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Snapshot: November 1 2013

November 1, 2013

Snapshot: November 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

November 1, 2013: 2,229,223
October 1, 2013: 2,175,847
September 1, 2013: 2,081,800
August 1, 2013: 2,060,431
July 1, 2013: 1,998,705
June 1, 2013: 1,972,277
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:

November 1, 2013: 1,779
October 1, 2013: 3,135
September 1, 2013: 689
August 1, 2013: 1,991
July 1, 2013: 881
June 1, 2013: 1,032
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:

November 1, 2013: 653
October 1, 2013: 652
September 1, 2013: 630
August 1, 2013: 628
July 1, 2013: 628
June 1, 2013: 626
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:

November 1, 2013: 179
October 1, 2013: 181
September 1, 2013: 181
August 1, 2013: 181
July 1, 2013: 179
June 1, 2013: 180
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:

November 1, 2013: 13,742
October 1, 2013: 13,521
September 1, 2013: 14,792
August 1, 2013: 14,555
July 1, 2013: 14,432
June 1, 2013: 14,157
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

October (taken November 1, 2013): 88.0% (1,823,817 of 2,073,157)
September (taken October 1, 2013): 87.7% (1,777,735 of 2,024,990)
August (taken September 1, 2013): 88.5% (1,706,130 of 1,928,837)
July (taken August 1, 2013): 87.9% (1,681,162 of 1,913,454)
June (taken July 1, 2013): 87.7% (1,627,666 of 1,855,614)
May (taken June 1, 2013): 87.8% (1,605,912 of 1,828,577)
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 October: 91.8% (58,291 of 63,498)
Books for September: 92.6% (55,613 of 60,082)
Books for August: 94.5% (55,159 of 58,358)
Books for July: 93.7% (55,648 of 59,365)
Books for June: 93.6% (52,745 of 56,323)
Books for May: 92.3% (51,237 of 55,482)
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)

November 1, 2013: 64.5% (1,438,413 of 2,229,223)
October 1, 2013: 64.6% (1,405,220 of 2,175,847)
September 1, 2013: 64.5% (1,342,522 of 2,081,800)
August 1, 2013: 64.4% (1,327,280 of 2,060,431)
July 1, 2013: 64.5% (1,288,838 of 1,998,705)
June 1, 2013: 65.0% (1,282,211 of 1,972,277)
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

November 1, 2013: 17.8% (395,739 of 2,229,223)
October 1, 2013: 17.6% (381,972 of 2,175,847)
September 1, 2013: 17.9% (372,207 of 2,081,800)
August 1, 2013: 17.5% (361,079 of 2,060,431)
July 1, 2013: 17.3% (346,301 of 1,998,705)
June 1, 2013: 16.8% (330,723 of 1,972,277)
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

November 1, 2013:

10.99 10.91 10.91 11.99 10.91 10.99 10.99 11.99 10.99 6.50

10.91 10.91 10.91 10.65 9.99 10.99 10.99 9.01 9.99 7.99

Average: $10.48

October 1, 2013:

10.99 10.99 10.99 10.99 10.99 10.99 9.99 9.45 5.99 10.99

10.99 10.99 10.99 10.99 10.99 5.99 9.99 12.8010.99 10.99

Average: $10.40

September 4, 2013:

6.50 10.99 11.99 10.99 11.04 10.99 4.99 10.99 10.99 6.50
9.00 8.00 11.99 10.99 7.48 10.67 11.99 11.99 10.99 12.60

Average: $10.08

August 1, 2013:

11.99 12.99 9.99 12.99 11.99 10.99 9.99 12.99 9.99 9.99

12.99 12.99 11.04 12.99 8.52 12.99 14.99 10.91 11.04 11.84

Average: $11.71

July 1, 2013:

7.99 12.99 11.04 12.99 12.99 11.04 11.04 7.99 11.04 11.04

12.99 12.99 7.99 7.49 11.04 14.99 7.49 12.99 10.99 12.74

Average: $11.09

June 1, 2013:

12.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 8.99 12.99 13.99 12.99 12.99 9.00

14.99 12.99 9.99 9.99 10.99 14.99 10.99 12.80 9.68 12.99

Average: $12.12

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

November 1, 2013: 35,273
October 1, 2013: 34,585
September 1, 2013: 30,925
August 1, 2013: 29,956
July 1, 2013: 29,070
June 1, 2013: 28,194
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)

November 1, 2013: 58,238
October 1, 2013: 56,199
September 1, 2013: 57,547
August 1, 2013: 56,113
July 1, 2013: 55,068
June 1, 2013: 55,811
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)

November 1, 2013: 11,262
October 1, 2013: 9,726
September 1, 2013: 10,794
August 1, 2013: 9,816
July 1, 2013: 8,921
June 1, 2013: 9,582
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*

November 1, 2013: 77,688
October 1, 2013: 76,079
September 1, 2013: 73,649
August 1, 2013: 71,335
July 1, 2013: 68,643
June 1, 2013: 66,070
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)

November 1, 2013: 447,147 (20.06%)
October 1, 2013: 428,318 (19.7%)
September 1, 2013: 408,514 (19.8%)
August 1, 2013: 389,380 (18.9%)
July 1, 2013: 369,622 (18.5%)
June 1, 2013: 352,649 (17.1%)
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)

Books in the Kindle Matchbook program

November 1, 2013: 75,173 (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%

—

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%

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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%

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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%

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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%

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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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6/1/2013
Total	1,972,277
Prime	1,828,577
Under $10	1,605,912


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	203,653	10.33%	-0.05%
$ 1.99	59,583	3.02%	0.33%
$ 2.99	269,149	13.65%	0.69%
$ 3.99	177,673	9.01%	1.70%
$ 4.99	64,192	3.25%	0.02%
$ 5.99	39,122	1.98%	0.03%
$ 6.99	26,506	1.34%	0.03%
$ 7.99	44,572	2.26%	0.06%
$ 8.99	13,388	0.68%	0.00%
$ 9.99	246,384	12.49%	0.27%
$ 10.99	3,809	0.19%	0.00%
$ 11.99	10,090	0.51%	0.00%
$ 12.99	7,409	0.38%	0.01%
$ 13.99	3,008	0.15%	0.00%
$ 14.99	5,322	0.27%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,560	0.08%	0.00%
$ 16.99	1,298	0.07%	0.00%
$ 17.99	772	0.04%	0.00%
$ 18.99	970	0.05%	0.00%
$ 19.99	5,749	0.29%	0.00%
$ 20.99	239	0.01%	-0.01%
$ 21.99	287	0.01%	0.00%
$ 22.99	307	0.02%	0.00%
$ 23.99	238	0.01%	0.00%
$ 24.99	513	0.03%	0.00%

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7/1/2013
Total	1,998,705
Prime	1,855,614
Under $10	1,627,666


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	213,310	10.67%	0.35%
$ 1.99	62,342	3.12%	0.10%
$ 2.99	278,848	13.95%	0.30%
$ 3.99	193,610	9.69%	0.68%
$ 4.99	66,074	3.31%	0.05%
$ 5.99	40,374	2.02%	0.04%
$ 6.99	27,288	1.37%	0.02%
$ 7.99	45,103	2.26%	0.00%
$ 8.99	13,847	0.69%	0.01%
$ 9.99	284,366	14.23%	1.74%
$ 10.99	4,009	0.20%	0.01%
$ 11.99	10,950	0.55%	0.04%
$ 12.99	7,321	0.37%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	3,474	0.17%	0.02%
$ 14.99	5,331	0.27%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,596	0.08%	0.00%
$ 16.99	1,391	0.07%	0.00%
$ 17.99	791	0.04%	0.00%
$ 18.99	997	0.05%	0.00%
$ 19.99	5,888	0.29%	0.00%
$ 20.99	427	0.02%	0.01%
$ 21.99	316	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	315	0.02%	0.00%
$ 23.99	303	0.02%	0.00%
$ 24.99	536	0.03%	0.00%

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8/1/2013
Total	2,060,431
Prime	1,913,454
Under $10	1,681,162


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	222,737	10.81%	0.14%
$ 1.99	64,606	3.14%	0.02%
$ 2.99	291,135	14.13%	0.18%
$ 3.99	198,365	9.63%	-0.06%
$ 4.99	68,727	3.34%	0.03%
$ 5.99	41,493	2.01%	-0.01%
$ 6.99	26,838	1.30%	-0.06%
$ 7.99	43,276	2.10%	-0.16%
$ 8.99	14,083	0.68%	-0.01%
$ 9.99	250,215	12.14%	-2.08%
$ 10.99	4,366	0.21%	0.01%
$ 11.99	10,785	0.52%	-0.02%
$ 12.99	5,311	0.26%	-0.11%
$ 13.99	5,063	0.25%	0.07%
$ 14.99	5,243	0.25%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	1,700	0.08%	0.00%
$ 16.99	1,496	0.07%	0.00%
$ 17.99	884	0.04%	0.00%
$ 18.99	1,112	0.05%	0.00%
$ 19.99	6,138	0.30%	0.00%
$ 20.99	525	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	452	0.02%	0.01%
$ 22.99	1,217	0.06%	0.04%
$ 23.99	492	0.02%	0.01%
$ 24.99	603	0.03%	0.00%

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9/5/2013
Total	2,125,648
Prime	1,975,738
Under $10	1,740,605


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	231,849	10.91%	0.10%
$ 1.99	66,882	3.15%	0.01%
$ 2.99	306,025	14.40%	0.27%
$ 3.99	205,151	9.65%	0.02%
$ 4.99	70,590	3.32%	-0.01%
$ 5.99	50,259	2.36%	0.35%
$ 6.99	26,971	1.27%	-0.03%
$ 7.99	46,685	2.20%	0.10%
$ 8.99	14,005	0.66%	-0.02%
$ 9.99	259,151	12.19%	0.05%
$ 10.99	7,970	0.37%	0.16%
$ 11.99	7,437	0.35%	-0.17%
$ 12.99	4,779	0.22%	-0.03%
$ 13.99	4,446	0.21%	-0.04%
$ 14.99	4,586	0.22%	-0.04%
$ 15.99	1,481	0.07%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	1,635	0.08%	0.00%
$ 17.99	1,117	0.05%	0.01%
$ 18.99	902	0.04%	-0.01%
$ 19.99	6,213	0.29%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	529	0.02%	0.00%
$ 21.99	596	0.03%	0.01%
$ 22.99	1,651	0.08%	0.02%
$ 23.99	557	0.03%	0.00%
$ 24.99	651	0.03%	0.00%

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10/1/2013
Total	2,175,847
Prime	2,024,990
Under $10	1,777,735


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	238,423	10.96%	0.05%
$ 1.99	68,359	3.14%	-0.01%
$ 2.99	317,934	14.61%	0.21%
$ 3.99	312,151	14.35%	4.70%
$ 4.99	73,574	3.38%	0.06%
$ 5.99	51,850	2.38%	0.02%
$ 6.99	28,129	1.29%	0.02%
$ 7.99	48,784	2.24%	0.04%
$ 8.99	14,346	0.66%	0.00%
$ 9.99	259,306	11.92%	-0.27%
$ 10.99	8,826	0.41%	0.04%
$ 11.99	7,401	0.34%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	4,852	0.22%	0.00%
$ 13.99	4,469	0.21%	0.00%
$ 14.99	4,961	0.23%	0.01%
$ 15.99	1,490	0.07%	0.00%
$ 16.99	1,727	0.08%	0.00%
$ 17.99	1,525	0.07%	0.02%
$ 18.99	970	0.04%	0.00%
$ 19.99	6,421	0.30%	0.01%
$ 20.99	553	0.03%	0.01%
$ 21.99	595	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	1,625	0.07%	-0.01%
$ 23.99	577	0.03%	0.00%
$ 24.99	613	0.03%	0.00%

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11/1/2013
Total	2,229,223
Prime	2,073,157
Under $10	1,823,817


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	245,549	11.02%	0.06%
$ 1.99	70,824	3.18%	0.04%
$ 2.99	325,129	14.58%	-0.03%
$ 3.99	213,135	9.56%	-4.79%
$ 4.99	74,995	3.36%	-0.02%
$ 5.99	53,013	2.38%	0.00%
$ 6.99	28,248	1.27%	-0.03%
$ 7.99	47,988	2.15%	-0.09%
$ 8.99	14,539	0.65%	-0.01%
$ 9.99	266,628	11.96%	0.04%
$ 10.99	8,790	0.39%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	7,682	0.34%	0.00%
$ 12.99	5,598	0.25%	0.03%
$ 13.99	4,992	0.22%	0.02%
$ 14.99	5,054	0.23%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,275	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	1,834	0.08%	0.00%
$ 17.99	1,240	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	895	0.04%	0.00%
$ 19.99	6,502	0.29%	0.00%
$ 20.99	602	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	691	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	1,839	0.08%	0.01%
$ 23.99	645	0.03%	0.00%
$ 24.99	729	0.03%	0.00%

Summary

For the first time, one out of every five USA Kindle store books are part of the KOLL (Kindle Owners Lending Library), meaning that eligible Prime members can borrow them (up to one a month) at no additional cost. As has been the case in past years, the average number of titles added per day is up considerably at the end of the year. The percentage of books (in the one penny to fifty dollar range) under $10 increased, and the New York Times bestseller hardback fiction equivalents stayed about the same on average. There are also more free books (including those not in the public domain). Overall, things look good this month.

Special note: this is the first time I’ve used Google Docs to do the figures, rather than Excel. I don’t know it as well (years ago, I was a certified Excel expert). For example, I couldn’t see how to get the values to show up on the data points on the graph. I’m doing it this way because, after a crash of our desktop, I don’t have the key for Microsoft Office which came on that device (I may still be able to locate it at some point). I was able to restore the device, but only had a trial version of Office. At first, we thought we would end up buying Office, but I may be able to make do without that expense (knock virtual wood). Eventually, we have to recognize that we may not have a laptop or desktop at home, so we need to explore the alternatives.

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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Kindle Countdown Deals

October 31, 2013

Kindle Countdown Deals

Oh, Amazon: how many ways can you save us money? Let me count(down) the deals! 😉

I think the new

Kindle Countdown Deals

announced in this

press release

are going to be very popular!

When you go to one of the books, you see a current price, and a countdown clock as to when that price expires…and to which price it will return after that point.

There are a lot of good books in there! Discounts are also good (the books must be at least a dollar off the digital list price).

This is part of the KDP Select program…which means it is only available to publishers (including those using Kindle Direct Publishing), which in turn means these books are exclusive to Amazon (during their KDP Select enrollment).

Enjoy!

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

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A Halloween classic to read aloud

October 31, 2013

A Halloween classic to read aloud

This is one of the classic horror stories. It was first published in 1843 and written by Edgar Allan Poe, who died in 1849. The story should be in the public domain everywhere. As a Halloween treat, you may want to read it to each other out loud. You can take turns, or one person can read it all. You could let your Kindle take a turn…but that won’t be the same. This shows the advantage of free distribution of the classics that e-books facilitates. Be prepared, though…it’s scary! It should take about fifteen minutes…hokey Halloween voices optional. Parents, be advised…this could cause nightmares.

Enjoy? Or at least…experience. I now present…

THE TELL-TALE HEART (by Edgar Allan Poe)

TRUE!–nervous–very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses–not destroyed–not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily–how calmly I can tell you the whole story.

It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture–a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees–very gradually–I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.

Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded–with what caution–with what foresight–with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it–oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly–very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man’s sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Ha! would a madman have been so wise as this, And then, when my head was well in the room, I undid the lantern cautiously-oh, so cautiously–cautiously (for the hinges creaked)–I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye. And this I did for seven long nights–every night just at midnight–but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye. And every morning, when the day broke, I went boldly into the chamber, and spoke courageously to him, calling him by name in a hearty tone, and inquiring how he has passed the night. So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept.

Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door. A watch’s minute hand moves more quickly than did mine. Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers–of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. I fairly chuckled at the idea; and perhaps he heard me; for he moved on the bed suddenly, as if startled. Now you may think that I drew back–but no. His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness, (for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers,) and so I knew that he could not see the opening of the door, and I kept pushing it on steadily, steadily.

I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in bed, crying out–“Who’s there?”

I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening;–just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.

Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief–oh, no!–it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe. I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed. His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not. He had been saying to himself–“It is nothing but the wind in the chimney–it is only a mouse crossing the floor,” or “It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp.” Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions: but he had found all in vain. All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel–although he neither saw nor heard–to feel the presence of my head within the room.

When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little–a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it–you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily–until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye.

It was open–wide, wide open–and I grew furious as I gazed upon it. I saw it with perfect distinctness–all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones; but I could see nothing else of the old man’s face or person: for I had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot.

And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?–now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old man’s heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.

But even yet I refrained and kept still. I scarcely breathed. I held the lantern motionless. I tried how steadily I could maintain the ray upon the eve. Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant. The old man’s terror must have been extreme! It grew louder, I say, louder every moment!–do you mark me well I have told you that I am nervous: so I am. And now at the dead hour of the night, amid the dreadful silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror. Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still. But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst. And now a new anxiety seized me–the sound would be heard by a neighbour! The old man’s hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once–once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.

If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.

I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye–not even his–could have detected any thing wrong. There was nothing to wash out–no stain of any kind–no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all–ha! ha!

When I had made an end of these labors, it was four o’clock–still dark as midnight. As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door. I went down to open it with a light heart,–for what had I now to fear? There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity, as officers of the police. A shriek had been heard by a neighbour during the night; suspicion of foul play had been aroused; information had been lodged at the police office, and they (the officers) had been deputed to search the premises.

I smiled,–for what had I to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome. The shriek, I said, was my own in a dream. The old man, I mentioned, was absent in the country. I took my visitors all over the house. I bade them search–search well. I led them, at length, to his chamber. I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.

The officers were satisfied. My manner had convinced them. I was singularly at ease. They sat, and while I answered cheerily, they chatted of familiar things. But, ere long, I felt myself getting pale and wished them gone. My head ached, and I fancied a ringing in my ears: but still they sat and still chatted. The ringing became more distinct:–It continued and became more distinct: I talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definiteness–until, at length, I found that the noise was not within my ears.

No doubt I now grew _very_ pale;–but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased–and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick sound–much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I gasped for breath–and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly–more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men–but the noise steadily increased. Oh God! what could I do? I foamed–I raved–I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder–louder–louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God!–no, no! They heard!–they suspected!–they knew!–they were making a mockery of my horror!-this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! and now–again!–hark! louder! louder! louder! louder!

“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed!–tear up the planks! here, here!–It is the beating of his hideous heart!”

—

Bonus: Quoth My Kindle

I originally published Quoth My Kindle (with apologies to Edgar Allan Poe) in this thread in the Amazon Kindle forum. It is based on Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem, The Raven.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-
As I reached to slide to sleep mode, suddenly I found my hand slowed
As if driving up a steep road, driving with a heavy load
“I can’t seem to move it forward, as if some Kowboy had ‘whoa’d,
It’s a fluke and nothing more.”

Suddenly, a wheel was spinning, a face appeared, and it was grinning
I gasped and nearly dropped my m-edge, dropped it on the hardwood floor
I shook my head, I couldn’t take it; wasn’t sure if I would make it
Then that voice: speakers of portent – portent I would know the score
Then the robot quirkily intoned words that shook me to the core
Quoth my Kindle: “READ SOME MORE.”

“I need sleep!” I firmly stated, yet I found I hesitated
Reading – reading how it drew me like it never had before
So I sat there, pushing buttons, appetite of sev’ral gluttons
Bestsellers, public domain, ’til I think I filled up my brain
“Tis some magazine I’ve never even purchased at the store”
“I need to get up early!” I heard myself again implore
Quoth my Kindle: “READ SOME MORE.”

My eyes opened and I woke up; knew I dreamt my Kindle spoke up
So I dragged myself off to what had become my bedtime chore,
Although fact is what it did seem, I knew it was just a weird dream
So as I brushed my teeth, I felt safe behind my bathroom door
I kept my head beneath my covers, as I sailed to Morpheus’ shore…
Quoth my Kindle: “READ SOME MORE.”

—

For more Edgar Allan Poe, try this search for Poe freebies in the Kindle store. If you want to keep it simple, you can get this collection, which has an interactive table of contents.

Some of you may have recognized this post from previous years…yeah, ILMK has been around long enough to have annual traditions. 😉

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

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Round up #216: Miracast dongle, new NOOK

October 31, 2013

Round up #216: Miracast dongle, new NOOK

The ILMK Round ups are short pieces which may or may not be expanded later.

There’s a new NOOK in town

You know when, sometimes, you see a commercial on TV for an upcoming episode, and you say to yourself, “That show’s still on?”

That’s sort of how I felt when I saw the news on the new NOOK model being introduced. 🙂

Oh, I know intellectually that NOOKs are still out there, that they have their fans, and that they are one of the big competitors for Amazon…certainly, on non-backlit EBRs (E-Book Readers).

It’s just…they’ve been a bit off my radar.

The new nook (I wish they’d make up their minds on capitalization) GlowLight is $119.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook/379003208

Anything really stand out?

Well, they’ve reportedly eliminated full screen flashing when you “turn pages”…that’s nice.

Here’s the

User’s Guide pdf

It does have 4GB of storage: that’s a lot, nowadays.

They also

compare it to the Paperwhite

It does have some advantages: if you don’t want an ad-supported EBR, it’s cheaper (if you don’t mind the ads, and many people like the Special Offers, it’s the same). It’s about an ounce lighter, and does hold a lot more books.

I have to say, though, I didn’t see a page with tech specs (specifications)…they don’t make it easy to see what file formats it will use, for example.

They also push that you can get “personalized recommendations”…that’s highlighted in the

press release

They say (in part):

“The enhanced shopping experience features a new “Now on NOOK” section right on the home screen, giving readers instant access to a curated list of content suggestions from Barnes & Noble booksellers. The new Shop also delivers an array of exclusive personalized lists “Picked Just For You,” which combine the expert knowledge of Barnes & Noble booksellers with rich book data to deliver unparalleled recommendations.

The new NOOK GlowLight also brings NOOK Channels™ to the shop experience, offering customers more ways to browse the more than 3 million titles from the world’s largest digital bookstore to expand their passions for the authors and subjects they love…”

Those are good things, and I know a very techie person who really liked a NOOK. It will be interesting to see how this does this holiday season. I think the zeitgeist may have changed from it being “normal and safe” to get something from Barnes & Noble to being “normal and safe” to get something from Amazon…and that getting something from B&N may be a risk, due to their possibly uncertain future.

Pop quiz: what is available from B&N in terms of NOOK hardware?

NOOK HD+ tablet starting at $149
NOOK HD tablet starting at $129
NOOK GlowLight at $119
Simple Touch at $79

I try a Miracast dongle for my Kindle Fire HDX

I’ve been trying to wait to see if Amazon introduces a TV solution (I think they will…within two weeks, is my guess), but when

Eight of our Kindles were stolen

this week, that meant we had no TV in one room (we only have two TVs…well, three, if you count an old one that literally serves as a stand for a newer one…yeah, we can be classy like that). 😉 You see, I had been using my Kindle Fire HD 8.9″, Dolby Audio, Dual-Band Wi-Fi, 16 GB (well, the LTE model, but I never used the LTE) with the Live Media Player app.

Well, that last generation model had an HDMI out, which means I could run it through that TV with a cable.

My newer Kindle Fire HDX 7″, HDX Display, Wi-Fi, 16 GB – Includes Special Offers doesn’t have an HDMI out: it’s designed to use wireless Miracast, which the TV doesn’t have.

I bought the MOCREO Airplay Miracast HDMI TV Dongle

for $32.19.

Does it work?

Sort of…

First, it has quite a short power cord on it, designed to plug into a USB port on the TV…which this TV (it’s a few years old, but is HD) doesn’t have. So, it took a bit of stringing things together to get power to it (it needs to be plugged into power to work, but a powered USB might run it).

Second, there were no instructions. It worked pretty easily, though: plug it into the HDMI port on the TV, and that was about it.

I had the TV set to receive HDMI in already. I just had to tell the Kindle Fire HDX to find it:

Settings – Display & Sounds – Display Mirroring

Really, it was easier than Bluetooth pairing.

However…

The sound and the video were out of sync…way out of sync. The sound on the TV was running at the same speed as on the Fire (I only heard it through the TV, the same way it would work if you had something plugged into the headphone jack).

When I watched a Prime video, the video was a couple of minutes behind!

It seemed like the more data intense it was, the more the lag. Angry Birds Star Wars was more like thirty seconds behind. The e-mail app? Less than ten.

I Maydayed it, and the rep could see that my wi-fi was somewhat erratic, and suggested that might be it.

That means I’ll try more testing. Maybe try it closer to the router, and I do have a different router I can try. I might also try it at work. If it works with a better signal, I could try a wi-fi extender (but I don’t think those are cheap…if anybody can recommend one, I’d appreciate it).

If that’s the only issue, then this is a good solution. If it’s not, it’s not. 😉

NPR: “Brick-And-Mortar Bookstores Play The Print Card Against Amazon”

In this

NPR article by Lynn Neary

the basic assertion is that Larry Kirshbaum recently left as the head of

Amazon Publishing

because many brick-and-mortar stores refused to carry books published by Amazon, making that an unsuccessful venture.

As I wrote about a year ago, that drives me crazy! I speak as a former brick-and-mortar bookstore manager…you’re just shooting yourself in the foot doing that. I would love to see brick-and-mortar bookstores stick around, and I think some will…but not with that kind of move.

Get comps when you review on Amazon

In another good

NPR article

Lisa Chow writes about top Amazon reviewers getting lots of stuff for free.

I really didn’t know that!

I mean, you aren’t even really supposed to write about e-books if you were given them as compensation for writing a review. That’s not quite what is happening here, but I sure would like to know if a review is written by someone who was given that $500 item!

As a blogger, I’m required to reveal when I got a comp (free) copy of something if I review it (that doesn’t usually happen, by the way).

Does put an interesting spin on things…probably really motivates some people to write reviews that will get good responses. I guess that could be a good thing…

What do you think? Is the NOOK as relevant as it was a year ago? Do you mind that some Amazon reviewers get free things to review? Are brick-and-mortars hurting Amazon by not carrying its paperbooks? 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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Kindle Matchbook has launched!

October 29, 2013

Kindle Matchbook has launched!

Amazon’s new program

Kindle Matchbook

which allows people who bought some p-books (paperbooks) through Amazon to buy e-book versions at a reduced price (down to free, in some cases, and not more than $2.99), is now live!

They said it would happen in October: it did. 🙂

You go to the above page, and you can click a link to see which books qualify for you (you’ll need to log in again)

When I clicked on it myself, there were (drum roll…) seven titles, each of them at $2.99.

It does make me wish I’d bought more books at Amazon, rather than Borders and Barnes & Noble, since the mid-1990s. 😉

They average 69% off of the current Kindle price, which is certainly a good deal.

I’m likely to buy a couple of them, because I want the convenience of having them be searchable and immediately available.

The first one I bought is

Motivating the “What’s In It For Me” Workforce: Manage Across the Generational Divide and Increase Profits
by Cam Marston

That has a lot of good insight into how different generations in the American workplace behave, and how it can be hard sometimes for one to understand the other.

Oh, this is interesting! If I want to gift the book, it is the normal Kindle price ($15.48 in this case). It’s weird to see a different “Buy” price and “Gift” price. I suspect some people are going to click “Gift” without realizing it.

In terms of publishers, mine broke down to:

Wiley
Adventures Unlimited
Minotaur
Avon
Chronicle
Down East
Newmarket

It appears that every time you visit your qualifying titles page, it recalculates the list. That makes sense (you could have bought something in-between), although it does slow things down a bit.

They are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent purchase first).

You do not need a hardware Kindle to take advantage of this: a free Kindle reading app is fine.

There is a notification on a p-book’s product page if it qualifies. When I went to the e-book product page for one I owned, it said:

Kindle MatchBook:	$2.99 because you’ve purchased the print edition.
You Save:	$7.00 (70%)

Here is a list of all of the

Kindle Matchbook titles

As I write this, there are 74,214 (I’ll keep an eye on this in the future, to see if it expands). Update: there are actually fewer this (Wednesday) morning, with 74,185. That’s not a lot fewer, but it is a bit odd.

Yes! I was curious about this. If you go to the product page for an e-book where you didn’t get the p-book from Amazon, and it is part of the program, it will tell you what you would pay if you buy the p-book first. I saw a ninety-nine cent Kindle title on the list, for example. Clicking on it, I saw

“If you buy a new print edition of this book (or purchased one in the past), you can buy the Kindle edition for FREE. Print edition purchase must be sold by Amazon. Learn more.”

I’ll look more at the participating publishers, but I know many of you have been waiting for this, so I’m going to publish this post now, and update it later.

Enjoy!

Thanks, Amazon!

Update: here’s a search in order of “most reviewed”:

Kindle Matchbook titles by most reviewed

I thought that might give me some insight into the publishers.

I saw a book there where I have bought the e-book and not the p-book…no mention of Kindle Matchbook on the page, which makes some sense. You can’t get a discounted p-book when you bought the e-book, just the other way around. No real reason to alert somebody to something if they can’t take advantage of it. 😉 I would see the information if I wasn’t logged in as myself.

Here are the publishers of the top ten by most reviewed:

Broad Reach
HarperCollins
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Frontline
HarperCollins
Montlake (Amazon)
AmazonEncore (Amazon)
Independent
HarperCollins
Solis Press

HarperCollins is a Big 5 (used to be Big 6, but Random House and Penguin merged) publisher.

Update: here are the

Kindle Matchbook Program Details

Some people have asked about used books. The details say

“Kindle MatchBook offers do not apply to used books, books sold by other sellers, and books not enrolled in the Kindle MatchBook program.”

Also, you only get one shot at buying the book at the reduced price. If you buy it at the reduced price, and cancel or return it, that reduced price is not available to you for a future purchase of the same title.

Let’s get a sense of how many are available to my readers:

Update: here is the

press release

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Eight of our Kindles stolen

October 28, 2013

Eight of our Kindles stolen

I came home from work today, and on entering the house, I could see things were awry.

There were things on the floor that should be there…including a “letter sorter” that held some of our Kindles: it was empty.

I went back out (not touching anything, except to re-lock the front door…I had unlocked it, and there was an stuck in it when I got there, so I knew they hadn’t gone in that way), called my Significant Other, who called the police.

The house was tossed, but not vandalized. They didn’t take a lot of stuff (like this desktop computer), or the TVs.

They did, however, take eight of our Kindles (including three Kindle Fires).

We were only using two of those actively: PowPow (Kindle Paperwhite 2) and Vulcan (Kindle Fire HDX 8.9″, HDX Display, Wi-Fi & 4G LTE).

Since the Kindle content is backed up at Amazon, that part is not that big a deal.

The most awkward part is going to be missing the Kindle Fire, since that’s how we were watching TV in one room (using the HDMI out…which isn’t available on my Kindle Fire HDX, which I had with me).

We may have to try buying a Miracast “dongle”, although we were hoping to wait to see what Amazon announces (if anything).

So, my process was to contact Kindle Support at

http://www.amazon.com/kindlesupport

I chatted with them, because we were using the phones to call credit card companies (that appears to be what they were trying to find).

It was a little disconcerting, because the person was giving me wrong information:

D—:Hello. My name is D—. I’ll be glad to help you today.
I’m sorry to hear that your Kindle was stolen. Let me take care of this for you.
Me:After you take care of it, will the information still be on the account, so I can report the serial numbers to the police?
D—:Nope. After we have deactivated and deregistered your devices, it can no longer be use by another person l as your account cannot be accessed.
Me:Yes, understood, but will the serial numbers still show in Manage Your Kindle?
D—:Serial number does not show in Manage your Kindle.
Me:It does, actually. I can see it right now.
D—:Only the registered name but not the serial number. May I know the name of the
Kindle I need to deactivate please?
Me:Since I can see those serial numbers, and you think they aren’t there, I think I’d better record them before you do anything. I need that information for the police.

The serial numbers do show. I ended up copying and pasting them for the rep.

After they were deregistered, that information was gone from MYK.

If any of them do show up, we can contact Amazon and re-register.

I did have

Webroot SecureAnywhere Mobile

which allowed me to send a remote lock command, and would have located the device if the web connection was on (it hasn’t been…the last shown location was close enough to our house that that’s where it had been seen).

Again, this could have been much worse, and I’m not too stressed about it. I pointed out to the police officer that they weren’t literate thieves, since they didn’t steal my Oz books (probably more than $500 worth of books in an easily handled and sold grouping). Looks like they actually didn’t go into the library at all, which is why my 2007 Kindle was still here.

I think it was probably just random identity thieves. They were relatively polite, not breaking things unreasonably (although there was some damage from where they entered, and one window screen was pulled out.

We’ve always had dogs (which are a good thief deterrent), but haven’t had them for about six months…I suppose that might have made a difference.

Hopefully, this information might be helpful for those of you out there. If it happens to you, one of my most popular things is this:

What to do if your Kindle is lost or stolen

Update: I’m seen (accurately) as a generally positive, optimistic person, so I’m thinking some of you might be curious about how I feel about this.

Sure, I wish it hadn’t happened.

I have to say, though, that I don’t think of the people who did it as bad (or less) human than I am. I don’t like the action, of course, and we’d like to get our stuff back. In the sympathy I’ve gotten on it (thanks to readers who have offered that), there have been some dehumanizing terms used for them, and that’s honestly not how I feel. I think Jean Valjean from Les Misérables: I really don’t know what their motivations may have been. There are some selfish, “bad” reasons to have done this, absolutely, but it could also have been done for some other sorts of reasons (not necessarily well thought out).

They could have made things much worse, and I do feel like they were making some effort not to be destructive simply for its own sake. Not to take worthless keepsakes, that sort of thing.

I don’t have any great emotional desire to see them punished. I wouldn’t like for them to do this to someone else (although that’s probably pretty likely…this doesn’t look like amateurs to me), but I don’t especially want to see them “hurt” for doing it.

It is affecting us psychologically, somewhat, and that might get worse. I knew it was illogical this morning, but I was emotionally thinking that there might be someone inside the next room when I got up this morning.

I want to especially thank a reader, Oldie Suzanne, for the suggestion to put a freeze on our credit. For $10 for each of the big three credit agencies, you can stop additional credit from being opened in your name (unless you provide a PIN ((Personal Identification Number))). That’s making me more at ease this morning. You can track your existing credit pretty well, but if somebody opens a new credit card at a new address in your name, you won’t know about it until charges hit your account.

This looked like a good resource with links to all three agencies:

http://www.clarkhoward.com/news/clark-howard/personal-finance-credit/credit-freeze-and-thaw-guide/nFbL/

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

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Round up #215: So long, Sony, and tradpubs won’t guarantee print?

October 28, 2013

Round up #215: So long, Sony, and tradpubs won’t guarantee print?

The ILMK Round ups are short pieces which may or may not be expanded later.

Oh…your question isn’t about Adobe Flash

A poster, with a likely intent to be funny and an apparently fictitious name, asked an interesting question in this

Amazon Kindle Forum thread

While the post used an arguably offensive reference (in which you refer to an adult as a child, in order to diminish their status), it posits this significant question:

What happens if someone behaves inappropriately with a Mayday rep? Specially, “flashes” that person?

I do think that Amazon opened the door to this sort of speculation a bit through the nature of the commercials. It’s hard not to describe the caller’s action as flirtatious (although the tech rep behaves professionally).

The first answer to the question is that, while you can see the tech rep, they can’t see you (by default). I’m sure many calls will be made with the caller in a state of dishabille which wouldn’t happen at your local Genius Bar. 😉 It will be fine to call Mayday while you are in the bathtub, for example, which may happen.

However, there are a lot of ways someone could behave inappropriately, even perhaps criminally…I’m hoping Amazon has made some preparations for this (both procedurally and in training for the Mayday reps).

One issue is that the Mayday rep can see what is on your screen. Someone could call (arguably legitimately) because their streaming porn has frozen on the screen. In that case, the tech rep would see the pornographic images. I don’t think the customer would be in trouble in that case, but Amazon hypothetically could be if that risk is not explained to the reps.

More troublesome would be the customer using the built-in camera to show video of themselves while the Mayday rep was on the screen. If that video consisted of “lewd and lascivious” behavior, which could be combined with threats, there could be an issue.

In that case, I would imagine that the customer could be criminally liable (and the call might be recorded…customers are warned about that).

Even if there wasn’t legal action taken, Amazon could, hypothetically, drop that person as a customer. That is not something that they do lightly, but it is something they have reportedly done in the past. One of the things that would happen, in that case, is that you would not have access to content stored in your Amazon archives/Cloud.

Again, my hope here is that Amazon has provided training for the reps in how to react in those situations, and has protocols already in place for what the company will do. If they don’t have that, they are opening themselves up for employee legal action.

Things in business are never as simple as they might seem at first, but it is possible to consider the ramifications of your actions and prepare for them.

Four…three…two…one…Matchbook!

The countdown to the launch of

Kindle Matchbook

Kindle Matchbook continues, with quite a few Kindle Forum posts asking when it is going to happen. That indicates significant interest.

Well, “countdown” isn’t accurate, because you can’t have a countdown without knowing where the end point is. 😉

Amazon has said that the program, which allows the discounted purchase of some e-books when you have purchased the p-book (paperbook) from Amazon in the past, will launch “in October”.

Counting today, there are four days left.

It could happen any time (I have it open in a browser tab, and keep refreshing). Tuesday is possible: that’s a big day for announcements and releases in publishing.

On the other hand, they could definitely do a “soft launch”, not really making a big announcement right away. This might place some stresses on Amazon’s systems, depending on how many people take how much advantage of it right away. It might be better if it happened in dribs and drabs first, so they can almost pilot it and see how it works. It wouldn’t surprise me if people get e-mails giving them access, and that those are staged, prior to a full launch (I would expect the latter to be before November 1st, though).

The other thing is that it is to Amazon’s advantage to have a lot of well-known books in there initially, and at the best possible prices, to get the most publicity out of it. They may be negotiating right up to the last minute.

As I said before, whether a book is in the program or not is really up to Amazon, not the publisher. Amazon may be trying to get the publishers to agree to accept less money for the books in exchange for them being in the program, and that may take some real arguing.

We’ll see it before November 1st, unless something really goes wrong…but there are reasons you could see it today in an e-mail, or that no one would see it before Halloween.

Speaking of Halloween…

Amazon has a lot going on for one of my favorite holidays. 🙂 There are temporary categories which appear, and this is one of them:

Children’s Halloween Books

There are many Kindle editions listed there, although they aren’t necessarily on sale.

For that matter, they have a whole

Halloween Shop

Do you qualify? Special deal on Kindles

October 27, 2013

Do you qualify? Special deal on Kindles

Okay, this one is weird, and I can’t see it.

In this

Amazon Kindle forum thread

a poster named Irene reported being able to go to this page (the link was actually posted by someone else):

Kindle Special Deals

and buy a $69 Kindle for $9 (!) following a $60 discount.

When I go there, it says, “We’re sorry. It looks like you’re not eligible to receive this promotion. Please check out some of our other great Kindle offers below.”

There aren’t any offers below. 🙂

I’m just mentioning this because it might benefit someone out there.

If you do qualify, I’d be interested to hear that! It might be that to qualify, you need to have received an e-mail or something, but I’m not sure.

Strange…

Update: one of my regular readers and commenters, oldiesuz, suggested that the offer might only be available to those don’t own Kindles already. That makes some sense to me. I’m sure Amazon makes more than $60 from the typical person owning a Kindle over time. Another regular reader and commenter, cardinalrobbins, urged caution, in case this was an illegitimate deal. That’s always possible, but I did test this in a couple of ways. One of the key things is that if I logged out of Amazon on the “Special Deals” page, it also logged me out on a page I know is legitimately Amazon…that would be difficult to spoof. I would be very surprised to find out that this is a fake, but caution is not unreasonable.

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

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Round up #214: Amazon will pay you to get these apps, Gaiman gets it

October 26, 2013

Round up #214: Amazon will pay you to get these apps, Gaiman gets it

The ILMK Round ups are short pieces which may or may not be expanded later.

AmazonLocal deals: e-books, tablets, and Audible subscriptions

AmazonLocal is Amazon’s deal service. You create an account for free, and then they offer limited-time deals. You typically say you want the deal, and then are given a certain amount of time to use it.

Some of the deals are a case of buying something for a discount: pay $15, get $30 worth, that kind of thing.

Others are free vouchers that allow you to buy something at a special price.

There are three of the latter right now that might be particularly interesting to readers of this blog.

Free Voucher for Select Kindle Books for $0.99 Each

You can see the books on the

Offer Page (must receive code before using)

This is an impressive set! The thing that ties together is almost all of them have at least 50 ratings, and a 4+ (out of 5 star) average: that’s good. Authors include Louis L’Amour and Ed McBain.

Another deal is

Get 30% Off a 12-Month Subscription to Audible

Not every Kindle can do audiobooks, because not every Kindle has sound (the Paperwhite and the “Mindle”, the lowest priced Kindle, don’t). You also don’t need to have a membership to buy books from Audible: that’s a common misconception. However, as they say, membership has its privileges, and there are many happy Audible (owned by Amazon) members.

The third one I’ve written about previously, and it looks like some of my readers have taken advantage of it, based on comments. There are fewer than three days left to get a 20% off voucher for refurbished Kindle Fires.

My readers have said (and I agree), that refurbs are a great way to go. You get the same warranty you would on a new one, and honestly, I think the quality control is probably better because they’ve been inspected carefully and individually. If you buy a new one, I think you have a better chance of getting a “lemon”. However, I recognize that a lot of people want new ones (that’s what I buy), but there’s nothing wrong with saving some money (even more with the coupons) if you are comfortable with an equal or better quality refurb.

Amazon will pay you to get these apps

Not only does Amazon give away a lot of things, they sometimes give you a benefit when you buy something.

A common thing used to be that you might get an MP3 credit when you bought certain apps.

Well, today only, from your Fire (go to Apps, then Store, and watch the banner change for the ad), you can six popular apps for free…and with each one, you get 20 Amazon coins.

The Amazon Coins can be used to buy more apps or some in-app purchases.

A coin is worth a penny, basically, but still…that’s up to $1.20 for free, plus the apps.

The apps are:

The Room: 4.8 stars out of 5, with 2,567 (!) customer ratings…I wonder if people are more likely to rate apps, and why? Age appeal, perhaps?
Angry Bird Star Wars Premium: 4.2 stars, 1,851
Diner Dash Deluxe: 4.0 stars, 210 reviews (the non-deluxe version has thousands of reviews)
Toca Builders: 4.4 stars, 31 reviews
Fishdom Premium: 4.6 stars, 189 reviews
Splashtop Whiteboard: 3.8 stars, 4 reviews (normally $9.99)

I’ve used a Splashtop app before, and I’ll try this one out (I went ahead and got all of the apps which we didn’t already have. We only had Angry Birds Star Wars…which interestingly meant we couldn’t get the coins for that one). This will give you a whiteboard to use with a computer. You’ll use your Kindle Fire as the interface, and what you do that will appear on the computer over wi-fi.

Speaking of apps, I haven’t mentioned this.

Candy Crush Saga

which is a popular enough app to get in the zeitgeist and become the topic of jokes, has come to the Kindle Fire.

It’s free, and rated 4.7 stars with 3,130 reviews.

My Significant Other has tried it. The weird thing is that you’ll get to the point where you want to play another game, and your choice is either to pay with real money, or wait fifteen minutes…something like that. I think that’s pretty clever!

Gaiman gets it

I thought this was a great

essay by Neil Gaiman in the Guardian

It explains the value of fiction in a way that is both relatable and reliable.

It also makes the excellent point that one of the most important things is that children enjoy reading, so trying to control what they read may be counterproductive. If you read a “good” book, but hate reading it, that doesn’t really help encourage you to read other things.

I’m going to highly recommend the article, and I do want to mention one thing I learned from it:

“I was in China in 2007, at the first party-approved science fiction and fantasy convention in Chinese history. SF had been disapproved of for a long time. At one point I took a top official aside and asked him what had changed? “It’s simple,” he told me. “The Chinese were brilliant at making things if other people brought them the plans. But they did not innovate and they did not invent. They did not imagine. So they sent a delegation to the US, to Apple, to Microsoft, to Google, and they asked the people there who were inventing the future about themselves. And they found that all of them had read science fiction when they were boys or girls.”

So, pragmatically, the Chinese may have decided that their population should read science fiction. 🙂

Here’s a question, though, since I always like to look at both sides: science fiction readers may certainly be more imaginative, but are they more productive? Something to consider…some certainly are, but that’s an argument you would get from people who are anti-imagination. “Sure, they may be brilliant, but they don’t put their brilliance to work to help society.”

Amazon did not raise the price for Super Saving Shipping

I reported recently on Amazon raising the minimum for Super Saving Shipping from $25 to $35…but I am seeing a lot of people reacting to that as though the price has been raised.

Free is free…you are paying the same amount for Super Saving Shipping, which is nothing. 😉

The difference is that you have to have an order with a higher minimum value before you get that free shipping.

Hypothetically, that could just mean waiting longer in-between.

There is a sense, here, that we spend money and don’t get something for it if we add things to the purchase. I would hope that isn’t so: that you don’t just add something to the cart and then toss it in the garbage when you gets to your house. 😉

I’ve also seen some hostility expressed about the Amazon Add-on program, where you can buy some items only as part of a minimum $25 order (or maybe, only at what many people see as a reasonable price after you reach that level).

I wanted to poll you about some special programs of Amazon’s:

What do you think? Are science fiction readers “good members of society”, or does society just benefit from their creativeness sometimes? Should adults guide children to “good books”, or let them read what they want? Are you addicted to Candy Crush? If you are an Audible subscriber, what benefits do you think make it worth it? Feel free to tell me and my readers what you think by commenting on this post.

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Kindle Touch also back on sale!

October 25, 2013

Kindle Touch also back on sale!

Maybe Amazon decided it was almost Halloween, and time to bring some zombie Kindles back from the dead? 😉

Kindle Touch with Special Offers

This is quite similar to my announcement yesterday about the Kindle Keyboard being back on sale, new from Amazon. The page is acting in a similar way, it’s not on the “family stripe”, and if you want it without Special Offers, you can’t get it directly from Amazon (but you could buy out if later, if you want).

It’s priced at $99.

If you do want to benefit a blog or other site when you buy this, you could first get an Amazon Gift Card from a link on the site, then use that to buy the Kindle.

The Touch had also been a popular model: touchscreen and text-to-speech. 4.0 out of 5 stars, 8,095 customer reviews…less than a quarter of the reviews as the Kindle Keyboard, but more than the Mindle (the lowest cost Kindle…that’s just my name for it) or the Kindle DX. A comparison of those different review numbers for different models might be worth doing in another post

Gee, what’s next…the 2007 Kindle 1? 😉

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

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Archive for 2013

Snapshot: November 1 2013

Kindle Countdown Deals

A Halloween classic to read aloud

Round up #216: Miracast dongle, new NOOK

Kindle Matchbook has launched!

Eight of our Kindles stolen

Round up #215: So long, Sony, and tradpubs won’t guarantee print?

Do you qualify? Special deal on Kindles

Round up #214: Amazon will pay you to get these apps, Gaiman gets it

Kindle Touch also back on sale!

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