
April 1, 2010: 8,944
March 1, 2010: 8,754
February 1, 2010: 8,651
January 1, 2010: 7992
December 1, 2009: 7589
November 1, 2009: 7365

Percentage of books priced from one penny to $50 that are under ten dollars

February (taken March 1, 2013): 88.4% (1,564,429 of 1,770,452)
January (taken February 1, 2013): 89.6% (1,534,604 of 1,713,256)
December (taken January 1, 2013): 89.9% (1,502,267 of 1,671,220)
November (taken December 1): 89.8% (1,451,437 of 1,615,716)
October (taken November 1): 90.0% (1,371,227 of 1,522,810)
September (taken October 1): 90.1% (1,322,272 of 1,466,890)
August (taken September 1): 90.0% (1,278,733 of 1,421,168)
July (taken August 1): 89.9% (1,240,642 of 1,379,399)
June (taken (July 1): 89.7% (1,204,888 of 1,343,776)
May (taken June 1): 89.8% (1,1174,668 of 1,308,331)
April (taken May 1): 89.9% (1,113,793 of 1,261,606)
March (taken April 1): 89.6% (1,089,619 of 1,215,625)
February (taken March 1): 89.7% (1,044,889 of 1,165,368)
January (taken February 1): 89.4% (994,448 of 1,112,467)
December (taken January 1): 89.0% (955,187 of 1,073,539)
November (taken December 1): 88.8% (907,647 of 1,021,647)
October (taken November 1): 88.7% (859,492 of 968,948)
September (taken October 1): 88.6% (835,590 of 943,545)
August (taken September 1): 88.4% (803,271 of 908,602)
July (taken August 1): 89.1% (829,823 of 931,713)
June (taken July 1): 89.2% (801,631 of 898,735)
May (taken June 1): 89.4% (799,845 of 895,091)
April (taken May 1): 89.2% (769,798 of 862,970)
March (taken April 1): 88.9% (739,192 of 831,867)
February (taken March 1): 92.4% (752,043 of 814,009)
January (taken February 1): 88.9% (692,840 of 779,683)
December (taken January 1): 88.8% (663,315 of 746,963)
November (taken December 1): 88.8% (639,676 of 720,179)
October: (taken November 1): 88.8% (617,133 of 695,278)
September (taken October 1): 93.0% (589,877 of 634,375)
August: 88.2% (565,260 of 640,936)
July: 87.7% (522,046 of 595,370)
June: 87.1% (479,793 of 563,436)
May: 86.8% (462,359 of 532,646)
April: 84.8% (377,624 of 445,421)
March: 83.9% (413,302 of 346,665)
February: 84.2% (328,597 of 390,178)
January: 83.4% (295,634 of 354,499)
December: 83.1% (283,497 of 341,112)
November: 82.8% (268,366 of 324,230)
October: 82.2% (252,511 of 307,241)
September: 82.0% (239,666 of 292318)
August: 83.2% (245,524 of 295,210)

Percentage of books with a publication date of the previous month priced from one penny to $50 that are under ten dollars

Books for February: 94.0% (48,876 of 52,015)
Books for January: 93.8% (50,100 of 53,418)
Books for December: 95.7% (49,147 of 51,337)
Books for November: 93.3% (47,702 of 51,103)
Books for October: 93.5% (48,869 of 52,243)
Books for September: 95.0% (52,571 of 49,491)
Books for August: 94.9% (45,180 of 47,593)
Books for July: 95.2% (46,712 of 49,072)
Books for June: 90.8% (50,056 of 55,143)
Books for May: 93.8% (44,463 of 47,396)
Books for April: 96.6% (45,211 of 46,800)
Books for March: 95.6% (48,578 of 50,788)
Books for February: 97.1% (51,180 of 52,734)
Books for January 2012: 96.9% (49,134 of 50,703)
Books for December: 96.8% (46,619 or 48,151)
Books for November: 96.0% (41,067 of 42,678)
Books for October: 96.2% (37,305 of 38,792)
Books for September 96.1% (33,889 of 35,254)
Books for August: 95.8% (37,440 of 39,100)
Books for July: 96.7% (42,922 of 44,400)
Books for June: 96.4% (45,332 of 47,018)
Books for May: 96.9% (51,840 of 53,484)
Books for April: 96.2% (42,795 of 44,464)
Books for March: 96.1% (38,961 of 40,558)
Books for February: 94.7% (32,379 of 34,206)
Books for January: 95.9% (29,010 of 30,260)
Books for December, 2010: 95.2% (23,419 of 24,593)
Books for November: 96.4% (28,189 of 29.251)
Books for October: 94.6% (22,005 of 23,268)
Books for September: 94.7% (22,338 of 23,592)
Books for August: 95.6% (24,514 of 25,638)
Books for July: 95.3% (24,375 of 25,579)
Books for June: 94.9% (21,774 of 22,945)
Books for May: 94.9% (24,436 of 25,737)
Books for April: 95.9% (23,695 of 24,714)
Books for March: 96.0% (23,703 of 24,699)
Books for February: 96.5% (26,850 of 27,815)
Books for January: 93.3% (11,857 of 12,704)
Books for December: 90.6% (8,948 of 9,879)
Books for November: 94.1% (11,520 of 12,239)
Books for October: 91.2% (6,789 of 7,445)
Books for September: 91.0% (5,104 of 5,608)
Books for August: 96.4% (20,239 of 21,079)

Books in the Seventy Percent Royalty Range ($2.99 – $9.99)

March 1, 2013: 66.2% (1,265,680 of 1,913,164)
February 1, 2013: 67.4% (1,247,401 of 1,849,479)
January 1, 2013: 67.8% (1,224,368 of 1,805,001)
December 1, 2012: 67.9% (1,183,346 of 1,742,991)
November 1, 2012: 64.7% (1,061,871 of 1,641,362)
October 1, 2012: 61.4% (969,791 of 1,579,329)
September 1, 2012: 60.4% (924,771 of 1,531,069)
August 1, 2012: 59.4% (883,612 of 1,486,649)
July 1: 61.3% (890,148 of 1,451,504)
June 1: 62.1% (874,145 of 1,407,210)
May 1: 62.6% (850,030 of 1,358,922)
April 1: 66.8% (812,423 of 1,215,625)
March 1: 61.1% (773,783 of 1,265,632)
February 1: 60.5% (731,051 of 1,207,522)
January 1, 2012: 61.6% (718,191 of 1,165,654)
December 1: 62.5% (694,766 of 1,112,876)
November 1: 61.8% (653,971 of 1,058,635)
October 1: 64.6% (667,521 of 1,033,611)
September 1: 65.8% (654,521 of 995,265)
August 1: 66.8% (677,646 of 1,015,056)
July 1: 63.5% (622,648 of 980,434)
June 1: 65.8% (641,867 of 974,841)
May 1: 67.4% (631,871 of 937,831)
April 1: 67.5% (606,223 of 897,663)
March 1: 68.2% (592,077 of 868,351)
February 1: 67.7% (561,035 of 828,708)
January 1: 66.8% (532,092 of 796,131)
December 1, 2010: 66.9% (514,086 of 768,865)
November 1: 66.7% (493,644 of 743,692)
October 1: 68.2% (487,833 of 714,863)
September 1: 66% (453,408 of 687,246)
August 1: 58% (382,691 of 659,479)
July 1: 57.3% (359,361 of 627,343)
June 1: 57.1% (340,379 of 596,300)
May 1: 51.4% (261,869 of 509,229)
April 1: 51.1% (243,718 of 476,653)
March 1: 52.5% (236,418 of 450,625)
February 1: 50.8% (210,978 of 415,100)

Books from one penny to $2.98

March 1, 2013: 15.9% (304,800 of 1,913,164)
February 1, 2013: 15.8% (293,041 of 1,849,479)
January 1, 2013: 15.7% (283,545 of 1,805,001)
December 1, 2012: 15.5% (270,520 of 1,742,991)
November 1, 2012: 19.2% (315,137 of 1,641,362)
October 1, 2012: 22.7% (358,015 of 1,579,329)
September 1, 2012: 23.5% (359,257 of 1,531,069)
August 1, 2012: 24.3% (361,675 of 1,486,649)
July 1: 22.0% (319,951 of 1,451,504)
June 1: 21.7% (305,794 of 1,407,210)
May 1: 21.3% (288,796 of 1,368,922)
April 1: 23.2% (282,254 of 1,215,625)
March 1: 21.8% (275,556 of 1,265,632)
February 1: 22.2% (268,203 of 1,207,522)
January 1, 2012: 20.7% (241,553 of 1,165,654)
December 1: 19.5% (217,026 of 1,112,876)
November 1: 19.8% (209,435 of 1,058,635)
October 1: 16.7% (172,745 of 1,033,611)
September 1: 15.5% (153,891 of 995,265)
August 1: 15.6% (158,010 of 1,015,056)
July 1: 18.9% (185,041 of 980,434)
June 1: 17.0% (165,687 of 974,841)
May 1: 15.6% (146,540 of 937,831)
April 1: 16.2% (145,638 of 897,863)
March 1: 16.9% (147,076 of 868,351)
February 1: 18.1% (149,809 of 828,708)
January 1: 18.7% (148,681 of 796,131)
December 1, 2010: 18.5% (142,549 of 768,865)
November 1: 18.4% (136,964 of 743,692)
October 1: 17.9% (127,830 of 714,863)
September 1: 18.5% (127,165 of 687,246)
August 1: 21.1% (139,277 of 659,479)
July 1: 21% (131,432 of 627,343)
June 1: 20.5% (121,981 of 596,300)
May 1: 22.7% (115,756 of 509,229)
April 1: 21.6% (102,948 of 476,653)
March 1: 20.5% (92,180 of 450,625)
February 1: 20.4% (84,721 of 415,100)

Price Point Analysis of New York Times Hardback Fiction Equivalents

March 1, 2013:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 N/A 10.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99
12.74 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99

Average: $12.92

February 1, 2013:

N/A 12.99 12.74 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.04 12.99

9.99 8.00 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 13.59

Average: $12.38

January 1, 2013:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.04 11.04 12.74 11.43 12.74 12.99

11.99 9.99 12.99 7.50 12.99 8.00 19.99 13.49 13.99 14.99

Average: 12.49

December 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 11.99

12.99 12.99 19.99 9.50 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.22

November 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 19.99 12.99 9.50 12.99

11.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 13.99 14.99 12.80 11.99 12.99

Average: $13.26

October 1, 2012:

19.99 12.99 12.99 9.50 12.99 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 11.99 9.45 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $12.84

September 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 9.99 14.99 12.99 14.99 1.99

Average: $12.49

August 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

July 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 14.99 12.99 12.99

Average: 13.29

June 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99

12.99 9.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 14.99

Average: $12.94

May 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

April 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

14.99* 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 11.9912.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.14

March 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99* 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

9.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

$13.04

February 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99* 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

January 1, 2012

Average: $13.14

December 1, 2011

Average: $12.40

November 1, 2011:

Average: $12.45

October 1, 2011:

Avg: $13.09

September 1, 2011:

Avg: 12.99

August 1, 2011:

Avg $13.29

July 1, 2011

Avg $13.09

June 1, 2011

Avg: $12.81

May 1, 2011

Average: $12.84

April 1, 2011

Average: $12.69

March 1, 2011

Average: $12.83

February 1, 2011

Average: $12.25
Agency Model average: $12.86
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

January 1, 2011

Average: $12.52

Agency Model: $12.99

Non-Agency: $9.99

December 1, 2010:

Average: $12.78
Agency Model average: $13.52
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

November 1, 2010:

Average: $12.83
Agency Model average: $13.59
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

October 1, 2010:

Average: $12.38
Agency Model average: $12.79
Non-Agency Model average: $10.87

September 1, 2010:

Average: $12.52
Agency Model average $12.99
Non-Agency Model average $9.99

Textbooks in the Kindle Store

March 1, 2013: 26,100
February 1, 2013: 25,000
January 1, 2013: 23,256
December 1, 2012: 21,507
November 1, 2012: 19,796
October 1, 2012: 19,095
September 1, 2012: 18,369
August 1, 2012: 17,756
July 1, 2012: 24,629
June 1, 2012: 15,581
May 1, 2012: 14,868
April 1, 2012: 16,509
March 1, 2012: 15,434
February 1, 2012: 14,827
January 1, 2012: 13,828
December 1, 2011: 13,396
November 1, 2011: 13,131
October 1, 2011: 12,788
September 1, 2011: 11,966
August 1, 2011: 10,316
July 1, 2011: 9,852
June 1, 2011: 9,442
May 1, 2011: 9,193
April 1, 2011: 8,952
March 1, 2011: 8,633
February 1, 2011: 8,342
January 1, 2011: 7,926
December 1, 2010: 7,637
November 1, 2010: 7,355
October 1, 2010: 7, 162
September 1, 2010: 6,831
August 1, 2010: 6,661
July 1, 2010: 6,481
June 1, 2010: 6,249
May 1, 2010: 6,117
April 1, 2010: 5,973
March 1, 2010: 5,728
February 1, 2010: 5,673
January 1, 2010: 5,549
December 1, 2009: 4,892
November 1, 2009: 4,768
October 1, 2009: 4,633
September 24, 2009: 4,678
August 11, 2009: 4,381

Free books (including public domain)

March 1, 2013: 54,946
February 1, 2013: 54,567
January 1, 2013: 54,538
December 1, 2012: 50,869
November 1, 2012: 50,938
October 1, 2012: 50,982
September 1, 2012: 52,601
August 1, 2012: 51,680
July 1: 53,728
June 1: 50,470
May 1: 48,904
April 1: 49,826
March 1: 51,860
February 1: 48,207
January 1, 2012: 46,201
December 1: 43,757
November 1: 42,657
October 1, 2011: 42,710
September 1, 2011: 39,540
August 1, 2011: 38,936
July 1, 2011: 38,627
June 1, 2011: 37,415
May 1, 2011: 36,481
April 1, 2011: 33,469
March 1, 2011: 15,931
February 1, 2011: 15,947
January 1, 2011: 16,758
December 1, 2010: 16,708
November 1, 2010: 16,703
October 1, 2010: 16,702
September 1, 2010: 16,726
August 1, 2010: 20,634
July 1, 2010: 20,628
June 1, 2010: 20,590
May 1, 2010: 20,601
April 1, 2010: 20,619
March 1, 2010: 20,143
February 1, 2010: 19788
January 1, 2010: 19,802
December 1, 2009: 19,895
November 1, 2009: 18,547
October 1, 2009: 7,428
February 28, 2009: 7,401

Free books (without public domain)

March 1, 2013: 7,710
February 1, 2013: 7,404
January 1, 2013: 7,261
December 1, 2012: 7,089
November 1, 2012: 7,186
October 1, 2012: 7,259
September 1, 2012: 8,701
August 1, 2012: 7,829
July 1, 2012: 9,660
June 1, 2012: 6,715
May 1, 2012: 5,195
April 1, 2012: 5,622
March 1, 2012: 8,356
February 1, 2012: 6,109
January 1, 2012: 4,102
December 1, 2011: 2,007
November 1, 2011: 1,681
October 1, 2011: 1,449
September 1, 2011: 1,283
August 1, 2011: 1,046
July 1, 2011: 883
June 1, 2011: 707
May 1, 2011: 20,984
April 1, 2011: 17,832
March 1, 2011: 241
February 1, 2011: 240
January 1, 2011: 230
December 1, 2010: 183
November 1, 2010: 171
October 1, 2010: 161
September 1, 2010: 143
August 1, 2010: 621 (125 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
July 1, 2010: 599 (102 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
June 1, 2010: 559 (63 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
May 1, 2010: 556 (57 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
April 1, 2010: 560 (59 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
March 1, 2010: 67
February 1, 2010: 52
January 1, 2010: 53
December 1, 2009: 84
November 1, 2009: 64
October 1, 2009: 67

Spanish edition books*

March 1, 2013: 54,839
February 1, 2013: 52,638
January 1, 2013: 51,302
December 1, 2012: 48,905
November 1, 2012: 46,790
October 1, 2012: 44,232
September 1, 2012: 41,659
August 1, 2012: 40,214
July 1, 2012: 38,684
June 1, 2012: 36,891
May 1, 2012: 34,308
April 1, 2012: 32,157
March 1, 2012: 29,480
February 1, 2012: 22,834
January 1, 2012: 22,492
December 1, 2011: 19,928
November 1, 2011: 15,758
October 1, 2011: 16,874
September 1, 2011: 14,805
August 1, 2011: 11,383
July 1, 2011: 10,552
June 1, 2011: 9,917
May 1, 2011: 9,251
April 1, 2011: 8,362
March 1, 2011: 9,244
February 1, 2011: 8,608
January 1, 2011: 8.045
December 1, 2010: 5,839
November 1, 2010: 5,286
October 1, 2010: 4,982
September 1, 2010: 4,723
August 1, 2010: 4,623
July 1, 2010: 4,398
June 1, 2010: 4,078
May 1, 2010: 3,735
April 1, 2010: 3,383
March 1, 2010: 2,841
February 1, 2010: 2,548
January 1, 2010: 2,363
December 1, 2009: 3,483

Books in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL)

March 1, 2013: 302,080 (15.8%)
February 1, 2013: 283,641 (15.3%)
January 1, 2013: 264,444
December 1, 2012: 242,716
November 1, 2012: 235,957
October 1, 2012: 216,873
September 1, 2012: 198,009
August 1, 2012: 180,133
July 1, 2012: 168,440
June 1, 2012: 159,937
May 1, 2012: 146,182
April 1, 2012: 131,110
March 1, 2012: 117,652
February 1, 2012: 95,020
January 1, 2012: 69,850 (new measurement)

Price Point Analysis

	4/1/2010
Total	476653
Prime	413032
Under $10	346665
	83.9%

Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	43,993	9.17%	0.01%
$ 1.99	7,704	1.61%	0.00%
$ 2.99	14,560	3.03%	0.00%
$ 3.99	17,390	3.62%	-0.02%
$ 4.99	9,758	2.03%	-0.01%
$ 5.99	2,691	0.56%	0.00%
$ 6.99	1,800	0.38%	0.00%
$ 7.99	10,927	2.28%	-0.25%
$ 8.99	1,312	0.27%	0.00%
$ 9.99	51,857	10.80%	-0.26%
$ 10.99	191	0.04%	0.00%
$ 11.99	196	0.04%	0.00%
$ 12.99	308	0.06%	0.00%
$ 13.99	93	0.02%	0.00%
$ 14.99	806	0.17%	0.00%
$ 15.99	114	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	67	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	43	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	201	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	11	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	11	0.00%	0.00%
$ 22.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	5	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	50	0.01%	0.00%

—

4/1/2011
Total	897,663
Prime	831,867
Under $10	739192


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	71,036	7.91%	-0.84%
$ 1.99	15,994	1.78%	0.06%
$ 2.99	50,033	5.57%	0.30%
$ 3.99	23,986	2.67%	0.24%
$ 4.99	20,374	2.27%	0.48%
$ 5.99	10,560	1.18%	0.16%
$ 6.99	7,422	0.83%	0.07%
$ 7.99	18,354	2.04%	0.20%
$ 8.99	4,436	0.49%	-0.04%
$ 9.99	96,211	10.72%	0.88%
$ 10.99	766	0.09%	0.02%
$ 11.99	1,383	0.15%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	2,122	0.24%	0.01%
$ 13.99	506	0.06%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,519	0.17%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	172	0.02%	0.01%
$ 16.99	225	0.03%	0.00%
$ 17.99	403	0.04%	0.02%
$ 18.99	199	0.02%	0.01%
$ 19.99	568	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	45	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	152	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	22	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	104	0.01%	-0.04%

—

5/1/2011
Total	937,831
Prime	862,970
Under $10	769,798


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	74,929	7.99%	0.08%
$ 1.99	16,497	1.76%	-0.02%
$ 2.99	56,878	6.06%	0.49%
$ 3.99	22,937	2.45%	-0.23%
$ 4.99	24,880	2.65%	0.38%
$ 5.99	13,387	1.43%	0.25%
$ 6.99	5,215	0.56%	-0.27%
$ 7.99	18,992	2.03%	-0.02%
$ 8.99	5,053	0.54%	0.04%
$ 9.99	103,463	11.03%	0.31%
$ 10.99	865	0.09%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,412	0.15%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,271	0.24%	0.01%
$ 13.99	490	0.05%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,577	0.17%	0.00%
$ 15.99	134	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	235	0.03%	0.00%
$ 17.99	471	0.05%	0.01%
$ 18.99	207	0.02%	0.00%
$ 19.99	465	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	172	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	79	0.01%	0.01%
$ 24.99	110	0.01%	0.00%

—

6/1/2011
Total	974,841
Prime	895,091
Under $10	799,845


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	81,095	8.32%	0.33%
$ 1.99	16,628	1.71%	-0.05%
$ 2.99	54,630	5.60%	-0.46%
$ 3.99	22,026	2.26%	-0.19%
$ 4.99	18,976	1.95%	-0.71%
$ 5.99	10,685	1.10%	-0.33%
$ 6.99	7,039	0.72%	0.17%
$ 7.99	15,841	1.62%	-0.40%
$ 8.99	4,226	0.43%	-0.11%
$ 9.99	90,005	9.23%	-1.80%
$ 10.99	619	0.06%	-0.03%
$ 11.99	1,481	0.15%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,112	0.22%	-0.03%
$ 13.99	571	0.06%	0.01%
$ 14.99	1,720	0.18%	0.01%
$ 15.99	176	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	230	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	251	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 18.99	178	0.02%	0.00%
$ 19.99	468	0.05%	0.00%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	200	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	59	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	121	0.01%	0.00%

—

July 1, 2011

7/1/2011
Total	980,434
Prime	898,735
Under $10	801,631


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	73,957	7.54%	-0.78%
$ 1.99	18,207	1.86%	0.15%
$ 2.99	34,414	3.51%	-2.09%
$ 3.99	26,942	2.75%	0.49%
$ 4.99	8,926	0.91%	-1.04%
$ 5.99	5,117	0.52%	-0.57%
$ 6.99	3,725	0.38%	-0.34%
$ 7.99	14,537	1.48%	-0.14%
$ 8.99	2,009	0.20%	-0.23%
$ 9.99	79,377	8.10%	-1.14%
$ 10.99	491	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,574	0.16%	0.01%
$ 12.99	1,863	0.19%	-0.03%
$ 13.99	509	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	1,555	0.16%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	453	0.05%	0.03%
$ 16.99	201	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	138	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	118	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	271	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 20.99	18	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	186	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	111	0.01%	0.01%
$ 24.99	125	0.01%	0.00%

—

August 1, 2011

8/1/2011
Total	1,015,056
Prime	931,713
Under $10	829,823


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	76,233	7.51%	-0.03%
$ 1.99	17,083	1.68%	-0.17%
$ 2.99	66,967	6.60%	3.09%
$ 3.99	12,921	1.27%	-1.48%
$ 4.99	27,893	2.75%	1.84%
$ 5.99	12,894	1.27%	0.75%
$ 6.99	2,715	0.27%	-0.11%
$ 7.99	18,431	1.82%	0.33%
$ 8.99	5,638	0.56%	0.35%
$ 9.99	111,705	11.00%	2.91%
$ 10.99	473	0.05%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,691	0.17%	0.01%
$ 12.99	2,129	0.21%	0.02%
$ 13.99	576	0.06%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,768	0.17%	0.02%
$ 15.99	252	0.02%	-0.02%
$ 16.99	230	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	128	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	249	0.02%	0.01%
$ 19.99	468	0.05%	0.02%
$ 20.99	46	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	166	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	64	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	90	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	59	0.01%	-0.01%

September 1, 2011

9/1/2011
Total	995,265
Prime	908,602
Under $10	803,271


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	77,793	7.82%	0.31%
$ 1.99	16,614	1.67%	-0.01%
$ 2.99	56,503	5.68%	-0.92%
$ 3.99	21,995	2.21%	0.94%
$ 4.99	21,595	2.17%	-0.58%
$ 5.99	11,312	1.14%	-0.13%
$ 6.99	7,477	0.75%	0.48%
$ 7.99	16,948	1.70%	-0.11%
$ 8.99	14,883	1.50%	0.94%
$ 9.99	102,626	10.31%	-0.69%
$ 10.99	485	0.05%	0.00%
$ 11.99	983	0.10%	-0.07%
$ 12.99	1,374	0.14%	-0.07%
$ 13.99	316	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 14.99	1,501	0.15%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	160	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	159	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 17.99	285	0.03%	0.02%
$ 18.99	165	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	446	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	50	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	171	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	41	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	33	0.00%	-0.01%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.01%

—

10/1/2011
Total	1,033,611
Prime	943,545
Under $10	835,590


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	81,946	7.93%	0.11%
$ 1.99	16,172	1.56%	-0.10%
$ 2.99	48,287	4.67%	-1.01%
$ 3.99	16,808	1.63%	-0.58%
$ 4.99	17,389	1.68%	-0.49%
$ 5.99	8,259	0.80%	-0.34%
$ 6.99	5,300	0.51%	-0.24%
$ 7.99	10,833	1.05%	-0.65%
$ 8.99	12,478	1.21%	-0.29%
$ 9.99	89,175	8.63%	-1.68%
$ 10.99	395	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	804	0.08%	-0.02%
$ 12.99	1,285	0.12%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	302	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,386	0.13%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	146	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	151	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	144	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	75	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	368	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	22	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	150	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	66	0.01%	0.00%

—

11/1/2011
Total	1,058,635
Prime	968,948
Under $10	859,492


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	84,612	7.99%	0.06%
$ 1.99	7,659	0.72%	-0.84%
$ 2.99	19,157	1.81%	-2.86%
$ 3.99	10,245	0.97%	-0.66%
$ 4.99	7,451	0.70%	-0.98%
$ 5.99	3,026	0.29%	-0.51%
$ 6.99	2,533	0.24%	-0.27%
$ 7.99	8,414	0.79%	-0.25%
$ 8.99	11,882	1.12%	-0.08%
$ 9.99	70,312	6.64%	-1.99%
$ 10.99	348	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,144	0.11%	0.03%
$ 12.99	1,068	0.10%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	280	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,171	0.11%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	69	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	118	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	116	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	59	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	234	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	33	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	153	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	28	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	89	0.01%	0.00%

—

12/1/2011
Total	1,112,876
Prime	1021677
Under $10	907,647


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	90,203	8.11%	0.11%
$ 1.99	17,711	1.59%	0.87%
$ 2.99	29,634	2.66%	0.85%
$ 3.99	23,617	2.12%	1.15%
$ 4.99	23,320	2.10%	1.39%
$ 5.99	4,606	0.41%	0.13%
$ 6.99	4,887	0.44%	0.20%
$ 7.99	13,241	1.19%	0.40%
$ 8.99	10,646	0.96%	-0.17%
$ 9.99	71,709	6.44%	-0.20%
$ 10.99	466	0.04%	0.01%
$ 11.99	598	0.05%	-0.05%
$ 12.99	1,038	0.09%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	317	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,234	0.11%	0.00%
$ 15.99	78	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	109	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	132	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	50	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	278	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	168	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	31	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	104	0.01%	0.00%

—

1/1/2012
Total	1,165,654
Prime	1073539
Under $10	955,187


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	99,225	8.51%	0.41%
$ 1.99	16,088	1.38%	-0.21%
$ 2.99	38,295	3.29%	0.62%
$ 3.99	24,602	2.11%	-0.01%
$ 4.99	18,289	1.57%	-0.53%
$ 5.99	4,438	0.38%	-0.03%
$ 6.99	5,002	0.43%	-0.01%
$ 7.99	11,495	0.99%	-0.20%
$ 8.99	12,412	1.06%	0.11%
$ 9.99	68,467	5.87%	-0.57%
$ 10.99	421	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	549	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	1,010	0.09%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	270	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	1,272	0.11%	0.00%
$ 15.99	142	0.01%	0.01%
$ 16.99	102	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	192	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	44	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	279	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	134	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	30	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	36	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	108	0.01%	0.00%

—

2/1/2012
Total	1,207,522
Prime	1,112,467
Under $10	994,448


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	107,238	8.88%	0.37%
$ 1.99	8,528	0.71%	-0.67%
$ 2.99	28,515	2.36%	-0.92%
$ 3.99	7,463	0.62%	-1.49%
$ 4.99	6,509	0.54%	-1.03%
$ 5.99	2,761	0.23%	-0.15%
$ 6.99	2,740	0.23%	-0.20%
$ 7.99	7,571	0.63%	-0.36%
$ 8.99	13,377	1.11%	0.04%
$ 9.99	58,244	4.82%	-1.05%
$ 10.99	331	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	476	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	914	0.08%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	186	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	988	0.08%	-0.03%
$ 15.99	82	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	98	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	194	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	59	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	167	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	15	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	163	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	20	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	58	0.00%	0.00%

—

3/1/2012
Total	1,265,632
Prime	1,165,368
Under $10	1,044,889


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	113,150	8.94%	0.06%
$ 1.99	10,638	0.84%	0.13%
$ 2.99	43,320	3.42%	1.06%
$ 3.99	18,776	1.48%	0.87%
$ 4.99	8,565	0.68%	0.14%
$ 5.99	3,879	0.31%	0.08%
$ 6.99	3,591	0.28%	0.06%
$ 7.99	8,164	0.65%	0.02%
$ 8.99	14,825	1.17%	0.06%
$ 9.99	62,009	4.90%	0.08%
$ 10.99	375	0.03%	0.00%
$ 11.99	673	0.05%	0.01%
$ 12.99	936	0.07%	0.00%
$ 13.99	249	0.02%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,005	0.08%	0.00%
$ 15.99	117	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	102	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	210	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	55	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	213	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	12	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	170	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	20	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	73	0.01%	0.00%

—

4/1/2012
Total	1,315,927
Prime	1,215,625
Under $10	1,089,619


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	118,411	9.00%	0.06%
$ 1.99	12,440	0.95%	0.10%
$ 2.99	53,686	4.08%	0.66%
$ 3.99	30,997	2.36%	0.87%
$ 4.99	10,786	0.82%	0.14%
$ 5.99	5,026	0.38%	0.08%
$ 6.99	4,705	0.36%	0.07%
$ 7.99	8,988	0.68%	0.04%
$ 8.99	5,461	0.41%	-0.76%
$ 9.99	71,568	5.44%	0.54%
$ 10.99	654	0.05%	0.02%
$ 11.99	1,281	0.10%	0.04%
$ 12.99	1,835	0.14%	0.07%
$ 13.99	438	0.03%	0.01%
$ 14.99	1,739	0.13%	0.05%
$ 15.99	323	0.02%	0.02%
$ 16.99	236	0.02%	0.01%
$ 17.99	86	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	118	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	395	0.03%	0.01%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	272	0.02%	0.01%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	17	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	96	0.01%	0.00%

—

5/1/2012
Total	1,358,922
Prime	1,261,606
Under $10	1,133,793


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	122,040	9.27%	0.28%
$ 1.99	13,124	1.00%	0.05%
$ 2.99	64,106	4.87%	0.79%
$ 3.99	37,072	2.82%	0.46%
$ 4.99	12,631	0.96%	0.14%
$ 5.99	6,288	0.48%	0.10%
$ 6.99	4,897	0.37%	0.01%
$ 7.99	10,145	0.77%	0.09%
$ 8.99	3,156	0.24%	-0.18%
$ 9.99	76,063	5.78%	0.34%
$ 10.99	809	0.06%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,816	0.14%	0.04%
$ 12.99	2,159	0.16%	0.02%
$ 13.99	565	0.04%	0.01%
$ 14.99	2,010	0.15%	0.02%
$ 15.99	140	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	306	0.02%	0.01%
$ 17.99	78	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	91	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	471	0.04%	0.01%
$ 20.99	24	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	283	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	27	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	150	0.01%	0.00%

—

5/1/2012
Total	1,407,210
Prime	1,308,331
Under $10	1,174,668


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	125,811	9.56%	0.29%
$ 1.99	13,076	0.99%	0.00%
$ 2.99	66,685	5.07%	0.20%
$ 3.99	36,204	2.75%	-0.07%
$ 4.99	11,225	0.85%	-0.11%
$ 5.99	5,903	0.45%	-0.03%
$ 6.99	4,569	0.35%	-0.02%
$ 7.99	10,524	0.80%	0.03%
$ 8.99	2,717	0.21%	-0.03%
$ 9.99	71,733	5.45%	-0.33%
$ 10.99	885	0.07%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,818	0.14%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,140	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	684	0.05%	0.01%
$ 14.99	2,042	0.16%	0.00%
$ 15.99	182	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	302	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	73	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	108	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	513	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	251	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	97	0.01%	0.00%

—

7/1/2012
Total	1,451,504
Prime	1,343,776
Under $10	1,204,888


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	129,323	8.91%	-0.65%
$ 1.99	12,780	0.88%	-0.11%
$ 2.99	64,315	4.43%	-0.64%
$ 3.99	27,128	1.87%	-0.88%
$ 4.99	12,335	0.85%	0.00%
$ 5.99	6,307	0.43%	-0.01%
$ 6.99	5,118	0.35%	0.01%
$ 7.99	10,689	0.74%	-0.06%
$ 8.99	2,871	0.20%	-0.01%
$ 9.99	78,303	5.39%	-0.06%
$ 10.99	875	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,804	0.12%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	2,291	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	688	0.05%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,225	0.15%	0.00%
$ 15.99	218	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	332	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	79	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	104	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	443	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	319	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	44	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	30	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.00%

—

8/1/2012
Total	1,486,649
Prime	1,379,399
Under $10	1,240,062


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	137,876	9.27%	0.36%
$ 1.99	9,880	0.66%	-0.22%
$ 2.99	46,971	3.16%	-1.27%
$ 3.99	12,096	0.81%	-1.06%
$ 4.99	8,445	0.57%	-0.28%
$ 5.99	4,956	0.33%	-0.10%
$ 6.99	3,180	0.21%	-0.14%
$ 7.99	10,781	0.73%	-0.01%
$ 8.99	2,877	0.19%	0.00%
$ 9.99	70,140	4.72%	-0.68%
$ 10.99	962	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,910	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,371	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	636	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,056	0.14%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	192	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	357	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	121	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	82	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	337	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	364	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	24	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	86	0.01%	0.00%

—

9/1/2012
Total	1,531,069
Prime	1,421,168
Under $10	1,278,733


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	144,288	9.42%	0.15%
$ 1.99	13,399	0.88%	0.21%
$ 2.99	68,395	4.47%	1.31%
$ 3.99	14,760	0.96%	0.15%
$ 4.99	11,627	0.76%	0.19%
$ 5.99	6,456	0.42%	0.09%
$ 6.99	5,407	0.35%	0.14%
$ 7.99	11,697	0.76%	0.04%
$ 8.99	3,050	0.20%	0.01%
$ 9.99	74,605	4.87%	0.15%
$ 10.99	955	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,973	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,119	0.14%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	582	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,039	0.13%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	212	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	347	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	127	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	81	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	385	0.03%	0.00%
$ 20.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	313	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	99	0.01%	0.00%

—

10/1/2012
Total	1,579,329
Prime	1,466,890
Under $10	1,322,272


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	147,931	9.37%	-0.06%
$ 1.99	16,053	1.02%	0.14%
$ 2.99	87,788	5.56%	1.09%
$ 3.99	20,853	1.32%	0.36%
$ 4.99	14,656	0.93%	0.17%
$ 5.99	7,558	0.48%	0.06%
$ 6.99	6,642	0.42%	0.07%
$ 7.99	13,807	0.87%	0.11%
$ 8.99	3,256	0.21%	0.01%
$ 9.99	84,003	5.32%	0.45%
$ 10.99	972	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	2,052	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,189	0.14%	0.00%
$ 13.99	587	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,123	0.13%	0.00%
$ 15.99	216	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	339	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	109	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	117	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	509	0.03%	0.01%
$ 20.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	371	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.00%

—

Total	1,641,362
Prime	1,522,810
Under $10	1,371,227


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	155,732	9.49%	0.12%
$ 1.99	24,777	1.51%	0.49%
$ 2.99	134,461	8.19%	2.63%
$ 3.99	49,221	3.00%	1.68%
$ 4.99	29,671	1.81%	0.88%
$ 5.99	15,629	0.95%	0.47%
$ 6.99	12,969	0.79%	0.37%
$ 7.99	22,527	1.37%	0.50%
$ 8.99	6,642	0.40%	0.20%
$ 9.99	134,811	8.21%	2.89%
$ 10.99	1,576	0.10%	0.03%
$ 11.99	2,986	0.18%	0.05%
$ 12.99	3,292	0.20%	0.06%
$ 13.99	894	0.05%	0.02%
$ 14.99	2,717	0.17%	0.03%
$ 15.99	319	0.02%	0.01%
$ 16.99	481	0.03%	0.01%
$ 17.99	235	0.01%	0.01%
$ 18.99	237	0.01%	0.01%
$ 19.99	902	0.05%	0.02%
$ 20.99	68	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	431	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	87	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	86	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	218	0.01%	0.01%

—

12/1/2012
Total	1,742,991
Prime	1,615,716
Under $10	1,451,437


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	163,634	9.97%	0.48%
$ 1.99	40,111	2.44%	0.93%
$ 2.99	192,449	11.72%	3.53%
$ 3.99	122,419	7.46%	4.46%
$ 4.99	50,073	3.05%	1.24%
$ 5.99	27,780	1.69%	0.74%
$ 6.99	20,681	1.26%	0.47%
$ 7.99	40,348	2.46%	1.09%
$ 8.99	10,692	0.65%	0.25%
$ 9.99	236,101	14.38%	6.17%
$ 10.99	2,423	0.15%	0.05%
$ 11.99	4,346	0.26%	0.08%
$ 12.99	4,614	0.28%	0.08%
$ 13.99	1,299	0.08%	0.02%
$ 14.99	3,439	0.21%	0.04%
$ 15.99	840	0.05%	0.03%
$ 16.99	595	0.04%	0.01%
$ 17.99	354	0.02%	0.01%
$ 18.99	495	0.03%	0.02%
$ 19.99	1,498	0.09%	0.04%
$ 20.99	120	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	383	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	153	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	136	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	370	0.02%	0.01%

—

1/1/2013
Total	1,805,001
Prime	1,671,220
Under $10	1,502,267


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	172,149	10.49%	0.52%
$ 1.99	42,262	2.57%	0.13%
$ 2.99	206,531	12.58%	0.86%
$ 3.99	126,369	7.70%	0.24%
$ 4.99	52,158	3.18%	0.13%
$ 5.99	29,128	1.77%	0.08%
$ 6.99	20,656	1.26%	0.00%
$ 7.99	41,417	2.52%	0.07%
$ 8.99	10,775	0.66%	0.01%
$ 9.99	235,662	14.36%	-0.03%
$ 10.99	2,195	0.13%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	4,123	0.25%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	4,319	0.26%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	1,207	0.07%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	3,600	0.22%	0.01%
$ 15.99	966	0.06%	0.01%
$ 16.99	581	0.04%	0.00%
$ 17.99	377	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	547	0.03%	0.00%
$ 19.99	3,087	0.19%	0.10%
$ 20.99	105	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	418	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	144	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	136	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	359	0.02%	0.00%

—

Percentages for February 1, 2013 were corrected on March 1, 2013

2/1/2013
Total	1,849,479
Prime	1,713,256
Under $10	1,534,604


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	178,913	9.67%	-0.81%
$ 1.99	45,121	2.44%	-0.14%
$ 2.99	214,748	11.61%	-0.97%
$ 3.99	130,320	7.05%	-0.65%
$ 4.99	54,653	2.96%	-0.22%
$ 5.99	31,434	1.70%	-0.08%
$ 6.99	21,941	1.19%	-0.07%
$ 7.99	42,620	2.30%	-0.22%
$ 8.99	10,835	0.59%	-0.07%
$ 9.99	230,800	12.48%	-1.88%
$ 10.99	2,463	0.13%	0.00%
$ 11.99	4,593	0.25%	0.00%
$ 12.99	4,563	0.25%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	1,304	0.07%	0.00%
$ 14.99	3,703	0.20%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	1,004	0.05%	0.00%
$ 16.99	659	0.04%	0.00%
$ 17.99	435	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	598	0.03%	0.00%
$ 19.99	5,276	0.29%	0.10%
$ 20.99	116	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	458	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	178	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	154	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	395	0.02%	0.00%

—

3/1/2013
Total	1,913,164
Prime	1,770,452
Under $10	1,564,429


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	187,353	9.79%	0.12%
$ 1.99	49,309	2.58%	0.14%
$ 2.99	227,956	11.92%	0.30%
$ 3.99	133,323	6.97%	-0.08%
$ 4.99	58,386	3.05%	0.10%
$ 5.99	35,339	1.85%	0.15%
$ 6.99	25,102	1.31%	0.13%
$ 7.99	45,755	2.39%	0.09%
$ 8.99	12,282	0.64%	0.06%
$ 9.99	224,082	11.71%	-0.77%
$ 10.99	3,590	0.19%	0.05%
$ 11.99	7,838	0.41%	0.16%
$ 12.99	6,533	0.34%	0.09%
$ 13.99	2,318	0.12%	0.05%
$ 14.99	4,760	0.25%	0.05%
$ 15.99	1,341	0.07%	0.02%
$ 16.99	1,129	0.06%	0.02%
$ 17.99	719	0.04%	0.01%
$ 18.99	920	0.05%	0.02%
$ 19.99	5,711	0.30%	0.01%
$ 20.99	303	0.02%	0.01%
$ 21.99	280	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 22.99	359	0.02%	0.01%
$ 23.99	250	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	482	0.03%	0.00%

Summary

I was interested to see if there would be a reduction in free books right away on March 1st, since Amazon has changed the recompense for websites who link to them (if they exceed certain limits, they get no advertising fees that month). That hasn’t happened yet, but there may be a feedback to it…fewer places promoting free books, fewer free books? We’ll see. The rate of books being added to the USA Kindle store jumped up…we are certainly on track to be at two million this summer. The percentage of books priced one penny to fifty dollars under ten dollars dropped noticeably, to a level we haven’t seen for a year and a half…although the percentage dropped is small. Prices to me look like they generally trended up some, which hasn’t been common. We aren’t seeing Amazon setting the prices on Macmillan books yet, and that might change that. It’s even possible Macmillan has raised prices to get what they can before that happens, but I have not analyzed that. The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library for the USA now has over 300,000 titles.

The free books referenced here are from the Kindle store: there are many other sources for free books
My search for textbooks definitely has false positives (books that aren’t really textbooks). I search for -domain (to eliminate public domain titles, which would be older books, generall) textbook. That would find a bookabout textbooks, for example
I searched for “Spanish edition” to find Spanish language books. That has some false positives as well
I look at price percentages of books in the range of one penny to fifty dollars, to eliminate freebies and limit textbooks
The price point analysis is for books at that specific price: it does not represent a range of prices
I compared the percentage of price points in the Price Point Analysis when I showed the difference…not the number of books
This information is based on what a United States customer sees

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.

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Patent suggests Amazon could create used e-book market

February 8, 2013

Patent suggests Amazon could create used e-book market

Yow!

This

Amazon patent

shows to me what could clearly and in a practical sense create a market for used e-books, eliminating one of the few remaining “deficiencies” compared to p-books (paperbooks), and allowing Amazon to make a considerable segment of readers into very, very loyal customers.

First, let me briefly address why we don’t already have the right to sell used e-books.

You can sell a used p-book that you bought thanks to something called the “First Sale Doctrine”. It goes back to a landmark 1908 U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Basically what happened was that a publisher had sold the books to a retailer (that’s how it works with paperbooks) and had included a notice that it could not be sold to the public below a certain price. The retailer discounted it below that price. That started a legal battle, and the Supreme Court (and I’m simplifying here) basically said that copyright did not extend to control over the actual physical copies that were sold.

That’s why, when you buy a copy of a p-book, you can resell it, burn it, use it to level your pool table, without the publisher’s permission.

With e-books, it’s different. You don’t get a physical copy, you buy a license. You own the license just as much as you owned the p-book copy…but you agree to certain conditions when you buy it.

One of those conditions has usually been that it is a non-transferable license: you can’t sell the license to someone else.

That has meant no used e-book market, for the most part.

However, this patent suggests something that Amazon could do that would change that…and which, I think, might be embraced by readers, publishers, and authors.

The key thing about the First Sale Doctrine is that you can do it without getting permission.

Publishers could grant you permission to sell copies of your e-books after you download them…that’s basically what they do with Amazon, right? They let Amazon distribute copies to people (who pay Amazon), and Amazon compensates them.

Amazon could make that all work under this patent.

Here’s how I see it going:

When you “bought a book” in the Kindle store, it would allow it to be sold (or given away) again a certain number of times…let’s say two.

The first person pays ten dollars for it, and it can be sold two more times.

That person can sell it, recouping some of the cost of purchase (which is what a lot of people do with p-books…they sell them to used bookstores, or at a garage sale, just for two possibilities).

When they do that with a p-book, the publisher gets no more compensation (and downstream, neither does the author).

Instead, Amazon requires that on the first “used” sale”, the initial owner has to send a certain amount of the money from the sale back to the publisher (who will give some of it to the author as a royalty).

That’s crazy, right?

How would Pat Purchaser be able to send the money to the right place without a lot of hassle?

Simple.

The sale takes place at Amazon, and Amazon handles that part of it!

I believe Amazon could even set the price for the used sale (and the subsequent used sales) and people would go for it.

Each subsequent sale of the book would require a lower amount of payment to the publisher (oh, and Amazon takes a cut in some way for handling all of this, of course).

Why?

That would be the deal agreed to by the publisher, and they would have worked out diminishing royalties for the author with each subsequent sale.

Remember that, right now, with p-books they get nothing.

The first purchaser wins because they can resell it and get back part of the cost of purchase.

The second purchaser wins because they get it for a lower price than they would get for it new (although their resale price is also reduced).

The publisher wins because they get some money for the secondary sale, which they wouldn’t have gotten otherwise.

The author wins because they get multiple royalties on the same book.

Who would say no to this?

Well, I remember thinking the same thing with text-to-speech on the Kindle 2. I was really surprised that publishers and authors would fight Amazon making a book more accessible to a wider market at no cost to them.

Their argument then, to some extent, was that the text-to-speech would cannibalize audiobook sales.

One could argue that the availability of lower-priced used sales would cannibalize the new sale market.

I think it would generally much more than compensate for the amount of that which would happen, though.

Okay, back to the example:

Buyer 1 pays $10 for it. Let’s say that Amazon gets $5 of that, and the publisher gets $5 of it. The publisher pays the author, say, $1 of it (these aren’t realistic numbers, but I want to keep the math simple).

Buyer 2 is allowed to resell it through Amazon…but on the second sale, the publisher gets $4 of that, and Amazon gets $1. The author, who got 20% of the publisher’s income the first time gets, oh, 15 percent of it this time (sixty cents). I could, by the way, see the author’s royalty percentage stay steady or even go up with subsequent sales. Secondary sales cost the publisher less (they don’t have to do the whole marketing thing, and they can amortize the cost of production), so might be seen as more valuable.

Let’s say the sale price of that first resale is $7. $5 of that goes to Amazon to distribute, so Purchaser 1 got $2 from the resale. That makes Purchaser 1′s effective price for the book $8.

Purchaser 2 saved $2 on the book (so far).

The publisher has gotten $9 for the book, instead of $5.

The author has gotten $1.60, instead of sixty.

Amazon has gotten $6, instead of $5.

Everybody is winning, right?

Now, Purchaser 2 resales the book.

This time, the deal is that the publisher gets $2 of it, and Amazon still gets their $1 (that stays constant, in my scenario…it’s more of a processing fee than a royalty).

The author gets a royalty: let’s say it stays at 15% for all secondary sales. That’s thirty more cents.

Purchaser 2 sells it for $5.

Purchaser 3 saved $5 over the original new price.

The publisher has made $5+$4+$2, or $11 instead of $5.

The author has gotten $1+$0.60+$0.30, or $1.90 instead of $1.

Amazon has gotten $5+$1+$1, or $7 instead of $5.

Purchaser 2 paid an effective $2 for the book.

Is Purchaser 3 going to sell it?

Maybe.

However, it’s been around for a while now…the market isn’t as strong for it. Maybe what happens is that Purchaser 3 gives it to a friend…but that uses up a resale. Getting nothing means that there is no amount to go back to the publisher, but the book can also not be resold again.

I really think this is a viable model.

The patent would allow, I think, for Amazon not to be the processor of the secondary sales…but they sure could be!

What might happen on this is that independent publishers would lead the way in the acceptance of it (which is what has happened with Amazon’s peer-to-peer book lending). I think, though, that people might embrace this so strongly that the big tradpubs (traditional publishers) would follow suit.

This could cause e-book prices to go down, because they have these secondary revenue streams. However, I don’t think that would necessarily happen. If you are, as a customer, going to pay an effective $2 for the book, why do you care if it’s originally priced at $10 or $3? Higher resale allowances could even drive up the price, but my intuition is that it wouldn’t have much of an impact.

It could have a big effect on p-book prices, though. Even though Amazon could hypothetically set up something similar for p-books, there would be two major problems with it. One is that First Sale Doctrine, which could derail it. The second is the added costs in shipping p-books to a customer, back to Amazon, to another customer, back to Amazon, and so on. You also just can’t track p-books well enough.

P-books might become much less desirable, at least for new purchases.

I want to credit Wired for this article by Marcus Wohlsen

Amazon Wants to Get Into the Used E-Book Business — Or Bury It

even though I think that headline misunderstands the possibilities.

I found it through my morning Flipboard read, and that’s how I was alerted to the patent.

What do you think? Could this work? Would people be too concerned about Amazon tracking and controlling these secondary sales to use it? Would it cut down on piracy by making more lower cost books available? Would you want to be the first purchaser so you could read the book first, or would you want to get it later for a lower price? Feel free to let me and my readers know what you think by commenting on this post.

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.

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Snapshot: February 1 2013

February 1, 2013

Snapshot: February 1 2013

Titles in Kindle Store

February 1, 2013: 1,849,479
January 1, 2013: 1,805,001
December 1, 2012: 1,742,991
November 1, 2012: 1,641,362
October 1, 2012: 1,579,329
September 1, 2012: 1,531,069
August 1, 2012: 1,486,649
July 1, 2012: 1,451,504
June 1, 2012: 1,407,210
May 1, 2012: 1,358,922
April 1, 2012: 1,315,927
March 1, 2012: 1,265,632
February 1, 2012: 1,207,522
January 1, 2012: 1,165,654
December 1, 2011: 1,112,876
November 1, 2011: 1,058,635
October 1, 2011: 1,033,611
September 1, 2011: 995,265 (roughly 40,000 removed one day: PLR?)
August 1, 2011: 1,015,056
July 1, 2011: 980,434
June 1, 2011: 974,841
May 1, 2011: 937,831
April 1, 2011: 897,663
March 1, 2011: 868,351
February 1, 2011: 828,708
January 1, 2011: 796,131
December 1, 2010: 768,865
November 1, 2010: 743,692
October 1, 2010: 714, 663
September 1, 2010: 687,246
August 1, 2010: 659,479
July 1 2010: 627,343
June 1 2010: 596,300
May 1 2010: 509,229
April 1 2010: 476,653
March 1 2010: 450,625
February 1 2010: 415,100
January 1 2010: 401,773
December 1 2009: 385,484
November 1 2009: 368,813
October 1 2009: 342,865
September 21 2009: 355,805
July 28 2009: 332,813
May 16 2009: 284,491

Approximate average of titles added per day:

February 1, 2013: 1,435
January 1, 2013: 2,000
December 1, 2012: 3,388
November 1, 2012: 2,001
October 1, 2012: 1,609
September 1, 2012: 1,433
August 1, 2012: 1,134
July 1, 2012: 1,476
June 1, 2012: 1,558
May 1, 2012: 1,433
April 1, 2012: 1,622
March 1, 2012: 2,004
February 1, 2012: 1,351
January 1, 2012: 1,703
December 1, 2011: 1,808
November 1, 2011: 807
October 1, 2011: 1,278
September 1, 2011: -638
August 1, 2011: 1,117
July 1, 2011: 186
June 1, 2011: 1,194
May 1, 2011: 1,339
April 1, 2011: 946
March 1, 2011: 1,416 (corrected from last post)
February 1, 2011: 1,051
Taken January 1, 2011: 880 (average for December 2010)
December: 839
November: 968
October: 914
September: 896
August: 1,037
July: 1,035
May: 2,809 (may be affected by Penguin return)
April: 1,086
March: 840
February: 1,146
January: 430 (may be impacted by Macmillan removal)
December 2009: 525
November: 556
October: 837

Magazines:

February 1, 2013: 601
January 1, 2013: 586
December 1, 2012: 573
November 1, 2012: 567
October 1, 2012: 558
September 1, 2012: 547
August 1, 2012: 510
July 1, 2012: 497
June 1, 2012: 476
May 1, 2012: 469
April 1, 2012: 453
March 1, 2012: 430
February 1, 2012: 409
January 1, 2012: 370
December 1, 2011: 340
November 1, 2011: 132
October 1, 2011: 129
September 1, 2011: 127
August 1, 2011: 119
July 1, 2011: 115
June 1, 2011: 110
May 1, 2011: 93
April 1, 2011: 86
March 1, 2011: 81
February 1, 2011: 80
January 1, 2011: 74
December 1, 2010: 83
November 1, 2010: 84
October 1, 2010: 80
September 1. 2010: 70
August 1, 2010: 64
July 1, 2010: 61
June 1, 2010: 60
May 1, 2010: 58
April 1, 2010: 53
March 1, 2010: 50
February 1, 2010: 46
January 1, 2010: 43
December 1, 2009: 40
November 1, 2009: 38

Newspapers:

February 1, 2013: 201
January 1, 2013: 200
December 1, 2012: 198
November 1, 2012: 202
October 1, 2012: 200
September 1, 2012: 201
August 1, 2012: 204
July 1, 2012: 201
June 1, 2012: 199
May 1, 2012: 195
April 1, 2012: 194
March 1, 2012: 193
February 1, 2012: 190
January 1, 2012: 188
December 1, 2011: 211
November 1, 2011: 191
October 1, 2011: 184
September 1, 2011: 177
August 1, 2011: 176
July 1, 2011: 176
June 1, 2011: 169
May 1, 2011: 167
April 1, 2011: 164
March 1, 2011: 161
February 1, 2011: 156
January 1, 2011: 153
December 1, 2010: 148
November 1, 2010: 145
October 1, 2010: 144
September 1, 2010: 138
August 1, 2010: 135
July 1, 2010: 136
June 1, 2010: 133
May 1, 2010: 128
April 1, 2010: 118
March 1, 2010: 107
February 1, 2010: 93
January 1, 2010: 89
December 1, 2009: 76
November 1, 2009: 58

Blogs:

February 1, 2013: 13,461
January 1, 2013: 13,110
December 1, 2012: 13,559
November 1, 2012: 13,178
October 1, 2012: 12,908
September 1, 2012: 12,417
August 1, 2012: 12,087
July 1, 2012: 12,759
June 1, 2012: 12,680
May 1, 2012: 12,914
April 1, 2012: 13,295
March 1, 2012: 13,038
February 1, 2012: 13,984
January 1, 2012: 13,571
December 1, 2011: 13,178
November 1, 2011: 14,286
October 1, 2011: 15,116
September 1, 2011: 14,801
August 1, 2011: 14,477
July 1, 2011: 14,053
June 1, 2011: 13,616
May 1, 2011: 12,901
April 1, 2011: 12,502
March 1, 2011: 12,080
February 1, 2011: 11,355
January 1, 2011: 11,087
December 1, 2010: 10,585
November 1, 2010: 10,255
October 1, 2010: 10,056
September 1, 2010: 10,036
August 1, 2010: 9,716
July 1, 2010: 9,429
June 1, 2010: 9,228
May 1, 2010: 9,094
April 1, 2010: 8,944
March 1, 2010: 8,754
February 1, 2010: 8,651
January 1, 2010: 7992
December 1, 2009: 7589
November 1, 2009: 7365

Percentage of books priced from one penny to $50 that are under ten dollars

January (taken February 1, 2013): 89.6% (1,534,604 of 1,713,256)
December (taken January 1, 2013): 89.9% (1,502,267 of 1,671,220)
November (taken December 1): 89.8% (1,451,437 of 1,615,716)
October (taken November 1): 90.0% (1,371,227 of 1,522,810)
September (taken October 1): 90.1% (1,322,272 of 1,466,890)
August (taken September 1): 90.0% (1,278,733 of 1,421,168)
July (taken August 1): 89.9% (1,240,642 of 1,379,399)
June (taken (July 1): 89.7% (1,204,888 of 1,343,776)
May (taken June 1): 89.8% (1,1174,668 of 1,308,331)
April (taken May 1): 89.9% (1,113,793 of 1,261,606)
March (taken April 1): 89.6% (1,089,619 of 1,215,625)
February (taken March 1): 89.7% (1,044,889 of 1,165,368)
January (taken February 1): 89.4% (994,448 of 1,112,467)
December (taken January 1): 89.0% (955,187 of 1,073,539)
November (taken December 1): 88.8% (907,647 of 1,021,647)
October (taken November 1): 88.7% (859,492 of 968,948)
September (taken October 1): 88.6% (835,590 of 943,545)
August (taken September 1): 88.4% (803,271 of 908,602)
July (taken August 1): 89.1% (829,823 of 931,713)
June (taken July 1): 89.2% (801,631 of 898,735)
May (taken June 1): 89.4% (799,845 of 895,091)
April (taken May 1): 89.2% (769,798 of 862,970)
March (taken April 1): 88.9% (739,192 of 831,867)
February (taken March 1): 92.4% (752,043 of 814,009)
January (taken February 1): 88.9% (692,840 of 779,683)
December (taken January 1): 88.8% (663,315 of 746,963)
November (taken December 1): 88.8% (639,676 of 720,179)
October: (taken November 1): 88.8% (617,133 of 695,278)
September (taken October 1): 93.0% (589,877 of 634,375)
August: 88.2% (565,260 of 640,936)
July: 87.7% (522,046 of 595,370)
June: 87.1% (479,793 of 563,436)
May: 86.8% (462,359 of 532,646)
April: 84.8% (377,624 of 445,421)
March: 83.9% (413,302 of 346,665)
February: 84.2% (328,597 of 390,178)
January: 83.4% (295,634 of 354,499)
December: 83.1% (283,497 of 341,112)
November: 82.8% (268,366 of 324,230)
October: 82.2% (252,511 of 307,241)
September: 82.0% (239,666 of 292318)
August: 83.2% (245,524 of 295,210)

Percentage of books with a publication date of the previous month priced from one penny to $50 that are under ten dollars

Books for January: 93.8% (50,100 of 53,418)
Books for December: 95.7% (49,147 of 51,337)
Books for November: 93.3% (47,702 of 51,103)
Books for October: 93.5% (48,869 of 52,243)
Books for September: 95.0% (52,571 of 49,491)
Books for August: 94.9% (45,180 of 47,593)
Books for July: 95.2% (46,712 of 49,072)
Books for June: 90.8% (50,056 of 55,143)
Books for May: 93.8% (44,463 of 47,396)
Books for April: 96.6% (45,211 of 46,800)
Books for March: 95.6% (48,578 of 50,788)
Books for February: 97.1% (51,180 of 52,734)
Books for January 2012: 96.9% (49,134 of 50,703)
Books for December: 96.8% (46,619 or 48,151)
Books for November: 96.0% (41,067 of 42,678)
Books for October: 96.2% (37,305 of 38,792)
Books for September 96.1% (33,889 of 35,254)
Books for August: 95.8% (37,440 of 39,100)
Books for July: 96.7% (42,922 of 44,400)
Books for June: 96.4% (45,332 of 47,018)
Books for May: 96.9% (51,840 of 53,484)
Books for April: 96.2% (42,795 of 44,464)
Books for March: 96.1% (38,961 of 40,558)
Books for February: 94.7% (32,379 of 34,206)
Books for January: 95.9% (29,010 of 30,260)
Books for December, 2010: 95.2% (23,419 of 24,593)
Books for November: 96.4% (28,189 of 29.251)
Books for October: 94.6% (22,005 of 23,268)
Books for September: 94.7% (22,338 of 23,592)
Books for August: 95.6% (24,514 of 25,638)
Books for July: 95.3% (24,375 of 25,579)
Books for June: 94.9% (21,774 of 22,945)
Books for May: 94.9% (24,436 of 25,737)
Books for April: 95.9% (23,695 of 24,714)
Books for March: 96.0% (23,703 of 24,699)
Books for February: 96.5% (26,850 of 27,815)
Books for January: 93.3% (11,857 of 12,704)
Books for December: 90.6% (8,948 of 9,879)
Books for November: 94.1% (11,520 of 12,239)
Books for October: 91.2% (6,789 of 7,445)
Books for September: 91.0% (5,104 of 5,608)
Books for August: 96.4% (20,239 of 21,079)

Books in the Seventy Percent Royalty Range ($2.99 – $9.99)

February 1, 2013: 67.4% (1,247,401 of 1,849,479)
January 1, 2013: 67.8% (1,224,368 of 1,805,001)
December 1, 2012: 67.9% (1,183,346 of 1,742,991)
November 1, 2012: 64.7% (1,061,871 of 1,641,362)
October 1, 2012: 61.4% (969,791 of 1,579,329)
September 1, 2012: 60.4% (924,771 of 1,531,069)
August 1, 2012: 59.4% (883,612 of 1,486,649)
July 1: 61.3% (890,148 of 1,451,504)
June 1: 62.1% (874,145 of 1,407,210)
May 1: 62.6% (850,030 of 1,358,922)
April 1: 66.8% (812,423 of 1,215,625)
March 1: 61.1% (773,783 of 1,265,632)
February 1: 60.5% (731,051 of 1,207,522)
January 1, 2012: 61.6% (718,191 of 1,165,654)
December 1: 62.5% (694,766 of 1,112,876)
November 1: 61.8% (653,971 of 1,058,635)
October 1: 64.6% (667,521 of 1,033,611)
September 1: 65.8% (654,521 of 995,265)
August 1: 66.8% (677,646 of 1,015,056)
July 1: 63.5% (622,648 of 980,434)
June 1: 65.8% (641,867 of 974,841)
May 1: 67.4% (631,871 of 937,831)
April 1: 67.5% (606,223 of 897,663)
March 1: 68.2% (592,077 of 868,351)
February 1: 67.7% (561,035 of 828,708)
January 1: 66.8% (532,092 of 796,131)
December 1, 2010: 66.9% (514,086 of 768,865)
November 1: 66.7% (493,644 of 743,692)
October 1: 68.2% (487,833 of 714,863)
September 1: 66% (453,408 of 687,246)
August 1: 58% (382,691 of 659,479)
July 1: 57.3% (359,361 of 627,343)
June 1: 57.1% (340,379 of 596,300)
May 1: 51.4% (261,869 of 509,229)
April 1: 51.1% (243,718 of 476,653)
March 1: 52.5% (236,418 of 450,625)
February 1: 50.8% (210,978 of 415,100)

Books from one penny to $2.98

February 1, 2013: 15.8% (293,041 of 1,849,479)
January 1, 2013: 15.7% (283,545 of 1,805,001)
December 1, 2012: 15.5% (270,520 of 1,742,991)
November 1, 2012: 19.2% (315,137 of 1,641,362)
October 1, 2012: 22.7% (358,015 of 1,579,329)
September 1, 2012: 23.5% (359,257 of 1,531,069)
August 1, 2012: 24.3% (361,675 of 1,486,649)
July 1: 22.0% (319,951 of 1,451,504)
June 1: 21.7% (305,794 of 1,407,210)
May 1: 21.3% (288,796 of 1,368,922)
April 1: 23.2% (282,254 of 1,215,625)
March 1: 21.8% (275,556 of 1,265,632)
February 1: 22.2% (268,203 of 1,207,522)
January 1, 2012: 20.7% (241,553 of 1,165,654)
December 1: 19.5% (217,026 of 1,112,876)
November 1: 19.8% (209,435 of 1,058,635)
October 1: 16.7% (172,745 of 1,033,611)
September 1: 15.5% (153,891 of 995,265)
August 1: 15.6% (158,010 of 1,015,056)
July 1: 18.9% (185,041 of 980,434)
June 1: 17.0% (165,687 of 974,841)
May 1: 15.6% (146,540 of 937,831)
April 1: 16.2% (145,638 of 897,863)
March 1: 16.9% (147,076 of 868,351)
February 1: 18.1% (149,809 of 828,708)
January 1: 18.7% (148,681 of 796,131)
December 1, 2010: 18.5% (142,549 of 768,865)
November 1: 18.4% (136,964 of 743,692)
October 1: 17.9% (127,830 of 714,863)
September 1: 18.5% (127,165 of 687,246)
August 1: 21.1% (139,277 of 659,479)
July 1: 21% (131,432 of 627,343)
June 1: 20.5% (121,981 of 596,300)
May 1: 22.7% (115,756 of 509,229)
April 1: 21.6% (102,948 of 476,653)
March 1: 20.5% (92,180 of 450,625)
February 1: 20.4% (84,721 of 415,100)

Price Point Analysis of New York Times Hardback Fiction Equivalents

February 1, 2013:

N/A 12.99 12.74 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.04 12.99

9.99 8.00 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 13.59

Average: $12.38

January 1, 2013:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.04 11.04 12.74 11.43 12.74 12.99

11.99 9.99 12.99 7.50 12.99 8.00 19.99 13.49 13.99 14.99

Average: 12.49

December 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 11.99

12.99 12.99 19.99 9.50 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.22

November 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 19.99 12.99 9.50 12.99

11.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 13.99 14.99 12.80 11.99 12.99

Average: $13.26

October 1, 2012:

19.99 12.99 12.99 9.50 12.99 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 11.99 9.45 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $12.84

September 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 9.99 14.99 12.99 14.99 1.99

Average: $12.49

August 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

July 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 14.99 12.99 12.99

Average: 13.29

June 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99

12.99 9.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 14.99

Average: $12.94

May 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

April 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

14.99* 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 11.9912.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.14

March 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99* 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

9.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

$13.04

February 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99* 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

January 1, 2012

Average: $13.14

December 1, 2011

Average: $12.40

November 1, 2011:

Average: $12.45

October 1, 2011:

Avg: $13.09

September 1, 2011:

Avg: 12.99

August 1, 2011:

Avg $13.29

July 1, 2011

Avg $13.09

June 1, 2011

Avg: $12.81

May 1, 2011

Average: $12.84

April 1, 2011

Average: $12.69

March 1, 2011

Average: $12.83

February 1, 2011

Average: $12.25
Agency Model average: $12.86
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

January 1, 2011

Average: $12.52

Agency Model: $12.99

Non-Agency: $9.99

December 1, 2010:

Average: $12.78
Agency Model average: $13.52
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

November 1, 2010:

Average: $12.83
Agency Model average: $13.59
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

October 1, 2010:

Average: $12.38
Agency Model average: $12.79
Non-Agency Model average: $10.87

September 1, 2010:

Average: $12.52
Agency Model average $12.99
Non-Agency Model average $9.99

Textbooks in the Kindle Store

February 1, 2013: 25,000
January 1, 2013: 23,256
December 1, 2012: 21,507
November 1, 2012: 19,796
October 1, 2012: 19,095
September 1, 2012: 18,369
August 1, 2012: 17,756
July 1, 2012: 24,629
June 1, 2012: 15,581
May 1, 2012: 14,868
April 1, 2012: 16,509
March 1, 2012: 15,434
February 1, 2012: 14,827
January 1, 2012: 13,828
December 1, 2011: 13,396
November 1, 2011: 13,131
October 1, 2011: 12,788
September 1, 2011: 11,966
August 1, 2011: 10,316
July 1, 2011: 9,852
June 1, 2011: 9,442
May 1, 2011: 9,193
April 1, 2011: 8,952
March 1, 2011: 8,633
February 1, 2011: 8,342
January 1, 2011: 7,926
December 1, 2010: 7,637
November 1, 2010: 7,355
October 1, 2010: 7, 162
September 1, 2010: 6,831
August 1, 2010: 6,661
July 1, 2010: 6,481
June 1, 2010: 6,249
May 1, 2010: 6,117
April 1, 2010: 5,973
March 1, 2010: 5,728
February 1, 2010: 5,673
January 1, 2010: 5,549
December 1, 2009: 4,892
November 1, 2009: 4,768
October 1, 2009: 4,633
September 24, 2009: 4,678
August 11, 2009: 4,381

Free books (including public domain)

February 1, 2013: 54,567
January 1, 2013: 54,538
December 1, 2012: 50,869
November 1, 2012: 50,938
October 1, 2012: 50,982
September 1, 2012: 52,601
August 1, 2012: 51,680
July 1: 53,728
June 1: 50,470
May 1: 48,904
April 1: 49,826
March 1: 51,860
February 1: 48,207
January 1, 2012: 46,201
December 1: 43,757
November 1: 42,657
October 1, 2011: 42,710
September 1, 2011: 39,540
August 1, 2011: 38,936
July 1, 2011: 38,627
June 1, 2011: 37,415
May 1, 2011: 36,481
April 1, 2011: 33,469
March 1, 2011: 15,931
February 1, 2011: 15,947
January 1, 2011: 16,758
December 1, 2010: 16,708
November 1, 2010: 16,703
October 1, 2010: 16,702
September 1, 2010: 16,726
August 1, 2010: 20,634
July 1, 2010: 20,628
June 1, 2010: 20,590
May 1, 2010: 20,601
April 1, 2010: 20,619
March 1, 2010: 20,143
February 1, 2010: 19788
January 1, 2010: 19,802
December 1, 2009: 19,895
November 1, 2009: 18,547
October 1, 2009: 7,428
February 28, 2009: 7,401

Free books (without public domain)

February 1, 2013: 7,404
January 1, 2013: 7,261
December 1, 2012: 7,089
November 1, 2012: 7,186
October 1, 2012: 7,259
September 1, 2012: 8,701
August 1, 2012: 7,829
July 1, 2012: 9,660
June 1, 2012: 6,715
May 1, 2012: 5,195
April 1, 2012: 5,622
March 1, 2012: 8,356
February 1, 2012: 6,109
January 1, 2012: 4,102
December 1, 2011: 2,007
November 1, 2011: 1,681
October 1, 2011: 1,449
September 1, 2011: 1,283
August 1, 2011: 1,046
July 1, 2011: 883
June 1, 2011: 707
May 1, 2011: 20,984
April 1, 2011: 17,832
March 1, 2011: 241
February 1, 2011: 240
January 1, 2011: 230
December 1, 2010: 183
November 1, 2010: 171
October 1, 2010: 161
September 1, 2010: 143
August 1, 2010: 621 (125 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
July 1, 2010: 599 (102 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
June 1, 2010: 559 (63 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
May 1, 2010: 556 (57 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
April 1, 2010: 560 (59 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
March 1, 2010: 67
February 1, 2010: 52
January 1, 2010: 53
December 1, 2009: 84
November 1, 2009: 64
October 1, 2009: 67

Spanish edition books*

February 1, 2013: 52,638
January 1, 2013: 51,302
December 1, 2012: 48,905
November 1, 2012: 46,790
October 1, 2012: 44,232
September 1, 2012: 41,659
August 1, 2012: 40,214
July 1, 2012: 38,684
June 1, 2012: 36,891
May 1, 2012: 34,308
April 1, 2012: 32,157
March 1, 2012: 29,480
February 1, 2012: 22,834
January 1, 2012: 22,492
December 1, 2011: 19,928
November 1, 2011: 15,758
October 1, 2011: 16,874
September 1, 2011: 14,805
August 1, 2011: 11,383
July 1, 2011: 10,552
June 1, 2011: 9,917
May 1, 2011: 9,251
April 1, 2011: 8,362
March 1, 2011: 9,244
February 1, 2011: 8,608
January 1, 2011: 8.045
December 1, 2010: 5,839
November 1, 2010: 5,286
October 1, 2010: 4,982
September 1, 2010: 4,723
August 1, 2010: 4,623
July 1, 2010: 4,398
June 1, 2010: 4,078
May 1, 2010: 3,735
April 1, 2010: 3,383
March 1, 2010: 2,841
February 1, 2010: 2,548
January 1, 2010: 2,363
December 1, 2009: 3,483

Books in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL)

February 1, 2013: 283,641 (15.3%)
January 1, 2013: 264,444
December 1, 2012: 242,716
November 1, 2012: 235,957
October 1, 2012: 216,873
September 1, 2012: 198,009
August 1, 2012: 180,133
July 1, 2012: 168,440
June 1, 2012: 159,937
May 1, 2012: 146,182
April 1, 2012: 131,110
March 1, 2012: 117,652
February 1, 2012: 95,020
January 1, 2012: 69,850 (new measurement)

Price Point Analysis

	4/1/2010
Total	476653
Prime	413032
Under $10	346665
	83.9%

Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	43,993	9.17%	0.01%
$ 1.99	7,704	1.61%	0.00%
$ 2.99	14,560	3.03%	0.00%
$ 3.99	17,390	3.62%	-0.02%
$ 4.99	9,758	2.03%	-0.01%
$ 5.99	2,691	0.56%	0.00%
$ 6.99	1,800	0.38%	0.00%
$ 7.99	10,927	2.28%	-0.25%
$ 8.99	1,312	0.27%	0.00%
$ 9.99	51,857	10.80%	-0.26%
$ 10.99	191	0.04%	0.00%
$ 11.99	196	0.04%	0.00%
$ 12.99	308	0.06%	0.00%
$ 13.99	93	0.02%	0.00%
$ 14.99	806	0.17%	0.00%
$ 15.99	114	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	67	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	43	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	201	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	11	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	11	0.00%	0.00%
$ 22.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	5	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	50	0.01%	0.00%

—

4/1/2011
Total	897,663
Prime	831,867
Under $10	739192


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	71,036	7.91%	-0.84%
$ 1.99	15,994	1.78%	0.06%
$ 2.99	50,033	5.57%	0.30%
$ 3.99	23,986	2.67%	0.24%
$ 4.99	20,374	2.27%	0.48%
$ 5.99	10,560	1.18%	0.16%
$ 6.99	7,422	0.83%	0.07%
$ 7.99	18,354	2.04%	0.20%
$ 8.99	4,436	0.49%	-0.04%
$ 9.99	96,211	10.72%	0.88%
$ 10.99	766	0.09%	0.02%
$ 11.99	1,383	0.15%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	2,122	0.24%	0.01%
$ 13.99	506	0.06%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,519	0.17%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	172	0.02%	0.01%
$ 16.99	225	0.03%	0.00%
$ 17.99	403	0.04%	0.02%
$ 18.99	199	0.02%	0.01%
$ 19.99	568	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	45	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	152	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	22	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	104	0.01%	-0.04%

—

5/1/2011
Total	937,831
Prime	862,970
Under $10	769,798


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	74,929	7.99%	0.08%
$ 1.99	16,497	1.76%	-0.02%
$ 2.99	56,878	6.06%	0.49%
$ 3.99	22,937	2.45%	-0.23%
$ 4.99	24,880	2.65%	0.38%
$ 5.99	13,387	1.43%	0.25%
$ 6.99	5,215	0.56%	-0.27%
$ 7.99	18,992	2.03%	-0.02%
$ 8.99	5,053	0.54%	0.04%
$ 9.99	103,463	11.03%	0.31%
$ 10.99	865	0.09%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,412	0.15%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,271	0.24%	0.01%
$ 13.99	490	0.05%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,577	0.17%	0.00%
$ 15.99	134	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	235	0.03%	0.00%
$ 17.99	471	0.05%	0.01%
$ 18.99	207	0.02%	0.00%
$ 19.99	465	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	172	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	79	0.01%	0.01%
$ 24.99	110	0.01%	0.00%

—

6/1/2011
Total	974,841
Prime	895,091
Under $10	799,845


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	81,095	8.32%	0.33%
$ 1.99	16,628	1.71%	-0.05%
$ 2.99	54,630	5.60%	-0.46%
$ 3.99	22,026	2.26%	-0.19%
$ 4.99	18,976	1.95%	-0.71%
$ 5.99	10,685	1.10%	-0.33%
$ 6.99	7,039	0.72%	0.17%
$ 7.99	15,841	1.62%	-0.40%
$ 8.99	4,226	0.43%	-0.11%
$ 9.99	90,005	9.23%	-1.80%
$ 10.99	619	0.06%	-0.03%
$ 11.99	1,481	0.15%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,112	0.22%	-0.03%
$ 13.99	571	0.06%	0.01%
$ 14.99	1,720	0.18%	0.01%
$ 15.99	176	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	230	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	251	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 18.99	178	0.02%	0.00%
$ 19.99	468	0.05%	0.00%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	200	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	59	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	121	0.01%	0.00%

—

July 1, 2011

7/1/2011
Total	980,434
Prime	898,735
Under $10	801,631


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	73,957	7.54%	-0.78%
$ 1.99	18,207	1.86%	0.15%
$ 2.99	34,414	3.51%	-2.09%
$ 3.99	26,942	2.75%	0.49%
$ 4.99	8,926	0.91%	-1.04%
$ 5.99	5,117	0.52%	-0.57%
$ 6.99	3,725	0.38%	-0.34%
$ 7.99	14,537	1.48%	-0.14%
$ 8.99	2,009	0.20%	-0.23%
$ 9.99	79,377	8.10%	-1.14%
$ 10.99	491	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,574	0.16%	0.01%
$ 12.99	1,863	0.19%	-0.03%
$ 13.99	509	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	1,555	0.16%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	453	0.05%	0.03%
$ 16.99	201	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	138	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	118	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	271	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 20.99	18	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	186	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	111	0.01%	0.01%
$ 24.99	125	0.01%	0.00%

—

August 1, 2011

8/1/2011
Total	1,015,056
Prime	931,713
Under $10	829,823


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	76,233	7.51%	-0.03%
$ 1.99	17,083	1.68%	-0.17%
$ 2.99	66,967	6.60%	3.09%
$ 3.99	12,921	1.27%	-1.48%
$ 4.99	27,893	2.75%	1.84%
$ 5.99	12,894	1.27%	0.75%
$ 6.99	2,715	0.27%	-0.11%
$ 7.99	18,431	1.82%	0.33%
$ 8.99	5,638	0.56%	0.35%
$ 9.99	111,705	11.00%	2.91%
$ 10.99	473	0.05%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,691	0.17%	0.01%
$ 12.99	2,129	0.21%	0.02%
$ 13.99	576	0.06%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,768	0.17%	0.02%
$ 15.99	252	0.02%	-0.02%
$ 16.99	230	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	128	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	249	0.02%	0.01%
$ 19.99	468	0.05%	0.02%
$ 20.99	46	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	166	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	64	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	90	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	59	0.01%	-0.01%

September 1, 2011

9/1/2011
Total	995,265
Prime	908,602
Under $10	803,271


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	77,793	7.82%	0.31%
$ 1.99	16,614	1.67%	-0.01%
$ 2.99	56,503	5.68%	-0.92%
$ 3.99	21,995	2.21%	0.94%
$ 4.99	21,595	2.17%	-0.58%
$ 5.99	11,312	1.14%	-0.13%
$ 6.99	7,477	0.75%	0.48%
$ 7.99	16,948	1.70%	-0.11%
$ 8.99	14,883	1.50%	0.94%
$ 9.99	102,626	10.31%	-0.69%
$ 10.99	485	0.05%	0.00%
$ 11.99	983	0.10%	-0.07%
$ 12.99	1,374	0.14%	-0.07%
$ 13.99	316	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 14.99	1,501	0.15%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	160	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	159	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 17.99	285	0.03%	0.02%
$ 18.99	165	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	446	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	50	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	171	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	41	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	33	0.00%	-0.01%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.01%

—

10/1/2011
Total	1,033,611
Prime	943,545
Under $10	835,590


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	81,946	7.93%	0.11%
$ 1.99	16,172	1.56%	-0.10%
$ 2.99	48,287	4.67%	-1.01%
$ 3.99	16,808	1.63%	-0.58%
$ 4.99	17,389	1.68%	-0.49%
$ 5.99	8,259	0.80%	-0.34%
$ 6.99	5,300	0.51%	-0.24%
$ 7.99	10,833	1.05%	-0.65%
$ 8.99	12,478	1.21%	-0.29%
$ 9.99	89,175	8.63%	-1.68%
$ 10.99	395	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	804	0.08%	-0.02%
$ 12.99	1,285	0.12%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	302	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,386	0.13%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	146	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	151	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	144	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	75	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	368	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	22	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	150	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	66	0.01%	0.00%

—

11/1/2011
Total	1,058,635
Prime	968,948
Under $10	859,492


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	84,612	7.99%	0.06%
$ 1.99	7,659	0.72%	-0.84%
$ 2.99	19,157	1.81%	-2.86%
$ 3.99	10,245	0.97%	-0.66%
$ 4.99	7,451	0.70%	-0.98%
$ 5.99	3,026	0.29%	-0.51%
$ 6.99	2,533	0.24%	-0.27%
$ 7.99	8,414	0.79%	-0.25%
$ 8.99	11,882	1.12%	-0.08%
$ 9.99	70,312	6.64%	-1.99%
$ 10.99	348	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,144	0.11%	0.03%
$ 12.99	1,068	0.10%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	280	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,171	0.11%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	69	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	118	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	116	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	59	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	234	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	33	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	153	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	28	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	89	0.01%	0.00%

—

12/1/2011
Total	1,112,876
Prime	1021677
Under $10	907,647


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	90,203	8.11%	0.11%
$ 1.99	17,711	1.59%	0.87%
$ 2.99	29,634	2.66%	0.85%
$ 3.99	23,617	2.12%	1.15%
$ 4.99	23,320	2.10%	1.39%
$ 5.99	4,606	0.41%	0.13%
$ 6.99	4,887	0.44%	0.20%
$ 7.99	13,241	1.19%	0.40%
$ 8.99	10,646	0.96%	-0.17%
$ 9.99	71,709	6.44%	-0.20%
$ 10.99	466	0.04%	0.01%
$ 11.99	598	0.05%	-0.05%
$ 12.99	1,038	0.09%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	317	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,234	0.11%	0.00%
$ 15.99	78	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	109	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	132	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	50	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	278	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	168	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	31	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	104	0.01%	0.00%

—

1/1/2012
Total	1,165,654
Prime	1073539
Under $10	955,187


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	99,225	8.51%	0.41%
$ 1.99	16,088	1.38%	-0.21%
$ 2.99	38,295	3.29%	0.62%
$ 3.99	24,602	2.11%	-0.01%
$ 4.99	18,289	1.57%	-0.53%
$ 5.99	4,438	0.38%	-0.03%
$ 6.99	5,002	0.43%	-0.01%
$ 7.99	11,495	0.99%	-0.20%
$ 8.99	12,412	1.06%	0.11%
$ 9.99	68,467	5.87%	-0.57%
$ 10.99	421	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	549	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	1,010	0.09%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	270	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	1,272	0.11%	0.00%
$ 15.99	142	0.01%	0.01%
$ 16.99	102	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	192	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	44	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	279	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	134	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	30	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	36	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	108	0.01%	0.00%

—

2/1/2012
Total	1,207,522
Prime	1,112,467
Under $10	994,448


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	107,238	8.88%	0.37%
$ 1.99	8,528	0.71%	-0.67%
$ 2.99	28,515	2.36%	-0.92%
$ 3.99	7,463	0.62%	-1.49%
$ 4.99	6,509	0.54%	-1.03%
$ 5.99	2,761	0.23%	-0.15%
$ 6.99	2,740	0.23%	-0.20%
$ 7.99	7,571	0.63%	-0.36%
$ 8.99	13,377	1.11%	0.04%
$ 9.99	58,244	4.82%	-1.05%
$ 10.99	331	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	476	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	914	0.08%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	186	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	988	0.08%	-0.03%
$ 15.99	82	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	98	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	194	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	59	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	167	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	15	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	163	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	20	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	58	0.00%	0.00%

—

3/1/2012
Total	1,265,632
Prime	1,165,368
Under $10	1,044,889


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	113,150	8.94%	0.06%
$ 1.99	10,638	0.84%	0.13%
$ 2.99	43,320	3.42%	1.06%
$ 3.99	18,776	1.48%	0.87%
$ 4.99	8,565	0.68%	0.14%
$ 5.99	3,879	0.31%	0.08%
$ 6.99	3,591	0.28%	0.06%
$ 7.99	8,164	0.65%	0.02%
$ 8.99	14,825	1.17%	0.06%
$ 9.99	62,009	4.90%	0.08%
$ 10.99	375	0.03%	0.00%
$ 11.99	673	0.05%	0.01%
$ 12.99	936	0.07%	0.00%
$ 13.99	249	0.02%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,005	0.08%	0.00%
$ 15.99	117	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	102	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	210	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	55	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	213	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	12	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	170	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	20	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	73	0.01%	0.00%

—

4/1/2012
Total	1,315,927
Prime	1,215,625
Under $10	1,089,619


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	118,411	9.00%	0.06%
$ 1.99	12,440	0.95%	0.10%
$ 2.99	53,686	4.08%	0.66%
$ 3.99	30,997	2.36%	0.87%
$ 4.99	10,786	0.82%	0.14%
$ 5.99	5,026	0.38%	0.08%
$ 6.99	4,705	0.36%	0.07%
$ 7.99	8,988	0.68%	0.04%
$ 8.99	5,461	0.41%	-0.76%
$ 9.99	71,568	5.44%	0.54%
$ 10.99	654	0.05%	0.02%
$ 11.99	1,281	0.10%	0.04%
$ 12.99	1,835	0.14%	0.07%
$ 13.99	438	0.03%	0.01%
$ 14.99	1,739	0.13%	0.05%
$ 15.99	323	0.02%	0.02%
$ 16.99	236	0.02%	0.01%
$ 17.99	86	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	118	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	395	0.03%	0.01%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	272	0.02%	0.01%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	17	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	96	0.01%	0.00%

—

5/1/2012
Total	1,358,922
Prime	1,261,606
Under $10	1,133,793


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	122,040	9.27%	0.28%
$ 1.99	13,124	1.00%	0.05%
$ 2.99	64,106	4.87%	0.79%
$ 3.99	37,072	2.82%	0.46%
$ 4.99	12,631	0.96%	0.14%
$ 5.99	6,288	0.48%	0.10%
$ 6.99	4,897	0.37%	0.01%
$ 7.99	10,145	0.77%	0.09%
$ 8.99	3,156	0.24%	-0.18%
$ 9.99	76,063	5.78%	0.34%
$ 10.99	809	0.06%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,816	0.14%	0.04%
$ 12.99	2,159	0.16%	0.02%
$ 13.99	565	0.04%	0.01%
$ 14.99	2,010	0.15%	0.02%
$ 15.99	140	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	306	0.02%	0.01%
$ 17.99	78	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	91	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	471	0.04%	0.01%
$ 20.99	24	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	283	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	27	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	150	0.01%	0.00%

—

5/1/2012
Total	1,407,210
Prime	1,308,331
Under $10	1,174,668


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	125,811	9.56%	0.29%
$ 1.99	13,076	0.99%	0.00%
$ 2.99	66,685	5.07%	0.20%
$ 3.99	36,204	2.75%	-0.07%
$ 4.99	11,225	0.85%	-0.11%
$ 5.99	5,903	0.45%	-0.03%
$ 6.99	4,569	0.35%	-0.02%
$ 7.99	10,524	0.80%	0.03%
$ 8.99	2,717	0.21%	-0.03%
$ 9.99	71,733	5.45%	-0.33%
$ 10.99	885	0.07%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,818	0.14%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,140	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	684	0.05%	0.01%
$ 14.99	2,042	0.16%	0.00%
$ 15.99	182	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	302	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	73	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	108	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	513	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	251	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	97	0.01%	0.00%

—

7/1/2012
Total	1,451,504
Prime	1,343,776
Under $10	1,204,888


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	129,323	8.91%	-0.65%
$ 1.99	12,780	0.88%	-0.11%
$ 2.99	64,315	4.43%	-0.64%
$ 3.99	27,128	1.87%	-0.88%
$ 4.99	12,335	0.85%	0.00%
$ 5.99	6,307	0.43%	-0.01%
$ 6.99	5,118	0.35%	0.01%
$ 7.99	10,689	0.74%	-0.06%
$ 8.99	2,871	0.20%	-0.01%
$ 9.99	78,303	5.39%	-0.06%
$ 10.99	875	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,804	0.12%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	2,291	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	688	0.05%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,225	0.15%	0.00%
$ 15.99	218	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	332	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	79	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	104	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	443	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	319	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	44	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	30	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.00%

—

8/1/2012
Total	1,486,649
Prime	1,379,399
Under $10	1,240,062


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	137,876	9.27%	0.36%
$ 1.99	9,880	0.66%	-0.22%
$ 2.99	46,971	3.16%	-1.27%
$ 3.99	12,096	0.81%	-1.06%
$ 4.99	8,445	0.57%	-0.28%
$ 5.99	4,956	0.33%	-0.10%
$ 6.99	3,180	0.21%	-0.14%
$ 7.99	10,781	0.73%	-0.01%
$ 8.99	2,877	0.19%	0.00%
$ 9.99	70,140	4.72%	-0.68%
$ 10.99	962	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,910	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,371	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	636	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,056	0.14%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	192	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	357	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	121	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	82	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	337	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	364	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	24	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	86	0.01%	0.00%

—

9/1/2012
Total	1,531,069
Prime	1,421,168
Under $10	1,278,733


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	144,288	9.42%	0.15%
$ 1.99	13,399	0.88%	0.21%
$ 2.99	68,395	4.47%	1.31%
$ 3.99	14,760	0.96%	0.15%
$ 4.99	11,627	0.76%	0.19%
$ 5.99	6,456	0.42%	0.09%
$ 6.99	5,407	0.35%	0.14%
$ 7.99	11,697	0.76%	0.04%
$ 8.99	3,050	0.20%	0.01%
$ 9.99	74,605	4.87%	0.15%
$ 10.99	955	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,973	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,119	0.14%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	582	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,039	0.13%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	212	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	347	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	127	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	81	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	385	0.03%	0.00%
$ 20.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	313	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	99	0.01%	0.00%

—

10/1/2012
Total	1,579,329
Prime	1,466,890
Under $10	1,322,272


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	147,931	9.37%	-0.06%
$ 1.99	16,053	1.02%	0.14%
$ 2.99	87,788	5.56%	1.09%
$ 3.99	20,853	1.32%	0.36%
$ 4.99	14,656	0.93%	0.17%
$ 5.99	7,558	0.48%	0.06%
$ 6.99	6,642	0.42%	0.07%
$ 7.99	13,807	0.87%	0.11%
$ 8.99	3,256	0.21%	0.01%
$ 9.99	84,003	5.32%	0.45%
$ 10.99	972	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	2,052	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,189	0.14%	0.00%
$ 13.99	587	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,123	0.13%	0.00%
$ 15.99	216	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	339	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	109	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	117	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	509	0.03%	0.01%
$ 20.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	371	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.00%

—

Total	1,641,362
Prime	1,522,810
Under $10	1,371,227


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	155,732	9.49%	0.12%
$ 1.99	24,777	1.51%	0.49%
$ 2.99	134,461	8.19%	2.63%
$ 3.99	49,221	3.00%	1.68%
$ 4.99	29,671	1.81%	0.88%
$ 5.99	15,629	0.95%	0.47%
$ 6.99	12,969	0.79%	0.37%
$ 7.99	22,527	1.37%	0.50%
$ 8.99	6,642	0.40%	0.20%
$ 9.99	134,811	8.21%	2.89%
$ 10.99	1,576	0.10%	0.03%
$ 11.99	2,986	0.18%	0.05%
$ 12.99	3,292	0.20%	0.06%
$ 13.99	894	0.05%	0.02%
$ 14.99	2,717	0.17%	0.03%
$ 15.99	319	0.02%	0.01%
$ 16.99	481	0.03%	0.01%
$ 17.99	235	0.01%	0.01%
$ 18.99	237	0.01%	0.01%
$ 19.99	902	0.05%	0.02%
$ 20.99	68	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	431	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	87	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	86	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	218	0.01%	0.01%

—

12/1/2012
Total	1,742,991
Prime	1,615,716
Under $10	1,451,437


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	163,634	9.97%	0.48%
$ 1.99	40,111	2.44%	0.93%
$ 2.99	192,449	11.72%	3.53%
$ 3.99	122,419	7.46%	4.46%
$ 4.99	50,073	3.05%	1.24%
$ 5.99	27,780	1.69%	0.74%
$ 6.99	20,681	1.26%	0.47%
$ 7.99	40,348	2.46%	1.09%
$ 8.99	10,692	0.65%	0.25%
$ 9.99	236,101	14.38%	6.17%
$ 10.99	2,423	0.15%	0.05%
$ 11.99	4,346	0.26%	0.08%
$ 12.99	4,614	0.28%	0.08%
$ 13.99	1,299	0.08%	0.02%
$ 14.99	3,439	0.21%	0.04%
$ 15.99	840	0.05%	0.03%
$ 16.99	595	0.04%	0.01%
$ 17.99	354	0.02%	0.01%
$ 18.99	495	0.03%	0.02%
$ 19.99	1,498	0.09%	0.04%
$ 20.99	120	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	383	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	153	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	136	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	370	0.02%	0.01%

—

1/1/2013
Total	1,805,001
Prime	1,671,220
Under $10	1,502,267


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	172,149	10.49%	0.52%
$ 1.99	42,262	2.57%	0.13%
$ 2.99	206,531	12.58%	0.86%
$ 3.99	126,369	7.70%	0.24%
$ 4.99	52,158	3.18%	0.13%
$ 5.99	29,128	1.77%	0.08%
$ 6.99	20,656	1.26%	0.00%
$ 7.99	41,417	2.52%	0.07%
$ 8.99	10,775	0.66%	0.01%
$ 9.99	235,662	14.36%	-0.03%
$ 10.99	2,195	0.13%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	4,123	0.25%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	4,319	0.26%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	1,207	0.07%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	3,600	0.22%	0.01%
$ 15.99	966	0.06%	0.01%
$ 16.99	581	0.04%	0.00%
$ 17.99	377	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	547	0.03%	0.00%
$ 19.99	3,087	0.19%	0.10%
$ 20.99	105	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	418	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	144	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	136	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	359	0.02%	0.00%

—

2/1/2013
Total	1,849,479
Prime	1,713,256
Under $10	1,534,604


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	178,913	10.90%	0.41%
$ 1.99	45,121	2.75%	0.17%
$ 2.99	214,748	13.08%	0.50%
$ 3.99	130,320	7.94%	0.24%
$ 4.99	54,653	3.33%	0.15%
$ 5.99	31,434	1.92%	0.14%
$ 6.99	21,941	1.34%	0.08%
$ 7.99	42,620	2.60%	0.07%
$ 8.99	10,835	0.66%	0.00%
$ 9.99	230,800	14.06%	-0.30%
$ 10.99	2,463	0.15%	0.02%
$ 11.99	4,593	0.28%	0.03%
$ 12.99	4,563	0.28%	0.01%
$ 13.99	1,304	0.08%	0.01%
$ 14.99	3,703	0.23%	0.01%
$ 15.99	1,004	0.06%	0.00%
$ 16.99	659	0.04%	0.00%
$ 17.99	435	0.03%	0.00%
$ 18.99	598	0.04%	0.00%
$ 19.99	5,276	0.32%	0.13%
$ 20.99	116	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	458	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	178	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	154	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	395	0.02%	0.00%

Summary

A lot more books were added per day on average in 2012 Q4 than this month. That’s probably seasonal, although at first glance, the trend isn’t as apparent in previous years. We have more magazines, newspapers, and blogs available to us. The percentage of books from one penny to fifty dollars that are under $10 declined slightly, but is up when compared to January 2012. I think we may be starting to see a maturity in pricing for e-books, with perhaps seasonal changes settling in a pattern. It’s too soon to say that for sure, though. For the first time in at least a year, there was a New York Times bestseller hardback fiction title that was unavailable in a Kindle edition…and it was the number one title. I may write about that separately. The average of that group did go down, though, and may do so more as we see more action on the Agency Model front. Textbooks hit an even 25,000: irrationally, even numbers like that first make me think I ‘ve made a mistake, but rationally, an even number is no less likely than any other given number in this case. Free books were up (both with and without public domain). The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL) was up…for the first time, I calculated a percentage of titles in the store that were in the KOLL, and it’s over 15%. That seems significantly large to me, and it may grow. There were fewer books at the $9.99 price point (priced exactly $9.99), but it could be that some were lowered to that point for the holidays, and have rebounded.

The free books referenced here are from the Kindle store: there are many other sources for free books
My search for textbooks definitely has false positives (books that aren’t really textbooks). I search for -domain (to eliminate public domain titles, which would be older books, generall) textbook. That would find a bookabout textbooks, for example
I searched for “Spanish edition” to find Spanish language books. That has some false positives as well
I look at price percentages of books in the range of one penny to fifty dollars, to eliminate freebies and limit textbooks
The price point analysis is for books at that specific price: it does not represent a range of prices
I compared the percentage of price points in the Price Point Analysis when I showed the difference…not the number of books
This information is based on what a United States customer sees

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.

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USA Kindle Store Analysis January 7 2013

January 8, 2013

USA Kindle Store Analysis January 7 2013

Every once in a while, I want to check in on the bestseller list in the Kindle store to see what’s happening.

I last did this on November 18, 2012…and a lot has changed in just a couple of months!

Back then, I analyzed the top twenty. This time I did the top fifty:

Rank	Publisher	Price	Agency?
1	Indie	3.99	No
2	Hachette	3.99	No
3	Indie	0.99	No
4	Random House	12.99	Yes
5	Indie?	3.99	No
6	Indie	0.99	No
7	Indie?	3.99	No
8	Scholastic	5.99	No
9	Hachette	9.2	No
10	Scholastic	5	No
11	Scholastic	5.99	No
12	Simon & Schuster	3.99	No
13	AmazonCrossing	3.99	No
14	Random House	9.99	Yes
15	Houghton	7.99	No
16	Thomas & Mercer	$1.99	No
17	Random House	12.99	Yes
18	Montlake	2.99	No
19	Indie	0.99	No
20	Hachette	8.28	No
21	Hachette	9.2	No
22	Hachette	8.28	No
23	Simon & Schuster	3.99	No
24	Simon & Schuster	7.99	No
25	Hachette	8.89	No
26	Indie	3.99	No
27	Indie?	0.99	No
28	Indie	2.99	No
29	Indie	3.99	No
30	Indie	0.99	No
31	Indie?	6.65	No
32	Random House	12.99	Yes
33	Montlake	2.99	No
34	Penguin	9.99	Yes
35	Indie?	3.99	No
36	Penguin	12.99	Yes
37	Indie	0.99	No
38	Algonquin	6.99	No
39	Penguin	9.99	Yes
40	Montlake	1.99	No
41	Montlake	3.19	No
42	Macmillan	2.99	Yes
43	Penguin	14.99	Yes
44	Penguin	10.99	Yes
45	Indie	2.99	No
46	Houghton	8.63	No
47	Indie?	2.99	No
48	HarperCollins	2.99	No
49	Hachette	3.99	No
50	Macmillan	11.99	Yes

In November, nine of the top twenty were Agency Model books…45%. Right now? Three of the top twenty…that’s only a third of the last number, and only 15%!

Looking at the top fifty, the Agency Model books are only 22%.

That is partially, of course, a result of the DoJ (Department of Justice) getting settlements from publishers. While we don’t see the impact yet, Penguin has agreed to settle…and if there merger with Random House is approved, Random House would also be under the same conditions. That hasn’t all happened yet, but it’s pretty likely. If that had been the case now, only two out of the fifty would have been Agency Model…only four percent. They are both from Macmillan, and that publisher (along with Apple) is still fighting the DoJ.

Non-Agency Model books are ranked higher than the Agency Model ones: the average for the Agency Model books is 32.3, for non-Agency Model, it’s 23.6. Lower numbers are better, since the #1 ranked seller is doing better than the #50 ranked seller.

The average price is also very different. Agency Model books average $11.17, and non-Agency Model books average $4.47.

Looking at the distribution of publishers, that is also astonishingly different from the pre-Kindle days. AmazonCrossing, Thomas & Mercer, and Montlake are all traditionally published books from Amazon. Six of the top fifty are Amazon tradpubs…that’s twelve percent! That is more than any of the Big Six tradpubs except for Hachette, which has seven.

I counted ones as indies if they didn’t have a publisher or the publisher’s name was the same as the author’s name. The ones where I wasn’t sure had a different name, but were likely to be indies.

If we count the ten I called indies as published by Amazon, we are up to sixteen out of fifty. If the six indie question marks are also indies, that gets us to twenty-two out of fifty…very interesting for the bargaining dynamics, even though I am only looking at the top fifty.

So I could compare to November, I also looked at features for the twenty. It’s worth noting that these may not be the same as the top twenty out of fifty above, since it updates every hour and I did this analysis later in the day.

Rank	TTS	X-Ray	Lending	KOLL	WSV
1	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
2	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
3	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
4	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
5	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
6	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
7	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
8	No	Yes	No	No	No
9	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
10	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
11	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
12	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
13	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
14	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
15	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
16	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
17	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
18	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
19	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
20	No	Yes	No	No	No

TTS: 85% (in November: 85%)
X-Ray: 95% (in November: 90%)
Lending: 55% (in November 45%)
KOLL (Kindle Owners’ Lending Library): 35% (in November: 25%)
WSV (Whispersync for Voice): 50% (in November: 45%)

Interesting! Every feature either stayed the same or increased. I think some of these features do matter to people. I also want to point out that The Hunger Games trilogy is on this list (published by Scholastic), and they are yeses in every one of these categories. They’ve been selling for a very long time, and it’s possible that having these features have helped sustain the Kindle sales (although there are other factors, like the movie).

Average ranks (the total average is 10.5…any number lower than that suggests that the feature is helping rankings)

TTS: 10.6
X-Ray: 10.7
Lending: 10.1
KOLL: 13.3
WSV: 10.9

Within the top twenty, the features didn’t seem to make much difference to rank…except that books in the KOLL did noticeably worse.

The times are changing…Amazon may not need the publishers as much as they used to need them as time goes by. Will publishers figure out a way not to need Amazon? Perhaps…the good new is, they both need us readers.

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.

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Snapshot January 1 2013

January 1, 2013

Snapshot: January 1 2013

Titles in Kindle Store

January 1, 2013: 1,805,001
December 1, 2012: 1,742,991
November 1, 2012: 1,641,362
October 1, 2012: 1,579,329
September 1, 2012: 1,531,069
August 1, 2012: 1,486,649
July 1, 2012: 1,451,504
June 1, 2012: 1,407,210
May 1, 2012: 1,358,922
April 1, 2012: 1,315,927
March 1, 2012: 1,265,632
February 1, 2012: 1,207,522
January 1, 2012: 1,165,654
December 1, 2011: 1,112,876
November 1, 2011: 1,058,635
October 1, 2011: 1,033,611
September 1, 2011: 995,265 (roughly 40,000 removed one day: PLR?)
August 1, 2011: 1,015,056
July 1, 2011: 980,434
June 1, 2011: 974,841
May 1, 2011: 937,831
April 1, 2011: 897,663
March 1, 2011: 868,351
February 1, 2011: 828,708
January 1, 2011: 796,131
December 1, 2010: 768,865
November 1, 2010: 743,692
October 1, 2010: 714, 663
September 1, 2010: 687,246
August 1, 2010: 659,479
July 1 2010: 627,343
June 1 2010: 596,300
May 1 2010: 509,229
April 1 2010: 476,653
March 1 2010: 450,625
February 1 2010: 415,100
January 1 2010: 401,773
December 1 2009: 385,484
November 1 2009: 368,813
October 1 2009: 342,865
September 21 2009: 355,805
July 28 2009: 332,813
May 16 2009: 284,491

Approximate average of titles added per day:

January 1, 2013: 2,000
December 1, 2012: 3,388
November 1, 2012: 2,001
October 1, 2012: 1,609
September 1, 2012: 1,433
August 1, 2012: 1,134
July 1, 2012: 1,476
June 1, 2012: 1,558
May 1, 2012: 1,433
April 1, 2012: 1,622
March 1, 2012: 2,004
February 1, 2012: 1,351
January 1, 2012: 1,703
December 1, 2011: 1,808
November 1, 2011: 807
October 1, 2011: 1,278
September 1, 2011: -638
August 1, 2011: 1,117
July 1, 2011: 186
June 1, 2011: 1,194
May 1, 2011: 1,339
April 1, 2011: 946
March 1, 2011: 1,416 (corrected from last post)
February 1, 2011: 1,051
Taken January 1, 2011: 880 (average for December 2010)
December: 839
November: 968
October: 914
September: 896
August: 1,037
July: 1,035
May: 2,809 (may be affected by Penguin return)
April: 1,086
March: 840
February: 1,146
January: 430 (may be impacted by Macmillan removal)
December 2009: 525
November: 556
October: 837

Magazines:

January 1, 2013: 586
December 1, 2012: 573
November 1, 2012: 567
October 1, 2012: 558
September 1, 2012: 547
August 1, 2012: 510
July 1, 2012: 497
June 1, 2012: 476
May 1, 2012: 469
April 1, 2012: 453
March 1, 2012: 430
February 1, 2012: 409
January 1, 2012: 370
December 1, 2011: 340
November 1, 2011: 132
October 1, 2011: 129
September 1, 2011: 127
August 1, 2011: 119
July 1, 2011: 115
June 1, 2011: 110
May 1, 2011: 93
April 1, 2011: 86
March 1, 2011: 81
February 1, 2011: 80
January 1, 2011: 74
December 1, 2010: 83
November 1, 2010: 84
October 1, 2010: 80
September 1. 2010: 70
August 1, 2010: 64
July 1, 2010: 61
June 1, 2010: 60
May 1, 2010: 58
April 1, 2010: 53
March 1, 2010: 50
February 1, 2010: 46
January 1, 2010: 43
December 1, 2009: 40
November 1, 2009: 38

Newspapers:

January 1, 2013: 200
December 1, 2012: 198
November 1, 2012: 202
October 1, 2012: 200
September 1, 2012: 201
August 1, 2012: 204
July 1, 2012: 201
June 1, 2012: 199
May 1, 2012: 195
April 1, 2012: 194
March 1, 2012: 193
February 1, 2012: 190
January 1, 2012: 188
December 1, 2011: 211
November 1, 2011: 191
October 1, 2011: 184
September 1, 2011: 177
August 1, 2011: 176
July 1, 2011: 176
June 1, 2011: 169
May 1, 2011: 167
April 1, 2011: 164
March 1, 2011: 161
February 1, 2011: 156
January 1, 2011: 153
December 1, 2010: 148
November 1, 2010: 145
October 1, 2010: 144
September 1, 2010: 138
August 1, 2010: 135
July 1, 2010: 136
June 1, 2010: 133
May 1, 2010: 128
April 1, 2010: 118
March 1, 2010: 107
February 1, 2010: 93
January 1, 2010: 89
December 1, 2009: 76
November 1, 2009: 58

Blogs:

January 1, 2013: 13,110
December 1, 2012: 13,559
November 1, 2012: 13,178
October 1, 2012: 12,908
September 1, 2012: 12,417
August 1, 2012: 12,087
July 1, 2012: 12,759
June 1, 2012: 12,680
May 1, 2012: 12,914
April 1, 2012: 13,295
March 1, 2012: 13,038
February 1, 2012: 13,984
January 1, 2012: 13,571
December 1, 2011: 13,178
November 1, 2011: 14,286
October 1, 2011: 15,116
September 1, 2011: 14,801
August 1, 2011: 14,477
July 1, 2011: 14,053
June 1, 2011: 13,616
May 1, 2011: 12,901
April 1, 2011: 12,502
March 1, 2011: 12,080
February 1, 2011: 11,355
January 1, 2011: 11,087
December 1, 2010: 10,585
November 1, 2010: 10,255
October 1, 2010: 10,056
September 1, 2010: 10,036
August 1, 2010: 9,716
July 1, 2010: 9,429
June 1, 2010: 9,228
May 1, 2010: 9,094
April 1, 2010: 8,944
March 1, 2010: 8,754
February 1, 2010: 8,651
January 1, 2010: 7992
December 1, 2009: 7589
November 1, 2009: 7365

Percentage of books priced from one penny to $50 that are under ten dollars

December (taken January 1, 2013): 89.9% (1,502,267 of 1,671,220)
November (taken December 1): 89.8% (1,451,437 of 1,615,716)
October (taken November 1): 90.0% (1,371,227 of 1,522,810)
September (taken October 1): 90.1% (1,322,272 of 1,466,890)
August (taken September 1): 90.0% (1,278,733 of 1,421,168)
July (taken August 1): 89.9% (1,240,642 of 1,379,399)
June (taken (July 1): 89.7% (1,204,888 of 1,343,776)
May (taken June 1): 89.8% (1,1174,668 of 1,308,331)
April (taken May 1): 89.9% (1,113,793 of 1,261,606)
March (taken April 1): 89.6% (1,089,619 of 1,215,625)
February (taken March 1): 89.7% (1,044,889 of 1,165,368)
January (taken February 1): 89.4% (994,448 of 1,112,467)
December (taken January 1): 89.0% (955,187 of 1,073,539)
November (taken December 1): 88.8% (907,647 of 1,021,647)
October (taken November 1): 88.7% (859,492 of 968,948)
September (taken October 1): 88.6% (835,590 of 943,545)
August (taken September 1): 88.4% (803,271 of 908,602)
July (taken August 1): 89.1% (829,823 of 931,713)
June (taken July 1): 89.2% (801,631 of 898,735)
May (taken June 1): 89.4% (799,845 of 895,091)
April (taken May 1): 89.2% (769,798 of 862,970)
March (taken April 1): 88.9% (739,192 of 831,867)
February (taken March 1): 92.4% (752,043 of 814,009)
January (taken February 1): 88.9% (692,840 of 779,683)
December (taken January 1): 88.8% (663,315 of 746,963)
November (taken December 1): 88.8% (639,676 of 720,179)
October: (taken November 1): 88.8% (617,133 of 695,278)
September (taken October 1): 93.0% (589,877 of 634,375)
August: 88.2% (565,260 of 640,936)
July: 87.7% (522,046 of 595,370)
June: 87.1% (479,793 of 563,436)
May: 86.8% (462,359 of 532,646)
April: 84.8% (377,624 of 445,421)
March: 83.9% (413,302 of 346,665)
February: 84.2% (328,597 of 390,178)
January: 83.4% (295,634 of 354,499)
December: 83.1% (283,497 of 341,112)
November: 82.8% (268,366 of 324,230)
October: 82.2% (252,511 of 307,241)
September: 82.0% (239,666 of 292318)
August: 83.2% (245,524 of 295,210)

Percentage of books with a publication date of the previous month priced from one penny to $50 that are under ten dollars

Books for December: 95.7% (49,147 of 51,337)
Books for November: 93.3% (47,702 of 51,103)
Books for October: 93.5% (48,869 of 52,243)
Books for September: 95.0% (52,571 of 49,491)
Books for August: 94.9% (45,180 of 47,593)
Books for July: 95.2% (46,712 of 49,072)
Books for June: 90.8% (50,056 of 55,143)
Books for May: 93.8% (44,463 of 47,396)
Books for April: 96.6% (45,211 of 46,800)
Books for March: 95.6% (48,578 of 50,788)
Books for February: 97.1% (51,180 of 52,734)
Books for January 2012: 96.9% (49,134 of 50,703)
Books for December: 96.8% (46,619 or 48,151)
Books for November: 96.0% (41,067 of 42,678)
Books for October: 96.2% (37,305 of 38,792)
Books for September 96.1% (33,889 of 35,254)
Books for August: 95.8% (37,440 of 39,100)
Books for July: 96.7% (42,922 of 44,400)
Books for June: 96.4% (45,332 of 47,018)
Books for May: 96.9% (51,840 of 53,484)
Books for April: 96.2% (42,795 of 44,464)
Books for March: 96.1% (38,961 of 40,558)
Books for February: 94.7% (32,379 of 34,206)
Books for January: 95.9% (29,010 of 30,260)
Books for December, 2010: 95.2% (23,419 of 24,593)
Books for November: 96.4% (28,189 of 29.251)
Books for October: 94.6% (22,005 of 23,268)
Books for September: 94.7% (22,338 of 23,592)
Books for August: 95.6% (24,514 of 25,638)
Books for July: 95.3% (24,375 of 25,579)
Books for June: 94.9% (21,774 of 22,945)
Books for May: 94.9% (24,436 of 25,737)
Books for April: 95.9% (23,695 of 24,714)
Books for March: 96.0% (23,703 of 24,699)
Books for February: 96.5% (26,850 of 27,815)
Books for January: 93.3% (11,857 of 12,704)
Books for December: 90.6% (8,948 of 9,879)
Books for November: 94.1% (11,520 of 12,239)
Books for October: 91.2% (6,789 of 7,445)
Books for September: 91.0% (5,104 of 5,608)
Books for August: 96.4% (20,239 of 21,079)

Books in the Seventy Percent Royalty Range ($2.99 – $9.99)

January 1, 2013: 67.8% (1,224,368 of 1,805,001)
December 1, 2012: 67.9% (1,183,346 of 1,742,991)
November 1, 2012: 64.7% (1,061,871 of 1,641,362)
October 1, 2012: 61.4% (969,791 of 1,579,329)
September 1, 2012: 60.4% (924,771 of 1,531,069)
August 1, 2012: 59.4% (883,612 of 1,486,649)
July 1: 61.3% (890,148 of 1,451,504)
June 1: 62.1% (874,145 of 1,407,210)
May 1: 62.6% (850,030 of 1,358,922)
April 1: 66.8% (812,423 of 1,215,625)
March 1: 61.1% (773,783 of 1,265,632)
February 1: 60.5% (731,051 of 1,207,522)
January 1, 2012: 61.6% (718,191 of 1,165,654)
December 1: 62.5% (694,766 of 1,112,876)
November 1: 61.8% (653,971 of 1,058,635)
October 1: 64.6% (667,521 of 1,033,611)
September 1: 65.8% (654,521 of 995,265)
August 1: 66.8% (677,646 of 1,015,056)
July 1: 63.5% (622,648 of 980,434)
June 1: 65.8% (641,867 of 974,841)
May 1: 67.4% (631,871 of 937,831)
April 1: 67.5% (606,223 of 897,663)
March 1: 68.2% (592,077 of 868,351)
February 1: 67.7% (561,035 of 828,708)
January 1: 66.8% (532,092 of 796,131)
December 1, 2010: 66.9% (514,086 of 768,865)
November 1: 66.7% (493,644 of 743,692)
October 1: 68.2% (487,833 of 714,863)
September 1: 66% (453,408 of 687,246)
August 1: 58% (382,691 of 659,479)
July 1: 57.3% (359,361 of 627,343)
June 1: 57.1% (340,379 of 596,300)
May 1: 51.4% (261,869 of 509,229)
April 1: 51.1% (243,718 of 476,653)
March 1: 52.5% (236,418 of 450,625)
February 1: 50.8% (210,978 of 415,100)

Books from one penny to $2.98

January 1, 2013: 15.7% (283,545 of 1,805,001)
December 1, 2012: 15.5% (270,520 of 1,742,991)
November 1, 2012: 19.2% (315,137 of 1,641,362)
October 1, 2012: 22.7% (358,015 of 1,579,329)
September 1, 2012: 23.5% (359,257 of 1,531,069)
August 1, 2012: 24.3% (361,675 of 1,486,649)
July 1: 22.0% (319,951 of 1,451,504)
June 1: 21.7% (305,794 of 1,407,210)
May 1: 21.3% (288,796 of 1,368,922)
April 1: 23.2% (282,254 of 1,215,625)
March 1: 21.8% (275,556 of 1,265,632)
February 1: 22.2% (268,203 of 1,207,522)
January 1, 2012: 20.7% (241,553 of 1,165,654)
December 1: 19.5% (217,026 of 1,112,876)
November 1: 19.8% (209,435 of 1,058,635)
October 1: 16.7% (172,745 of 1,033,611)
September 1: 15.5% (153,891 of 995,265)
August 1: 15.6% (158,010 of 1,015,056)
July 1: 18.9% (185,041 of 980,434)
June 1: 17.0% (165,687 of 974,841)
May 1: 15.6% (146,540 of 937,831)
April 1: 16.2% (145,638 of 897,863)
March 1: 16.9% (147,076 of 868,351)
February 1: 18.1% (149,809 of 828,708)
January 1: 18.7% (148,681 of 796,131)
December 1, 2010: 18.5% (142,549 of 768,865)
November 1: 18.4% (136,964 of 743,692)
October 1: 17.9% (127,830 of 714,863)
September 1: 18.5% (127,165 of 687,246)
August 1: 21.1% (139,277 of 659,479)
July 1: 21% (131,432 of 627,343)
June 1: 20.5% (121,981 of 596,300)
May 1: 22.7% (115,756 of 509,229)
April 1: 21.6% (102,948 of 476,653)
March 1: 20.5% (92,180 of 450,625)
February 1: 20.4% (84,721 of 415,100)

Price Point Analysis of New York Times Hardback Fiction Equivalents

January 1, 2013:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.04 11.04 12.74 11.43 12.74 12.99

11.99 9.99 12.99 7.50 12.99 8.00 19.99 13.49 13.99 14.99

Average: 12.49

December 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 11.99

12.99 12.99 19.99 9.50 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.22

November 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 19.99 12.99 9.50 12.99

11.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 13.99 14.99 12.80 11.99 12.99

Average: $13.26

October 1, 2012:

19.99 12.99 12.99 9.50 12.99 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 11.99 9.45 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $12.84

September 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 9.99 14.99 12.99 14.99 1.99

Average: $12.49

August 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

July 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 14.99 12.99 12.99

Average: 13.29

June 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99

12.99 9.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 14.99

Average: $12.94

May 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

April 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

14.99* 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 11.9912.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.14

March 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99* 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

9.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

$13.04

February 1, 2012:

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99* 12.99 9.99 12.99 12.99

12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99

Average: $13.04

January 1, 2012

Average: $13.14

December 1, 2011

Average: $12.40

November 1, 2011:

Average: $12.45

October 1, 2011:

Avg: $13.09

September 1, 2011:

Avg: 12.99

August 1, 2011:

Avg $13.29

July 1, 2011

Avg $13.09

June 1, 2011

Avg: $12.81

May 1, 2011

Average: $12.84

April 1, 2011

Average: $12.69

March 1, 2011

Average: $12.83

February 1, 2011

Average: $12.25
Agency Model average: $12.86
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

January 1, 2011

Average: $12.52

Agency Model: $12.99

Non-Agency: $9.99

December 1, 2010:

Average: $12.78
Agency Model average: $13.52
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

November 1, 2010:

Average: $12.83
Agency Model average: $13.59
Non-Agency Model average: $9.99

October 1, 2010:

Average: $12.38
Agency Model average: $12.79
Non-Agency Model average: $10.87

September 1, 2010:

Average: $12.52
Agency Model average $12.99
Non-Agency Model average $9.99

Textbooks in the Kindle Store

January 1, 2013: 23,256
December 1, 2012: 21,507
November 1, 2012: 19,796
October 1, 2012: 19,095
September 1, 2012: 18,369
August 1, 2012: 17,756
July 1, 2012: 24,629
June 1, 2012: 15,581
May 1, 2012: 14,868
April 1, 2012: 16,509
March 1, 2012: 15,434
February 1, 2012: 14,827
January 1, 2012: 13,828
December 1, 2011: 13,396
November 1, 2011: 13,131
October 1, 2011: 12,788
September 1, 2011: 11,966
August 1, 2011: 10,316
July 1, 2011: 9,852
June 1, 2011: 9,442
May 1, 2011: 9,193
April 1, 2011: 8,952
March 1, 2011: 8,633
February 1, 2011: 8,342
January 1, 2011: 7,926
December 1, 2010: 7,637
November 1, 2010: 7,355
October 1, 2010: 7, 162
September 1, 2010: 6,831
August 1, 2010: 6,661
July 1, 2010: 6,481
June 1, 2010: 6,249
May 1, 2010: 6,117
April 1, 2010: 5,973
March 1, 2010: 5,728
February 1, 2010: 5,673
January 1, 2010: 5,549
December 1, 2009: 4,892
November 1, 2009: 4,768
October 1, 2009: 4,633
September 24, 2009: 4,678
August 11, 2009: 4,381

Free books (including public domain)

January 1, 2013: 54,538
December 1, 2012: 50,869
November 1, 2012: 50,938
October 1, 2012: 50,982
September 1, 2012: 52,601
August 1, 2012: 51,680
July 1: 53,728
June 1: 50,470
May 1: 48,904
April 1: 49,826
March 1: 51,860
February 1: 48,207
January 1, 2012: 46,201
December 1: 43,757
November 1: 42,657
October 1, 2011: 42,710
September 1, 2011: 39,540
August 1, 2011: 38,936
July 1, 2011: 38,627
June 1, 2011: 37,415
May 1, 2011: 36,481
April 1, 2011: 33,469
March 1, 2011: 15,931
February 1, 2011: 15,947
January 1, 2011: 16,758
December 1, 2010: 16,708
November 1, 2010: 16,703
October 1, 2010: 16,702
September 1, 2010: 16,726
August 1, 2010: 20,634
July 1, 2010: 20,628
June 1, 2010: 20,590
May 1, 2010: 20,601
April 1, 2010: 20,619
March 1, 2010: 20,143
February 1, 2010: 19788
January 1, 2010: 19,802
December 1, 2009: 19,895
November 1, 2009: 18,547
October 1, 2009: 7,428
February 28, 2009: 7,401

Free books (without public domain)

January 1, 2013: 7,261
December 1, 2012: 7,089
November 1, 2012: 7,186
October 1, 2012: 7,259
September 1, 2012: 8,701
August 1, 2012: 7,829
July 1, 2012: 9,660
June 1, 2012: 6,715
May 1, 2012: 5,195
April 1, 2012: 5,622
March 1, 2012: 8,356
February 1, 2012: 6,109
January 1, 2012: 4,102
December 1, 2011: 2,007
November 1, 2011: 1,681
October 1, 2011: 1,449
September 1, 2011: 1,283
August 1, 2011: 1,046
July 1, 2011: 883
June 1, 2011: 707
May 1, 2011: 20,984
April 1, 2011: 17,832
March 1, 2011: 241
February 1, 2011: 240
January 1, 2011: 230
December 1, 2010: 183
November 1, 2010: 171
October 1, 2010: 161
September 1, 2010: 143
August 1, 2010: 621 (125 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
July 1, 2010: 599 (102 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
June 1, 2010: 559 (63 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
May 1, 2010: 556 (57 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
April 1, 2010: 560 (59 without Amazon Breakthrough nominees)
March 1, 2010: 67
February 1, 2010: 52
January 1, 2010: 53
December 1, 2009: 84
November 1, 2009: 64
October 1, 2009: 67

Spanish edition books*

January 1, 2013: 51,302
December 1, 2012: 48,905
November 1, 2012: 46,790
October 1, 2012: 44,232
September 1, 2012: 41,659
August 1, 2012: 40,214
July 1, 2012: 38,684
June 1, 2012: 36,891
May 1, 2012: 34,308
April 1, 2012: 32,157
March 1, 2012: 29,480
February 1, 2012: 22,834
January 1, 2012: 22,492
December 1, 2011: 19,928
November 1, 2011: 15,758
October 1, 2011: 16,874
September 1, 2011: 14,805
August 1, 2011: 11,383
July 1, 2011: 10,552
June 1, 2011: 9,917
May 1, 2011: 9,251
April 1, 2011: 8,362
March 1, 2011: 9,244
February 1, 2011: 8,608
January 1, 2011: 8.045
December 1, 2010: 5,839
November 1, 2010: 5,286
October 1, 2010: 4,982
September 1, 2010: 4,723
August 1, 2010: 4,623
July 1, 2010: 4,398
June 1, 2010: 4,078
May 1, 2010: 3,735
April 1, 2010: 3,383
March 1, 2010: 2,841
February 1, 2010: 2,548
January 1, 2010: 2,363
December 1, 2009: 3,483

Books in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL)

January 1, 2013: 264,444
December 1, 2012: 242,716
November 1, 2012: 235,957
October 1, 2012: 216,873
September 1, 2012: 198,009
August 1, 2012: 180,133
July 1, 2012: 168,440
June 1, 2012: 159,937
May 1, 2012: 146,182
April 1, 2012: 131,110
March 1, 2012: 117,652
February 1, 2012: 95,020
January 1, 2012: 69,850 (new measurement)

Price Point Analysis

	4/1/2010
Total	476653
Prime	413032
Under $10	346665
	83.9%

Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	43,993	9.17%	0.01%
$ 1.99	7,704	1.61%	0.00%
$ 2.99	14,560	3.03%	0.00%
$ 3.99	17,390	3.62%	-0.02%
$ 4.99	9,758	2.03%	-0.01%
$ 5.99	2,691	0.56%	0.00%
$ 6.99	1,800	0.38%	0.00%
$ 7.99	10,927	2.28%	-0.25%
$ 8.99	1,312	0.27%	0.00%
$ 9.99	51,857	10.80%	-0.26%
$ 10.99	191	0.04%	0.00%
$ 11.99	196	0.04%	0.00%
$ 12.99	308	0.06%	0.00%
$ 13.99	93	0.02%	0.00%
$ 14.99	806	0.17%	0.00%
$ 15.99	114	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	67	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	43	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	201	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	11	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	11	0.00%	0.00%
$ 22.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	5	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	50	0.01%	0.00%

—

4/1/2011
Total	897,663
Prime	831,867
Under $10	739192


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	71,036	7.91%	-0.84%
$ 1.99	15,994	1.78%	0.06%
$ 2.99	50,033	5.57%	0.30%
$ 3.99	23,986	2.67%	0.24%
$ 4.99	20,374	2.27%	0.48%
$ 5.99	10,560	1.18%	0.16%
$ 6.99	7,422	0.83%	0.07%
$ 7.99	18,354	2.04%	0.20%
$ 8.99	4,436	0.49%	-0.04%
$ 9.99	96,211	10.72%	0.88%
$ 10.99	766	0.09%	0.02%
$ 11.99	1,383	0.15%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	2,122	0.24%	0.01%
$ 13.99	506	0.06%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,519	0.17%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	172	0.02%	0.01%
$ 16.99	225	0.03%	0.00%
$ 17.99	403	0.04%	0.02%
$ 18.99	199	0.02%	0.01%
$ 19.99	568	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	45	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	152	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	21	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	22	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	104	0.01%	-0.04%

—

5/1/2011
Total	937,831
Prime	862,970
Under $10	769,798


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	74,929	7.99%	0.08%
$ 1.99	16,497	1.76%	-0.02%
$ 2.99	56,878	6.06%	0.49%
$ 3.99	22,937	2.45%	-0.23%
$ 4.99	24,880	2.65%	0.38%
$ 5.99	13,387	1.43%	0.25%
$ 6.99	5,215	0.56%	-0.27%
$ 7.99	18,992	2.03%	-0.02%
$ 8.99	5,053	0.54%	0.04%
$ 9.99	103,463	11.03%	0.31%
$ 10.99	865	0.09%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,412	0.15%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,271	0.24%	0.01%
$ 13.99	490	0.05%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,577	0.17%	0.00%
$ 15.99	134	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	235	0.03%	0.00%
$ 17.99	471	0.05%	0.01%
$ 18.99	207	0.02%	0.00%
$ 19.99	465	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	172	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	79	0.01%	0.01%
$ 24.99	110	0.01%	0.00%

—

6/1/2011
Total	974,841
Prime	895,091
Under $10	799,845


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	81,095	8.32%	0.33%
$ 1.99	16,628	1.71%	-0.05%
$ 2.99	54,630	5.60%	-0.46%
$ 3.99	22,026	2.26%	-0.19%
$ 4.99	18,976	1.95%	-0.71%
$ 5.99	10,685	1.10%	-0.33%
$ 6.99	7,039	0.72%	0.17%
$ 7.99	15,841	1.62%	-0.40%
$ 8.99	4,226	0.43%	-0.11%
$ 9.99	90,005	9.23%	-1.80%
$ 10.99	619	0.06%	-0.03%
$ 11.99	1,481	0.15%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,112	0.22%	-0.03%
$ 13.99	571	0.06%	0.01%
$ 14.99	1,720	0.18%	0.01%
$ 15.99	176	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	230	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	251	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 18.99	178	0.02%	0.00%
$ 19.99	468	0.05%	0.00%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	200	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	59	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	121	0.01%	0.00%

—

July 1, 2011

7/1/2011
Total	980,434
Prime	898,735
Under $10	801,631


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	73,957	7.54%	-0.78%
$ 1.99	18,207	1.86%	0.15%
$ 2.99	34,414	3.51%	-2.09%
$ 3.99	26,942	2.75%	0.49%
$ 4.99	8,926	0.91%	-1.04%
$ 5.99	5,117	0.52%	-0.57%
$ 6.99	3,725	0.38%	-0.34%
$ 7.99	14,537	1.48%	-0.14%
$ 8.99	2,009	0.20%	-0.23%
$ 9.99	79,377	8.10%	-1.14%
$ 10.99	491	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,574	0.16%	0.01%
$ 12.99	1,863	0.19%	-0.03%
$ 13.99	509	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	1,555	0.16%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	453	0.05%	0.03%
$ 16.99	201	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	138	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	118	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	271	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 20.99	18	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	186	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	111	0.01%	0.01%
$ 24.99	125	0.01%	0.00%

—

August 1, 2011

8/1/2011
Total	1,015,056
Prime	931,713
Under $10	829,823


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	76,233	7.51%	-0.03%
$ 1.99	17,083	1.68%	-0.17%
$ 2.99	66,967	6.60%	3.09%
$ 3.99	12,921	1.27%	-1.48%
$ 4.99	27,893	2.75%	1.84%
$ 5.99	12,894	1.27%	0.75%
$ 6.99	2,715	0.27%	-0.11%
$ 7.99	18,431	1.82%	0.33%
$ 8.99	5,638	0.56%	0.35%
$ 9.99	111,705	11.00%	2.91%
$ 10.99	473	0.05%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,691	0.17%	0.01%
$ 12.99	2,129	0.21%	0.02%
$ 13.99	576	0.06%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,768	0.17%	0.02%
$ 15.99	252	0.02%	-0.02%
$ 16.99	230	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	128	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	249	0.02%	0.01%
$ 19.99	468	0.05%	0.02%
$ 20.99	46	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	166	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	64	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	90	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	59	0.01%	-0.01%

September 1, 2011

9/1/2011
Total	995,265
Prime	908,602
Under $10	803,271


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	77,793	7.82%	0.31%
$ 1.99	16,614	1.67%	-0.01%
$ 2.99	56,503	5.68%	-0.92%
$ 3.99	21,995	2.21%	0.94%
$ 4.99	21,595	2.17%	-0.58%
$ 5.99	11,312	1.14%	-0.13%
$ 6.99	7,477	0.75%	0.48%
$ 7.99	16,948	1.70%	-0.11%
$ 8.99	14,883	1.50%	0.94%
$ 9.99	102,626	10.31%	-0.69%
$ 10.99	485	0.05%	0.00%
$ 11.99	983	0.10%	-0.07%
$ 12.99	1,374	0.14%	-0.07%
$ 13.99	316	0.03%	-0.02%
$ 14.99	1,501	0.15%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	160	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	159	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 17.99	285	0.03%	0.02%
$ 18.99	165	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	446	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	50	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	171	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	41	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	33	0.00%	-0.01%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.01%

—

10/1/2011
Total	1,033,611
Prime	943,545
Under $10	835,590


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	81,946	7.93%	0.11%
$ 1.99	16,172	1.56%	-0.10%
$ 2.99	48,287	4.67%	-1.01%
$ 3.99	16,808	1.63%	-0.58%
$ 4.99	17,389	1.68%	-0.49%
$ 5.99	8,259	0.80%	-0.34%
$ 6.99	5,300	0.51%	-0.24%
$ 7.99	10,833	1.05%	-0.65%
$ 8.99	12,478	1.21%	-0.29%
$ 9.99	89,175	8.63%	-1.68%
$ 10.99	395	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	804	0.08%	-0.02%
$ 12.99	1,285	0.12%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	302	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,386	0.13%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	146	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	151	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	144	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	75	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	368	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	22	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	150	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	66	0.01%	0.00%

—

11/1/2011
Total	1,058,635
Prime	968,948
Under $10	859,492


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	84,612	7.99%	0.06%
$ 1.99	7,659	0.72%	-0.84%
$ 2.99	19,157	1.81%	-2.86%
$ 3.99	10,245	0.97%	-0.66%
$ 4.99	7,451	0.70%	-0.98%
$ 5.99	3,026	0.29%	-0.51%
$ 6.99	2,533	0.24%	-0.27%
$ 7.99	8,414	0.79%	-0.25%
$ 8.99	11,882	1.12%	-0.08%
$ 9.99	70,312	6.64%	-1.99%
$ 10.99	348	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,144	0.11%	0.03%
$ 12.99	1,068	0.10%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	280	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,171	0.11%	-0.02%
$ 15.99	69	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	118	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	116	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	59	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	234	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	33	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	153	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	28	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	89	0.01%	0.00%

—

12/1/2011
Total	1,112,876
Prime	1021677
Under $10	907,647


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	90,203	8.11%	0.11%
$ 1.99	17,711	1.59%	0.87%
$ 2.99	29,634	2.66%	0.85%
$ 3.99	23,617	2.12%	1.15%
$ 4.99	23,320	2.10%	1.39%
$ 5.99	4,606	0.41%	0.13%
$ 6.99	4,887	0.44%	0.20%
$ 7.99	13,241	1.19%	0.40%
$ 8.99	10,646	0.96%	-0.17%
$ 9.99	71,709	6.44%	-0.20%
$ 10.99	466	0.04%	0.01%
$ 11.99	598	0.05%	-0.05%
$ 12.99	1,038	0.09%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	317	0.03%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,234	0.11%	0.00%
$ 15.99	78	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	109	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	132	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	50	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	278	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	168	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	31	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	104	0.01%	0.00%

—

1/1/2012
Total	1,165,654
Prime	1073539
Under $10	955,187


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	99,225	8.51%	0.41%
$ 1.99	16,088	1.38%	-0.21%
$ 2.99	38,295	3.29%	0.62%
$ 3.99	24,602	2.11%	-0.01%
$ 4.99	18,289	1.57%	-0.53%
$ 5.99	4,438	0.38%	-0.03%
$ 6.99	5,002	0.43%	-0.01%
$ 7.99	11,495	0.99%	-0.20%
$ 8.99	12,412	1.06%	0.11%
$ 9.99	68,467	5.87%	-0.57%
$ 10.99	421	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	549	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	1,010	0.09%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	270	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	1,272	0.11%	0.00%
$ 15.99	142	0.01%	0.01%
$ 16.99	102	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	192	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	44	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	279	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	134	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	30	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	36	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	108	0.01%	0.00%

—

2/1/2012
Total	1,207,522
Prime	1,112,467
Under $10	994,448


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	107,238	8.88%	0.37%
$ 1.99	8,528	0.71%	-0.67%
$ 2.99	28,515	2.36%	-0.92%
$ 3.99	7,463	0.62%	-1.49%
$ 4.99	6,509	0.54%	-1.03%
$ 5.99	2,761	0.23%	-0.15%
$ 6.99	2,740	0.23%	-0.20%
$ 7.99	7,571	0.63%	-0.36%
$ 8.99	13,377	1.11%	0.04%
$ 9.99	58,244	4.82%	-1.05%
$ 10.99	331	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	476	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	914	0.08%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	186	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	988	0.08%	-0.03%
$ 15.99	82	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	98	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	194	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	59	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	167	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	15	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	163	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	20	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	58	0.00%	0.00%

—

3/1/2012
Total	1,265,632
Prime	1,165,368
Under $10	1,044,889


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	113,150	8.94%	0.06%
$ 1.99	10,638	0.84%	0.13%
$ 2.99	43,320	3.42%	1.06%
$ 3.99	18,776	1.48%	0.87%
$ 4.99	8,565	0.68%	0.14%
$ 5.99	3,879	0.31%	0.08%
$ 6.99	3,591	0.28%	0.06%
$ 7.99	8,164	0.65%	0.02%
$ 8.99	14,825	1.17%	0.06%
$ 9.99	62,009	4.90%	0.08%
$ 10.99	375	0.03%	0.00%
$ 11.99	673	0.05%	0.01%
$ 12.99	936	0.07%	0.00%
$ 13.99	249	0.02%	0.00%
$ 14.99	1,005	0.08%	0.00%
$ 15.99	117	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	102	0.01%	0.00%
$ 17.99	210	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	55	0.00%	0.00%
$ 19.99	213	0.02%	0.00%
$ 20.99	12	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	170	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	20	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	73	0.01%	0.00%

—

4/1/2012
Total	1,315,927
Prime	1,215,625
Under $10	1,089,619


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	118,411	9.00%	0.06%
$ 1.99	12,440	0.95%	0.10%
$ 2.99	53,686	4.08%	0.66%
$ 3.99	30,997	2.36%	0.87%
$ 4.99	10,786	0.82%	0.14%
$ 5.99	5,026	0.38%	0.08%
$ 6.99	4,705	0.36%	0.07%
$ 7.99	8,988	0.68%	0.04%
$ 8.99	5,461	0.41%	-0.76%
$ 9.99	71,568	5.44%	0.54%
$ 10.99	654	0.05%	0.02%
$ 11.99	1,281	0.10%	0.04%
$ 12.99	1,835	0.14%	0.07%
$ 13.99	438	0.03%	0.01%
$ 14.99	1,739	0.13%	0.05%
$ 15.99	323	0.02%	0.02%
$ 16.99	236	0.02%	0.01%
$ 17.99	86	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	118	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	395	0.03%	0.01%
$ 20.99	25	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	272	0.02%	0.01%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	17	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	96	0.01%	0.00%

—

5/1/2012
Total	1,358,922
Prime	1,261,606
Under $10	1,133,793


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	122,040	9.27%	0.28%
$ 1.99	13,124	1.00%	0.05%
$ 2.99	64,106	4.87%	0.79%
$ 3.99	37,072	2.82%	0.46%
$ 4.99	12,631	0.96%	0.14%
$ 5.99	6,288	0.48%	0.10%
$ 6.99	4,897	0.37%	0.01%
$ 7.99	10,145	0.77%	0.09%
$ 8.99	3,156	0.24%	-0.18%
$ 9.99	76,063	5.78%	0.34%
$ 10.99	809	0.06%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,816	0.14%	0.04%
$ 12.99	2,159	0.16%	0.02%
$ 13.99	565	0.04%	0.01%
$ 14.99	2,010	0.15%	0.02%
$ 15.99	140	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	306	0.02%	0.01%
$ 17.99	78	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	91	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	471	0.04%	0.01%
$ 20.99	24	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	283	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	34	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	27	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	150	0.01%	0.00%

—

5/1/2012
Total	1,407,210
Prime	1,308,331
Under $10	1,174,668


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	125,811	9.56%	0.29%
$ 1.99	13,076	0.99%	0.00%
$ 2.99	66,685	5.07%	0.20%
$ 3.99	36,204	2.75%	-0.07%
$ 4.99	11,225	0.85%	-0.11%
$ 5.99	5,903	0.45%	-0.03%
$ 6.99	4,569	0.35%	-0.02%
$ 7.99	10,524	0.80%	0.03%
$ 8.99	2,717	0.21%	-0.03%
$ 9.99	71,733	5.45%	-0.33%
$ 10.99	885	0.07%	0.01%
$ 11.99	1,818	0.14%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,140	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	684	0.05%	0.01%
$ 14.99	2,042	0.16%	0.00%
$ 15.99	182	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	302	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	73	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	108	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	513	0.04%	0.00%
$ 20.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	251	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	29	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	97	0.01%	0.00%

—

7/1/2012
Total	1,451,504
Prime	1,343,776
Under $10	1,204,888


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	129,323	8.91%	-0.65%
$ 1.99	12,780	0.88%	-0.11%
$ 2.99	64,315	4.43%	-0.64%
$ 3.99	27,128	1.87%	-0.88%
$ 4.99	12,335	0.85%	0.00%
$ 5.99	6,307	0.43%	-0.01%
$ 6.99	5,118	0.35%	0.01%
$ 7.99	10,689	0.74%	-0.06%
$ 8.99	2,871	0.20%	-0.01%
$ 9.99	78,303	5.39%	-0.06%
$ 10.99	875	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	1,804	0.12%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	2,291	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	688	0.05%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,225	0.15%	0.00%
$ 15.99	218	0.02%	0.00%
$ 16.99	332	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	79	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	104	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	443	0.03%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	319	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	44	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	30	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.00%

—

8/1/2012
Total	1,486,649
Prime	1,379,399
Under $10	1,240,062


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	137,876	9.27%	0.36%
$ 1.99	9,880	0.66%	-0.22%
$ 2.99	46,971	3.16%	-1.27%
$ 3.99	12,096	0.81%	-1.06%
$ 4.99	8,445	0.57%	-0.28%
$ 5.99	4,956	0.33%	-0.10%
$ 6.99	3,180	0.21%	-0.14%
$ 7.99	10,781	0.73%	-0.01%
$ 8.99	2,877	0.19%	0.00%
$ 9.99	70,140	4.72%	-0.68%
$ 10.99	962	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,910	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,371	0.16%	0.00%
$ 13.99	636	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,056	0.14%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	192	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	357	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	121	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	82	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	337	0.02%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	35	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	364	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	24	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	86	0.01%	0.00%

—

9/1/2012
Total	1,531,069
Prime	1,421,168
Under $10	1,278,733


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	144,288	9.42%	0.15%
$ 1.99	13,399	0.88%	0.21%
$ 2.99	68,395	4.47%	1.31%
$ 3.99	14,760	0.96%	0.15%
$ 4.99	11,627	0.76%	0.19%
$ 5.99	6,456	0.42%	0.09%
$ 6.99	5,407	0.35%	0.14%
$ 7.99	11,697	0.76%	0.04%
$ 8.99	3,050	0.20%	0.01%
$ 9.99	74,605	4.87%	0.15%
$ 10.99	955	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	1,973	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,119	0.14%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	582	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,039	0.13%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	212	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	347	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	127	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	81	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	385	0.03%	0.00%
$ 20.99	19	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	313	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	26	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	99	0.01%	0.00%

—

10/1/2012
Total	1,579,329
Prime	1,466,890
Under $10	1,322,272


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	147,931	9.37%	-0.06%
$ 1.99	16,053	1.02%	0.14%
$ 2.99	87,788	5.56%	1.09%
$ 3.99	20,853	1.32%	0.36%
$ 4.99	14,656	0.93%	0.17%
$ 5.99	7,558	0.48%	0.06%
$ 6.99	6,642	0.42%	0.07%
$ 7.99	13,807	0.87%	0.11%
$ 8.99	3,256	0.21%	0.01%
$ 9.99	84,003	5.32%	0.45%
$ 10.99	972	0.06%	0.00%
$ 11.99	2,052	0.13%	0.00%
$ 12.99	2,189	0.14%	0.00%
$ 13.99	587	0.04%	0.00%
$ 14.99	2,123	0.13%	0.00%
$ 15.99	216	0.01%	0.00%
$ 16.99	339	0.02%	0.00%
$ 17.99	109	0.01%	0.00%
$ 18.99	117	0.01%	0.00%
$ 19.99	509	0.03%	0.01%
$ 20.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	371	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	38	0.00%	0.00%
$ 23.99	32	0.00%	0.00%
$ 24.99	109	0.01%	0.00%

—

Total	1,641,362
Prime	1,522,810
Under $10	1,371,227


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	155,732	9.49%	0.12%
$ 1.99	24,777	1.51%	0.49%
$ 2.99	134,461	8.19%	2.63%
$ 3.99	49,221	3.00%	1.68%
$ 4.99	29,671	1.81%	0.88%
$ 5.99	15,629	0.95%	0.47%
$ 6.99	12,969	0.79%	0.37%
$ 7.99	22,527	1.37%	0.50%
$ 8.99	6,642	0.40%	0.20%
$ 9.99	134,811	8.21%	2.89%
$ 10.99	1,576	0.10%	0.03%
$ 11.99	2,986	0.18%	0.05%
$ 12.99	3,292	0.20%	0.06%
$ 13.99	894	0.05%	0.02%
$ 14.99	2,717	0.17%	0.03%
$ 15.99	319	0.02%	0.01%
$ 16.99	481	0.03%	0.01%
$ 17.99	235	0.01%	0.01%
$ 18.99	237	0.01%	0.01%
$ 19.99	902	0.05%	0.02%
$ 20.99	68	0.00%	0.00%
$ 21.99	431	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	87	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	86	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	218	0.01%	0.01%

—

12/1/2012
Total	1,742,991
Prime	1,615,716
Under $10	1,451,437


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	163,634	9.97%	0.48%
$ 1.99	40,111	2.44%	0.93%
$ 2.99	192,449	11.72%	3.53%
$ 3.99	122,419	7.46%	4.46%
$ 4.99	50,073	3.05%	1.24%
$ 5.99	27,780	1.69%	0.74%
$ 6.99	20,681	1.26%	0.47%
$ 7.99	40,348	2.46%	1.09%
$ 8.99	10,692	0.65%	0.25%
$ 9.99	236,101	14.38%	6.17%
$ 10.99	2,423	0.15%	0.05%
$ 11.99	4,346	0.26%	0.08%
$ 12.99	4,614	0.28%	0.08%
$ 13.99	1,299	0.08%	0.02%
$ 14.99	3,439	0.21%	0.04%
$ 15.99	840	0.05%	0.03%
$ 16.99	595	0.04%	0.01%
$ 17.99	354	0.02%	0.01%
$ 18.99	495	0.03%	0.02%
$ 19.99	1,498	0.09%	0.04%
$ 20.99	120	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	383	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	153	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	136	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	370	0.02%	0.01%

—

1/1/2013
Total	1,805,001
Prime	1,671,220
Under $10	1,502,267


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	172,149	10.49%	0.52%
$ 1.99	42,262	2.57%	0.13%
$ 2.99	206,531	12.58%	0.86%
$ 3.99	126,369	7.70%	0.24%
$ 4.99	52,158	3.18%	0.13%
$ 5.99	29,128	1.77%	0.08%
$ 6.99	20,656	1.26%	0.00%
$ 7.99	41,417	2.52%	0.07%
$ 8.99	10,775	0.66%	0.01%
$ 9.99	235,662	14.36%	-0.03%
$ 10.99	2,195	0.13%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	4,123	0.25%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	4,319	0.26%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	1,207	0.07%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	3,600	0.22%	0.01%
$ 15.99	966	0.06%	0.01%
$ 16.99	581	0.04%	0.00%
$ 17.99	377	0.02%	0.00%
$ 18.99	547	0.03%	0.00%
$ 19.99	3,087	0.19%	0.10%
$ 20.99	105	0.01%	0.00%
$ 21.99	418	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	144	0.01%	0.00%
$ 23.99	136	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	359	0.02%	0.00%

—

Summary

The standout to me, and the one that will need more investigation, is the number of New York Times bestseller hardback fiction equivalents that were apparently discounted by Amazon. There are non-ninety-nine ending prices in there, and it suggest pricing algorithms or at least price comparisons with other sites. If it wasn’t for one particularly expensive one at $19.99, the average would have been down even more. I’ll double-check, but I assume that’s an end of Agency Model effect. Outside of that, other things moved along nicely, except for blogs,which had fewer this month than last. You have more content from which to choose, and the percentage of books under ten dollars in the one penny to fifty dollar range increased slightly.

The free books referenced here are from the Kindle store: there are many other sources for free books
My search for textbooks definitely has false positives (books that aren’t really textbooks). I search for -domain (to eliminate public domain titles, which would be older books, generall) textbook. That would find a bookabout textbooks, for example
I searched for “Spanish edition” to find Spanish language books. That has some false positives as well
I look at price percentages of books in the range of one penny to fifty dollars, to eliminate freebies and limit textbooks
The price point analysis is for books at that specific price: it does not represent a range of prices
I compared the percentage of price points in the Price Point Analysis when I showed the difference…not the number of books
This information is based on what a United States customer sees

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.

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2012 Annual Snapshot

January 1, 2013

2012 Annual Snapshot

This is my annual Snapshot. I also do ones I do every month, and I should have the regular monthly Snapshot out later today.

It amazes me to see how much things change from one year to the next. I’m also going to compare some different things than I do in the monthly ones. I’ll use the data I take on January 1st of each of the years, except for some of the broader topics (like number of Kindle models).

Titles in the Kindle store

2012 (taken January 1 2013): 1,805,001 (+55%)
2011 (taken January 1 2012): 1,165,654 (+52%)
2010 (taken January 1 2011): 766,131 (+91%)
2009 (taken January 1 2010) : 401,773

Magazines

2012 (taken January 1 2013): 586 (+58%)
2011 (taken January 1 2012): 370 (+400%)
2010 (taken January 1 2011): 74 (+72.1%)
2009 (taken January 1 2010) : 43

Newspapers

2012 (taken January 1 2013): 200 (+6%)
2011 (taken January 1 2012): 188 (+23%)
2010 (taken January 1 2011): 153 (+72.1%)
2009 (taken January 1 2010) : 89

Blogs

2012 (taken January 1 2013): 13,110 (-3%)
2011 (taken January 1 2012): 13,571 (+22%)
2010 (taken January 1 2011): 11,087 (+39%)
2009 (taken January 1 2010) : 7,992

Percentage of books from one penny to fifty dollars that are under $10

2012 (taken January 1 2013): 89.9% (+.9%)
2011 (taken January 1 2012): 89.0% (+.2%)
2010 (taken January 1 2011): 88.8% (+5.7$)
2009 (taken January 1 2010) : 83.1%

Kindle models available new from Amazon in the USA

2012 (taken January 1 2013): Kindle ($69 model…the “Mindle”), Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Fire 7″ 2nd generation Standard Definition, Kindle Fire 7″ HD, Kindle Fire 8.9″ HD
2011 (taken January 1 2012): Kindle ($79/$109 model…the “Mindle”), Kindle Keyboard (formerly the Kindle 3), Kindle Touch, Kindle DX, Kindle Fire
2010 (taken January 1 2011): Kindle 3, Kindle DX
2009 (taken January 1 2010) : Kindle 2, Kindle DX

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.

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