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Snapshot: July 1 2015

July 1, 2015

Snapshot: July 1 2015

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

July 1, 2015: 3,636,269
June 1, 2015: 3,530,378
May 1, 2015: 3,457,009
April 1, 2015: 3,378,436
March 1, 2015: 3,288,124
February 1, 2015: 3,178,962
January 1, 2015: 3,104,677
December 1, 2014: 3,027,234
November 1, 2014: 2,958,430
October 1, 2014: 2,888,225
September 1, 2014: 2,801,221
August 1, 2014: 2,724,012
July 1, 2014: 2,655,727
June 1, 2014: 2,596,747 (2,597,112 for second run)
May 1, 2014: 2,576,453
April 1, 2014: 2,512,520
March 1, 2014: 2,462,832
February 1, 2014: 2,411,705
January 1, 2014: 2,351,290
December 1, 2013: 2,287,866
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:

July 1, 2015: 3,530
June 1, 2015: 2,446
May 1, 2015: 2,619
April 1, 2015: 3,225
March 1, 2015: 3,899
February 1, 2015: 2,396
January 1, 2015: 2,581
December 1, 2014: 2,293
November 1, 2014: 2,265
October 1, 2014: 2,900
September 1, 2014: 2,491
August 1, 2014: 2,276
July 1, 2014: 1954
June 1, 2014: 655 (2nd run: 689)
May 1, 2014: 2,131
April 1, 2014: 1,603
March 1, 2014: 1,826
February 1, 2014: 1,949
January 1, 2014: 2,046
December 1, 2013: 1,995
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:

July 1, 2015: 632
June 1, 2015: 631
May 1, 2015: 630
April 1, 2015: 643
March 1, 2015: 647
February 1, 2015: 638
January 1, 2015: 638
December 1, 2014: 643
November 1, 2014: 646
October 1, 2014: 652
September 1, 2014: 652
August 1, 2014: 649
July 1, 2014: 650
June 1, 2014: 668
May 1, 2014: 671
April 1, 2014: 684
March 1, 2014: 671
February 1, 2014: 675
January 1, 2014: 670
December 1, 2013: 669
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:

July 1, 2015: 173
June 1, 2015: 173
May 1, 2015: 172
April 1, 2015: 173
March 1, 2015: 172
February 1, 2015: 170
January 1, 2015: 175
December 1, 2014: 174
November 1, 2014: 174
October 1, 2014: 174
September 1, 2014: 175
August 1, 2014: 174
July 1, 2014: 175
June 1, 2014: 177
May 1, 2014: 178
April 1, 2014: 175
March 1, 2014: 175
February 1, 2014: 176
January 1, 2014: 176
December 1, 2013: 179
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:

July 1, 2015: 14,837 (ILMK rank:#8)
June 1, 2015: 14,768 (ILMK rank: #8)
May 1, 2015: 14,679 (ILMK rank: #8)
April 1, 2015: 14,648 (ILMK rank: #9)
March 1, 2015: 14,588 (ILMK rank: #8)
February 1, 2015: 14,419 (ILMK rank: #8)
January 1, 2015: 14,392 (ILMK rank: #10)
December 1, 2014: 14,337 (ILMK rank: #14)
November 1, 2014: 14,267
October 1, 2014: 14,189 (ILMK rank: #11)
September 1, 2014: 14,151 (ILMK rank: #12)
August 1, 2014: 14,089 (ILMK rank: #13)
July 1, 2014: 13,985 (ILMK rank: #13)
June 1, 2014: 13,924 (ILMK rank: #8)
May 1, 2014: 13,811 (ILMK rank: #10)
April 1, 2014: 14,525 (ILMK rank: #8)
March 1, 2014: 14,382
February 1, 2014: 14,221
January 1, 2014: 14,030
December 1, 2013: 13,867
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: 7,992
December 1, 2009: 7,589
November 1, 2009: 7,365

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

June, 2015 (taken July 1, 2015: 83.9% (2,893,481 of 3,408,090)
May, 2015 (taken June 1, 2015: 84.7% (2,800,318 of 3,306,054)
April, 2015 (taken May 1, 2015): 84.6% (2,736,106 of 3,232,290)
March, 2015 (taken April 1, 2015): 88.4% (2,802,470 of 3,171,379)
February, 2015 (taken March 1, 2015): 88.3% (2,721,649 of 3,083,344)
January, 2015 (taken February 1, 2015): 88.4% (2,630,162 of 2,976,291)
December, 2014 (taken January 1, 2015): 88.3% (2,567,412 of 2,907,638)
November, 2014 (taken December 1, 2014):88.3% (2,506,715 of 2,838,606)
October, 2014 (taken November 1, 2014): 88.4% (2,451,370 of 2,774,474)
September, 2014: (taken October 1, 2014): 88.2% (2,387,727 of 2,707,622)
August, 2014: (taken September 1, 2014): 87.9% (2,304,717 of 2,621,516)
July, 2014 (taken August 1, 2014): 87.7% (2,232,131 of 2,544,623)
June, 2014 (taken July 1, 2014): 87.7% (2,172,079 of 2,477,343)
May, 2014 (taken June 1, 2014): 74.6% (294,759 of 395,137) | Second run (to account for possible Amazon glitching): 87.6% (2,121,022 of 2,422,630)
April, 2014 (taken May 1, 2014): 87.6% (2,106,603 of 2,404,221)
March, 2014 (taken April 1, 2014): 87.6% (2,054,771 of 2,346,730)
February, 2014 (taken March 1, 2014): 87.5% (2,012,504 of 2,300,490)
January, 2014 (taken February 1, 2014): 87.7% (1,976,453 of 2,254,215)
December, 2013 (taken January 1, 2014): 88.1% (1,932,395 of 2,193,346)
November (taken December 1, 2013): 88.0% (1,875,538 of 2,130,446)
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 June, 2015: 94.0% (80,396 of 85,535)
Books for May, 2015: 93.5% (74,211 of 79,388)
Books for April, 2015: 93.3% (76,455 of 81,914)
Books for March, 2015: 93.6% (85,581 of 91,471)
Books for February, 2015: 94.7% (74,806 of 78,979)
Books for January, 2015: 94.6% (73,166 of 77,329)
Books for December, 2014: 95.1% (72,247 of 77,048)
Books for November, 2014: 93.2% (72,264 of 77,550)
Books for October, 2014: 94.0% (72,051 of 76,646)
Books for September, 2014: 95.0% (77,730 of 81,864)
Books for August, 2014: 95.8% (72,127 of 75,293)
Books for July, 2014: 95.8% (72,543 of 75,750)
Books for June, 2014: 94.4% (63,104 of 66,856)
Books for May, 2014: 81.4% (3,177 of 3,905) | 2nd run to account for Amazon possibly glitching: 94.7% (65,080 of 68,713)
Books for April, 2014: 93.9% (64,320 of 68,534)
Books for March, 2014: 95.1% (64,614 of 67,969)
Books for February, 2014: 94.9% (60,313 of 63,555)
Books for January, 2014: 95.9% (95,399 of 99,439)
Books for December, 2013: 96.4% (105,488 of 109,437)
Books for November: 95.6% (95,064 of 99,468)
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)

July 1, 2015: 60.4% (2,195,452 of 3,636,269)
June 1, 2015: 60.5% (2,134,639 of 3,530,378)
May 1, 2015: 60.4% (2,088,376 of 3,457,009)
April 1, 2015: 64.1% (2,164,454 of 3,378,436)
March 1, 2015: 64.2% (2,111,025 of 3,288,124)
February 1, 2015: 64.3% (2,043,564 of 3,178,962)
January 1, 2015: 64.2% (1,992,162 of 3,104,677)
December 1, 2014: 64.2% (1,943,782 of 3,027,234)
November 1, 2014: 64.6% (1,909,982 of 2,958,430)
October 1, 2014: 64.3% (1,857,411 of 2,888,225)
September 1, 2014: 63.9% (1,778,889 of 2,801,221)
August 1, 2014: 63.6% (1,731,841 of 2,724,012)
July 1, 2014: 63.4% (1,684,876 of 2,655,727)
June 1, 2014: 8.7% (225,848 of 2,597,747) | second run to account for Amazon possibly glitching 63.4% (1,647,127 of 2,597,112)
May 1, 2014: 63.8% (1,644,029 of 2,576,453)
April 1, 2014: 63.9% (1,605,139 of 2,512,520)
March 1, 2014: 64.1% (1,577,451 of 2,462,832)
February 1, 2014: 64.2% (1,548,131 of 2,411,705)
January 1, 2014: 64.5% (1,516,854 of 2,351,290)
December 1, 2013: 64.5% (1,474,801 of 2,287,866)
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

July 1, 2015: 19.8% (718,584 of 3,636,269)
June 1, 2015: 20.5% (685,609 of 3,350,378)
May 1, 2015: 19.3% (6,671,179 of 3,457,009)
April 1, 2015: 19.5% (657,728 of 3,378,436)
March 1, 2015: 21.3% (699,221 of 3,288,124)
February 1, 2015: 19.0% (603,638 of 3,178,962)
January 1, 2015: 19.1% (591,610 of 3,104,677)
December 1, 2014: 19.1% (579,121 of 3,027,234)
November 1, 2014: 18.8% (556,881 of 2,958,430)
October 1, 2014: 18.9% (545,350 of 2,888,225)
September 1, 2014: 18.9% (529,976 of 2,801,221)
August 1, 2014: 18.9% (513,541 of 2,724,012)
July 1, 2014: 18.8% (499,756 of 2,655,727)
June 1, 2014: 2.7% (70,679 of 2,596,747) | second run to account for Amazon possibly glitching: 18.7% (485,799 of 2,597,112)
May 1, 2014: 18.4% (474,202 of 2,576,453
April 1, 2014: 18.4% (461,344 of 2,512,520)
March 1, 2014: 18.1% (446,248 of 2,462,382)
February 1, 2014: 18.2% (439,217 of 2,411,705)
January 1, 2014: 18.1% (426,107 of 2,351,290)
December 1, 2013: 18.0% (410,936 of 2,287,866)
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

July 1, 2015

13.99 6.99 8.99 14.99 10.99 11.99 8.99 9.99 12.99 16.99
11.84 12.99 13.99 11.99 9.99 14.99 14.99 10.99 12.99 10.99

Average: $12.13 (+$0.16) 5 titles under $10

June 1, 2015

6.99 13.99 16.99 9.99 9.99 12.99 10.99 8.99 12.99 12.99
11.43 11.99 12.99 12.99 9.99 12.99 11.84 12.31 14.99 10.99

Average: $11.97 (+$1.69) 5 titles under $10

May 1, 2015

6.99 12.31 8.99 8.99 8.97 8.99 12.99 11.84 10.99 11.84
12.99 6.99 11.84 9.99 12.99 12.99 5.99 9.10 12.99 6.86

Average: $10.28 (-$1.40) 10 titles under $10

April 1, 2015

6.99 12.99 9.99 13.59 10.99 10.99 10.99 12.99 11.99 10.99
12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 9.99 9.19 11.99

Average: $11.68 (+$0.57) 4 titles under $10

March 1, 2015

8.99 11.99 10.49 10.99 12.99 14.99 9.99 9.99 9.99 11.99
12.99 11.99 9.79 11.99 11.99 10.99 9.99 10.99 5.99 12.99

Average: $11.11 (+$1.34) 7 titles under $10

February 1, 2015

8.99 11.99 9.79 12.99 9.79 9.99 11.99 7.99 9.99 3.99
12.99 11.99 8.99 5.99 3.99 10.99 6.99 10.99 12.99 11.99

Average: $9.77 (+$0.11) 11 titles under $10

January 1, 2015

9.99 7.69 9.99 7.19 10.99 11.99 10.99 3.99 11.99 7.49
10.99 11.89 6.99 10.99 9.99 10.99 10.99 5.99 10.99 10.99

Average: $9.66 (+$0.09) 9 titles under $10

December 1, 2014

10.99 12.74 3.25 9.78 4.99 10.99 12.99 6.99 11.84 10.99
10.99 5.00 9.99 9.78 9.09 10.99 10.99 10.99 6.99 10.99

Average: $9.57 (-$0.65) 9 titles under $10

November 1, 2014

10.99 9.99 11.99 6.50 10.99 10.99 6.99 10.99 10.99 10.99
10.99 6.99 10.99 10.99 10.99 11.99 10.99 10.99 7.99 9.99

Average: $10.22 (-$0.86) 6 titles under $10

October 1, 2014

10.99 10.99 11.99 10.99 12.99 10.99 11.99 12.74 11.99 9.99
10.99 10.99 8.99 6.99 10.99 11.99 10.99 12.99 7.99 12.99

Average: $11.08 (-$0.43) 4 titles under $10

September 1, 2014

9.99 10.99 13.99 10.99 6.99 13.99 10.99 10.99 12.99 11.99
10.99 14.99 11.84 11.99 9.99 11.84 8.99 11.99 12.74 10.99

Average: $11.51 (+$0.56) 4 titles under $10

August 1, 2014

8.99 8.99 10.99 11.99 11.84 6.99 11.99 10.99 10.99 10.99
10.99 8.52 12.99 14.99 10.99 N/A 12.74 10.99 10.99 9.99

Average: $10.95 (+$0.30) 5 titles under $10

July 1, 2014

11.84 8.99 11.99 11.99 10.99 6.99 11.99 11.84 12.99 10.49
10.99 7.99 11.99 10.99 7.99 11.99 5.99 11.84 12.99 9.99

Average: $10.64 (+$0.22) 6 titles under $10

June 1, 2014

8.99 7.50 8.99 8.99 12.99 10.99 10.99 9.99 10.99 14.44
10.99 10.99 9.99 11.84 10.99 8.99 11.84 10.99 5.99 10.99

Average: $10.42 (-$0.16) 8 titles under $10

May 1, 2014

10.99 11.04 10.99 7.50 8.99 10.99 10.99 10.99 12.99 12.99
11.04 5.99 10.99 9.10 12.99 8.55 10.99 13.99 9.99 9.45

Average: $10.58 (-$0.27) 7 titles under $10

April 1, 2014

11.84 10.99 12.74 10.99 10.99 7.50 10.99 11.99 11.99 11.47
10.99 10.65 6.49 10.99 10.99 11.99 12.99 5.99 15.49 8.99

Average: $10.85 (+$0.59) 3 titles under $10

March 1, 2014

11.99 11.99 7.50 10.91 12.74 10.65 10.65 11.48 6.49 11.47
9.99 8.99 11.99 8.49 12.99 N/A 5.99 10.99 8.99 10.66

Average: $10.26 (+$1.33) 7 titles under $10

February 1, 2014

10.91 7.50 10.65 10.65 6.59 10.65 11.19 8.49 10.91 10.65
5.99 8.99 7.50 11.39 7.50 8.99 10.65 6.49 6.49 6.49

Average: $8.93 (+$0.99) 11 titles under $10

January 1, 2014

6.49 8.49 7.50 6.06 7.99 7.50 6.49 6.49 6.49 8.99
11.39 6.49 6.49 N/A 8.59 8.99 11.39 6.49 11.49 6.99

Average: $7.94 (-$1.06) 16 titles under $10

December 1, 2013:

8.49 3.29 10.99 10.65 7.99 7.49 11.99 3.99 10.99 10.99

N/A 10.99 8.99 7.99 8.59 10.91 10.65 10.99 3.99 11.99

Average: $9.00 ($-1.48) 9 titles under $10

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

July 1, 2015: 47,977
June 1, 2015: 47,388
May 1, 2015: 46,799
April 1, 2015: 46,482
March 1, 2015: 46,145
February 1, 2015: 46,265
January 1, 2015: 45,345
December 1, 2014: 44,787
November 1, 2014: 44,250
October 1, 2014: 43,910
September 1, 2014: 43,385
August 1, 2014: 42,643
July 1, 2014: 42,114
June 1, 2014: 40,810
May 1, 2014: 39,687
April 1, 2014: 38,577
March 1, 2014: 37,212
February 1, 2014: 36,397
January 1, 2014: 35,793
December 1, 2013: 35,213
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)

July 1, 2015: 77,735 (+1%)
June 1, 2015: 76,688 (-1%)
May 1, 2015: 77,248 (+3%)
April 1, 2015: 74,974 (-0%)
March 1, 2015: 75,030 (+2%)
February 1, 2015: 73,489 (+0%)
January 1, 2015: 73,041 (+13%)
December 1, 2014: 64,805
November 1, 2014: 63,897
October 1, 2014: 61,828
September 1, 2014: 61,787
August 1, 2014: 61,381
July 1, 2014: 60,103
June 1, 2014: 59,848
May 1, 2014: 59,957
April 1, 2014: 57,945
March 1, 2014: 58,588
February 1, 2014: 57,648
January 1, 2014: 56,793
December 1, 2013: 57,311
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)

July 1, 2015: 21,572 (+4%)
June 1, 2015: 20,740 (-3%)
May 1, 2015: 21,362 (+9%)
April 1, 2015: 19,508 (+1%)
March 1, 2015: 19,232 (+4%)
February 1, 2015: 18,489 (+3%)
January 1, 2015: 17,983 (+5%)
December 1, 2014: 17,160
November 1, 2014: 16,735
October 1, 2014: 15,099
September 1, 2014: 15,190
August 1, 2014: 14,717
July 1, 2014: 13,300
June 1, 2014: 12,490
May 1, 2014: 13,191
April 1, 2014: 11,864
March 1, 2014: 12,500
February 1, 2014: 11,568
January 1, 2014: 11,091
December 1, 2013: 11,455
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*

July 1, 2015: 143,665 (+3%)
June 1, 2015: 139,519 (+2%)
May 1, 2015: 137,022 (+3%)
April 1, 2015: 132,496 (+3%)
March 1, 2015: 128,918 (+3%)
February 1, 2015: 125,505 (+2%)
January 1, 2015: 123,171 (+3%)
December 1, 2014: 119,963
November 1, 2014: 116,680
October 1, 2014: 113,491
September 1, 2014: 109,395
August 1, 2014: 101,643
July 1, 2014: 98,048
June 1, 2014: 95,632
May 1, 2014: 92,954
April 1, 2014: 90,187
March 1, 2014: 87,752
February 1, 2014: 86,182
January 1, 2014: 83,041
December 1, 2013: 80,061
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)

July 1, 2015: 995,047 (27.4%)
June 1, 2015: 957,481 (27.1%)
May 1, 2015: 920,564 (26.6%)
April 1, 2015: 890,629 (24.3%)
March 1, 2015: 853,036 (25.9%)
February 1, 2015: 823,258 (25.9%)
January 1, 2015: 794,093 (25.6%)
December 1, 2014: 764,249 (25.2%)
November 1, 2014: 724,218 (25.1%)
October 1, 2014: 710,979 (24.6%)
September 1, 2014: 673,206 (24.0%)
August 1, 2014: 638,545 (23.4%)
July 1, 2014: 604,950 (22.8%)
June 1, 2014: 586,812 (22.6%)
May 1, 2014: 566,893 (22.0%)
April 1, 2014: 547,360 (21.8%)
March 1, 2014: 529,466 (21.5%)
February 1, 2014: 512,403 (21.2%)
January 1, 2014: 491,875 (20.91%)
December 1, 2013: 469,593 (20.53%)
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 Kindle Unlimited

July 1, 2015: 1,023,395 (4%) (28.1% of total)
June 1, 2015: 984,701 (+4%) (27.9% of total)
May 1, 2015: 948,638 (+3%) (27.4% of total)
April 1, 2015: 918,839 (+4%) (27.2% of total)
March 1, 2015: 880,916 (+4%)
February 1, 2015: 850,027 (+4%)
January 1, 2015: 820,865 (+4%)
December 1, 2014: 791,011 (+3%)
November 1, 2014: 765,236 (+4%)
October 1, 2014: 733,167 (+5%)
September 1, 2014: 696,171 (+5%)
August 1, 2014: 661,111 (new measurement)

Books in the Kindle Matchbook program

July 1, 2015: 79,656 (-0%)
June 1, 2015: 79,917 (-0%)
May 1, 2015: 80,311 (-0%)
April 1, 2015: 80,594 (-1%)
March 1, 2015: 81,045 (-0%)
February 1, 2015: 81,515 (-0%)
January 1, 2015: 82,228 (-1%)
December 1, 2014: 82,643 (+1%)
November 1, 2014: 81,969 (+81%)
October 1, 2014: 45,267 (-39%)
September 1, 2014: 73,820 (+8%)
August 1, 2014: 68,453 (+1%)
July 1, 2014: 67,466 (-1%)
June 1, 2014: 67,787 (-1%)
May 1, 2014: 68,240 (-16%)
April 1, 2014: 81,560 (-27%)
March 1, 2014: 112,354 (+2%)
February 1, 2014: 109,992 (+8%)
January 1, 2014: 101,699 (+14%)
December 1, 2013: 88,869 (+18%)
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%

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


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

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


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

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


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

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July 1, 2011

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


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

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August 1, 2011

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


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

September 1, 2011

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


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

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


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

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

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


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

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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%

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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%

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12/1/2013
Total	2,287,866
Prime	2,130,446
Under $10	1,875,538


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	255,501	11.17%	0.15%
$ 1.99	74,368	3.25%	0.07%
$ 2.99	337,864	14.77%	0.18%
$ 3.99	218,896	9.57%	0.01%
$ 4.99	77,232	3.38%	0.01%
$ 5.99	55,270	2.42%	0.04%
$ 6.99	30,860	1.35%	0.08%
$ 7.99	49,240	2.15%	0.00%
$ 8.99	15,487	0.68%	0.02%
$ 9.99	272,875	11.93%	-0.03%
$ 10.99	9,398	0.41%	0.02%
$ 11.99	7,774	0.34%	0.00%
$ 12.99	6,022	0.26%	0.01%
$ 13.99	5,961	0.26%	0.04%
$ 14.99	5,213	0.23%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,364	0.06%	0.00%
$ 16.99	2,014	0.09%	0.01%
$ 17.99	1,388	0.06%	0.01%
$ 18.99	964	0.04%	0.00%
$ 19.99	6,732	0.29%	0.00%
$ 20.99	617	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	601	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	2,212	0.10%	0.01%
$ 23.99	720	0.03%	0.00%
$ 24.99	713	0.03%	0.00%

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1/1/2014
Total	2,351,290
Prime	2,193,346
Under $10	1,932,395


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	264,312	11.24%	0.07%
$ 1.99	76,862	3.27%	0.02%
$ 2.99	351,577	14.95%	0.18%
$ 3.99	225,039	9.57%	0.00%
$ 4.99	80,375	3.42%	0.04%
$ 5.99	56,485	2.40%	-0.01%
$ 6.99	31,851	1.35%	0.01%
$ 7.99	49,583	2.11%	-0.04%
$ 8.99	15,829	0.67%	0.00%
$ 9.99	275,314	11.71%	-0.22%
$ 10.99	9,434	0.40%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	7,279	0.31%	-0.03%
$ 12.99	6,069	0.26%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	6,200	0.26%	0.00%
$ 14.99	5,247	0.22%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,405	0.06%	0.00%
$ 16.99	1,986	0.08%	0.00%
$ 17.99	1,417	0.06%	0.00%
$ 18.99	1,068	0.05%	0.00%
$ 19.99	6,682	0.28%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	638	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	627	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	2,177	0.09%	0.00%
$ 23.99	696	0.03%	0.00%
$ 24.99	737	0.03%	0.00%

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2/1/2014
Total	2,411,705
Prime	2,254,215
Under $10	1,976,453


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	273,966	11.36%	0.12%
$ 1.99	79,239	3.29%	0.02%
$ 2.99	365,052	15.14%	0.18%
$ 3.99	231,231	9.59%	0.02%
$ 4.99	83,304	3.45%	0.04%
$ 5.99	58,024	2.41%	0.00%
$ 6.99	32,588	1.35%	0.00%
$ 7.99	51,152	2.12%	0.01%
$ 8.99	16,244	0.67%	0.00%
$ 9.99	271,056	11.24%	-0.47%
$ 10.99	9,818	0.41%	0.01%
$ 11.99	7,157	0.30%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	6,374	0.26%	0.01%
$ 13.99	6,351	0.26%	0.00%
$ 14.99	5,133	0.21%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	1,452	0.06%	0.00%
$ 16.99	2,055	0.09%	0.00%
$ 17.99	1,391	0.06%	0.00%
$ 18.99	1,079	0.04%	0.00%
$ 19.99	6,754	0.28%	0.00%
$ 20.99	663	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	718	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	2,279	0.09%	0.00%
$ 23.99	656	0.03%	0.00%
$ 24.99	853	0.04%	0.00%

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3/1/2014
Total	2,462,832
Prime	2,300,490
Under $10	2,012,504


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	276,416	11.22%	-0.14%
$ 1.99	81,172	3.30%	0.01%
$ 2.99	374,242	15.20%	0.06%
$ 3.99	236,420	9.60%	0.01%
$ 4.99	85,557	3.47%	0.02%
$ 5.99	59,557	2.42%	0.01%
$ 6.99	33,228	1.35%	0.00%
$ 7.99	52,582	2.14%	0.01%
$ 8.99	16,399	0.67%	-0.01%
$ 9.99	271,867	11.04%	-0.20%
$ 10.99	9,903	0.40%	0.00%
$ 11.99	6,796	0.28%	-0.02%
$ 12.99	6,580	0.27%	0.00%
$ 13.99	6,378	0.26%	0.00%
$ 14.99	5,281	0.21%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,573	0.06%	0.00%
$ 16.99	2,122	0.09%	0.00%
$ 17.99	1,494	0.06%	0.00%
$ 18.99	1,112	0.05%	0.00%
$ 19.99	6,907	0.28%	0.00%
$ 20.99	666	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	656	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	2,359	0.10%	0.00%
$ 23.99	727	0.03%	0.00%
$ 24.99	774	0.03%	0.00%

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4/1/2014 N/A

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May comparisons are to March.

5/1/2014
Total	2,576,453
Prime	2,404,221
Under $10	2,106,603


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	293,126	11.38%	0.15%
$ 1.99	86,947	3.37%	0.08%
$ 2.99	401,044	15.57%	0.37%
$ 3.99	233,515	9.06%	-0.54%
$ 4.99	91,936	3.57%	0.09%
$ 5.99	61,776	2.40%	-0.02%
$ 6.99	34,697	1.35%	0.00%
$ 7.99	54,851	2.13%	-0.01%
$ 8.99	17,514	0.68%	0.01%
$ 9.99	278,815	10.82%	-0.22%
$ 10.99	9,961	0.39%	-0.02%
$ 11.99	6,970	0.27%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	7,058	0.27%	0.01%
$ 13.99	6,988	0.27%	0.01%
$ 14.99	5,450	0.21%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,662	0.06%	0.00%
$ 16.99	2,160	0.08%	0.00%
$ 17.99	1,405	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	1,181	0.05%	0.00%
$ 19.99	7,098	0.28%	0.00%
$ 20.99	726	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	698	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	2,634	0.10%	0.01%
$ 23.99	901	0.03%	0.01%
$ 24.99	828	0.03%	0.00%

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Note: these numbers appear to be more accurate than numbers run earlier in the day, when it seems that searching Amazon was producing lower counts than would be expected.

6/1/2014
Total	2,597,112
Prime	2,422,630
Under $10	2,121,022


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	301,021	11.59%	0.21%
$ 1.99	88,333	3.40%	0.03%
$ 2.99	415,189	15.99%	0.42%
$ 3.99	209,623	8.07%	-0.99%
$ 4.99	94,762	3.65%	0.08%
$ 5.99	62,434	2.40%	0.01%
$ 6.99	35,976	1.39%	0.04%
$ 7.99	56,787	2.19%	0.06%
$ 8.99	18,236	0.70%	0.02%
$ 9.99	281,246	10.83%	0.01%
$ 10.99	9,351	0.36%	-0.03%
$ 11.99	7,042	0.27%	0.00%
$ 12.99	7,059	0.27%	0.00%
$ 13.99	6,890	0.27%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	5,576	0.21%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,584	0.06%	0.00%
$ 16.99	2,123	0.08%	0.00%
$ 17.99	1,406	0.05%	0.00%
$ 18.99	1,116	0.04%	0.00%
$ 19.99	7,015	0.27%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	703	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	665	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	2,578	0.10%	0.00%
$ 23.99	854	0.03%	0.00%
$ 24.99	822	0.03%	0.00%

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7/1/2014
Total	2,655,727
Prime	2,477,343
Under $10	2,172,079


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	311,255	11.72%	0.13%
$ 1.99	89,893	3.38%	-0.02%
$ 2.99	427,848	16.11%	0.12%
$ 3.99	212,706	8.01%	-0.06%
$ 4.99	97,481	3.67%	0.02%
$ 5.99	63,729	2.40%	0.00%
$ 6.99	37,002	1.39%	0.01%
$ 7.99	58,427	2.20%	0.01%
$ 8.99	18,326	0.69%	-0.01%
$ 9.99	288,137	10.85%	0.02%
$ 10.99	9,602	0.36%	0.00%
$ 11.99	7,017	0.26%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	7,169	0.27%	0.00%
$ 13.99	7,033	0.26%	0.00%
$ 14.99	5,601	0.21%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,527	0.06%	0.00%
$ 16.99	1,991	0.07%	-0.01%
$ 17.99	1,253	0.05%	-0.01%
$ 18.99	1,051	0.04%	0.00%
$ 19.99	6,999	0.26%	-0.01%
$ 20.99	684	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	645	0.02%	0.00%
$ 22.99	2,650	0.10%	0.00%
$ 23.99	875	0.03%	0.00%
$ 24.99	853	0.03%	0.00%

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8/1/2014
Total	2,725,829
Prime	2,546,640
Under $10	2,234,045


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	319,829	11.73%	0.01%
$ 1.99	93,589	3.43%	0.05%
$ 2.99	446,323	16.37%	0.26%
$ 3.99	217,796	7.99%	-0.02%
$ 4.99	103,009	3.78%	0.11%
$ 5.99	65,203	2.39%	-0.01%
$ 6.99	38,298	1.41%	0.01%
$ 7.99	60,420	2.22%	0.02%
$ 8.99	21,181	0.78%	0.09%
$ 9.99	293,641	10.77%	-0.08%
$ 10.99	10,525	0.39%	0.02%
$ 11.99	7,556	0.28%	0.01%
$ 12.99	7,698	0.28%	0.01%
$ 13.99	6,724	0.25%	-0.02%
$ 14.99	5,871	0.22%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,656	0.06%	0.00%
$ 16.99	2,292	0.08%	0.01%
$ 17.99	1,830	0.07%	0.02%
$ 18.99	1,183	0.04%	0.00%
$ 19.99	7,239	0.27%	0.00%
$ 20.99	717	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	744	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	2,679	0.10%	0.00%
$ 23.99	960	0.04%	0.00%
$ 24.99	915	0.03%	0.00%

Note: the titles in store, $0.01 to $50, and under$10 numbers reflect the updated results when I ran these later in the same day.

8/1/2014
Total	2,801,221
Prime	2,621,516
Under $10	2,304,717


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	330,370	11.79%	0.06%
$ 1.99	97,242	3.47%	0.04%
$ 2.99	462,102	16.50%	0.12%
$ 3.99	224,829	8.03%	0.04%
$ 4.99	111,039	3.96%	0.18%
$ 5.99	66,635	2.38%	-0.01%
$ 6.99	39,602	1.41%	0.01%
$ 7.99	62,120	2.22%	0.00%
$ 8.99	21,567	0.77%	-0.01%
$ 9.99	301,033	10.75%	-0.03%
$ 10.99	11,016	0.39%	0.01%
$ 11.99	8,995	0.32%	0.04%
$ 12.99	8,313	0.30%	0.01%
$ 13.99	7,040	0.25%	0.00%
$ 14.99	6,336	0.23%	0.01%
$ 15.99	1,963	0.07%	0.01%
$ 16.99	2,333	0.08%	0.00%
$ 17.99	2,024	0.07%	0.01%
$ 18.99	1,372	0.05%	0.01%
$ 19.99	7,337	0.26%	0.00%
$ 20.99	745	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	800	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	2,649	0.09%	0.00%
$ 23.99	996	0.04%	0.00%
$ 24.99	925	0.03%	0.00%

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October 1, 2014 figures are compared to August 1, 2014 figures.

10/1/2014
Total	2,888,225
Prime	2,707,622
Under $10	2,387,727


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	340,476	11.79%	-0.01%
$ 1.99	100,267	3.47%	0.00%
$ 2.99	478,906	16.58%	0.08%
$ 3.99	231,562	8.02%	-0.01%
$ 4.99	121,967	4.22%	0.26%
$ 5.99	68,437	2.37%	-0.01%
$ 6.99	40,450	1.40%	-0.01%
$ 7.99	64,121	2.22%	0.00%
$ 8.99	21,724	0.75%	-0.02%
$ 9.99	304,463	10.54%	-0.20%
$ 10.99	10,974	0.38%	-0.01%
$ 11.99	8,869	0.31%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	8,136	0.28%	-0.02%
$ 13.99	7,108	0.25%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	6,295	0.22%	-0.01%
$ 15.99	1,864	0.06%	-0.01%
$ 16.99	2,341	0.08%	0.00%
$ 17.99	2,033	0.07%	0.00%
$ 18.99	1,358	0.05%	0.00%
$ 19.99	7,426	0.26%	0.00%
$ 20.99	783	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	786	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	2,782	0.10%	0.00%
$ 23.99	988	0.03%	0.00%
$ 24.99	955	0.03%	0.00%

—

11/1/2014
Total	2,958,430
Prime	2,451,370
Under $10	2,774,474


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$ 0.99	347,796	11.76%	-0.03%
$ 1.99	103,685	3.50%	0.03%
$ 2.99	501,218	16.94%	0.36%
$ 3.99	239,807	8.11%	0.09%
$ 4.99	124,551	4.21%	-0.01%
$ 5.99	69,901	2.36%	-0.01%
$ 6.99	41,474	1.40%	0.00%
$ 7.99	67,038	2.27%	0.05%
$ 8.99	22,636	0.77%	0.01%
$ 9.99	310,306	10.49%	-0.05%
$ 10.99	10,525	0.36%	-0.02%
$ 11.99	8,873	0.30%	-0.01%
$ 12.99	8,088	0.27%	-0.01%
$ 13.99	7,089	0.24%	-0.01%
$ 14.99	6,594	0.22%	0.00%
$ 15.99	1,904	0.06%	0.00%
$ 16.99	2,325	0.08%	0.00%
$ 17.99	2,033	0.07%	0.00%
$ 18.99	1,310	0.04%	0.00%
$ 19.99	7,729	0.26%	0.00%
$ 20.99	811	0.03%	0.00%
$ 21.99	757	0.03%	0.00%
$ 22.99	2,843	0.10%	0.00%
$ 23.99	1,050	0.04%	0.00%
$ 24.99	966	0.03%	0.00%

—

12/1/2014
Total	3,027,234
Prime	2,838,606
Under $10	2,506,715


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	362583	11.98%	0.22%
$1.99	108674	3.59%	0.09%
$2.99	521098	17.21%	0.27%
$3.99	45528	1.50%	-6.60%
$4.99	114694	3.79%	-0.42%
$5.99	71988	2.38%	0.02%
$6.99	41674	1.38%	-0.03%
$7.99	71196	2.35%	0.09%
$8.99	23645	0.78%	0.02%
$9.99	317601	10.49%	0.00%
$10.99	12673	0.42%	0.06%
$11.99	9143	0.30%	0.00%
$12.99	8215	0.27%	0.00%
$13.99	8006	0.26%	0.02%
$14.99	8317	0.27%	0.05%
$15.99	2180	0.07%	0.01%
$16.99	2540	0.08%	0.01%
$17.99	1869	0.06%	-0.01%
$18.99	1362	0.04%	0.00%
$19.99	8056	0.27%	0.00%
$20.99	906	0.03%	0.00%
$21.99	933	0.03%	0.01%
$22.99	3057	0.10%	0.00%
$23.99	1454	0.05%	0.01%
$24.99	1092	0.04%	0.00%

—

1/1/2015
Total	3,104,667
Prime	2,907,638
Under $10	2,567,412


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	369522	11.90%	-0.08%
$1.99	111432	3.59%	0.00%
$2.99	538644	17.35%	0.14%
$3.99	251181	8.09%	6.59%
$4.99	119304	3.84%	0.05%
$5.99	72570	2.34%	-0.04%
$6.99	42907	1.38%	0.01%
$7.99	75027	2.42%	0.06%
$8.99	23782	0.77%	-0.02%
$9.99	326084	10.50%	0.01%
$10.99	12760	0.41%	-0.01%
$11.99	9296	0.30%	0.00%
$12.99	9200	0.30%	0.02%
$13.99	8214	0.26%	0.00%
$14.99	8708	0.28%	0.01%
$15.99	2916	0.09%	0.02%
$16.99	2477	0.08%	0.00%
$17.99	2024	0.07%	0.00%
$18.99	1596	0.05%	0.01%
$19.99	8348	0.27%	0.00%
$20.99	992	0.03%	0.00%
$21.99	957	0.03%	0.00%
$22.99	3028	0.10%	0.00%
$23.99	1581	0.05%	0.00%
$24.99	1094	0.04%	0.00%

—

1/1/2015
Total	3,178,962
Prime	2,630,162
Under $10	2,976,291


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	376636	11.85%	-0.05%
$1.99	114659	3.61%	0.02%
$2.99	557871	17.55%	0.20%
$3.99	258648	8.14%	0.05%
$4.99	123021	3.87%	0.03%
$5.99	76921	2.42%	0.08%
$6.99	45097	1.42%	0.04%
$7.99	87551	2.75%	0.34%
$8.99	24815	0.78%	0.01%
$9.99	308260	9.70%	-0.81%
$10.99	13670	0.43%	0.02%
$11.99	11204	0.35%	0.05%
$12.99	10566	0.33%	0.04%
$13.99	8937	0.28%	0.02%
$14.99	10723	0.34%	0.06%
$15.99	3730	0.12%	0.02%
$16.99	2522	0.08%	0.00%
$17.99	1818	0.06%	-0.01%
$18.99	1564	0.05%	0.00%
$19.99	8794	0.28%	0.01%
$20.99	1009	0.03%	0.00%
$21.99	902	0.03%	0.00%
$22.99	3040	0.10%	0.00%
$23.99	1521	0.05%	0.00%
$24.99	1051	0.03%	0.00%

—

3/1/2015
Total	3,288,124
Prime	3,083,344
Under $10	2,721,649


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	390272	11.87%	0.02%
$1.99	121925	3.71%	0.10%
$2.99	581765	17.69%	0.14%
$3.99	270531	8.23%	0.09%
$4.99	125772	3.83%	-0.04%
$5.99	78558	2.39%	-0.03%
$6.99	47778	1.45%	0.03%
$7.99	88766	2.70%	-0.05%
$8.99	26343	0.80%	0.02%
$9.99	308550	9.38%	-0.31%
$10.99	14365	0.44%	0.01%
$11.99	11683	0.36%	0.00%
$12.99	11489	0.35%	0.02%
$13.99	9163	0.28%	0.00%
$14.99	11359	0.35%	0.01%
$15.99	4437	0.13%	0.02%
$16.99	3309	0.10%	0.02%
$17.99	2375	0.07%	0.02%
$18.99	1551	0.05%	0.00%
$19.99	10175	0.31%	0.03%
$20.99	1766	0.05%	0.02%
$21.99	831	0.03%	0.00%
$22.99	2801	0.09%	-0.01%
$23.99	1539	0.05%	0.00%
$24.99	1277	0.04%	0.01%

—

3/1/2015
Total	3,378,436
Prime	3,171,379
Under $10	2,802,470


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	408353	12.09%	0.22%
$1.99	126060	3.73%	0.02%
$2.99	605234	17.91%	0.22%
$3.99	277142	8.20%	-0.02%
$4.99	130374	3.86%	0.03%
$5.99	79905	2.37%	-0.02%
$6.99	49785	1.47%	0.02%
$7.99	88617	2.62%	-0.08%
$8.99	27171	0.80%	0.00%
$9.99	308933	9.14%	-0.24%
$10.99	15441	0.46%	0.02%
$11.99	11849	0.35%	0.00%
$12.99	11265	0.33%	-0.02%
$13.99	9081	0.27%	-0.01%
$14.99	13429	0.40%	0.05%
$15.99	4935	0.15%	0.01%
$16.99	2690	0.08%	-0.02%
$17.99	2433	0.07%	0.00%
$18.99	2458	0.07%	0.03%
$19.99	10786	0.32%	0.01%
$20.99	919	0.03%	-0.03%
$21.99	1354	0.04%	0.01%
$22.99	2429	0.07%	-0.01%
$23.99	1703	0.05%	0.00%
$24.99	1231	0.04%	0.00%

—

5/1/2015
Total	3,457,009
Prime	3,232,290
Under $10	2,736,106


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	416682	12.05%	-0.03%
$1.99	129165	3.74%	0.01%
$2.99	625341	18.09%	0.17%
$3.99	253107	7.32%	-0.88%
$4.99	193634	5.60%	1.74%
$5.99	95233	2.75%	0.39%
$6.99	64490	1.87%	0.39%
$7.99	78308	2.27%	-0.36%
$8.99	36530	1.06%	0.25%
$9.99	278082	8.04%	-1.10%
$10.99	24882	0.72%	0.26%
$11.99	20736	0.60%	0.25%
$12.99	18800	0.54%	0.21%
$13.99	13209	0.38%	0.11%
$14.99	12703	0.37%	-0.03%
$15.99	8759	0.25%	0.11%
$16.99	5821	0.17%	0.09%
$17.99	3954	0.11%	0.04%
$18.99	4622	0.13%	0.06%
$19.99	13931	0.40%	0.08%
$20.99	2287	0.07%	0.04%
$21.99	2514	0.07%	0.03%
$22.99	3546	0.10%	0.03%
$23.99	2694	0.08%	0.03%
$24.99	8141	0.24%	0.20%

—

6/1/2015
Total	3,530,378
Prime	3,306,054
Under $10	2,800,318


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	427822	12.12%	0.07%
$1.99	133400	3.78%	0.04%
$2.99	646636	18.32%	0.23%
$3.99	257298	7.29%	-0.03%
$4.99	199473	5.65%	0.05%
$5.99	98156	2.78%	0.03%
$6.99	65206	1.85%	-0.02%
$7.99	81222	2.30%	0.04%
$8.99	36940	1.05%	-0.01%
$9.99	282618	8.01%	-0.04%
$10.99	25158	0.71%	-0.01%
$11.99	48861	1.38%	0.78%
$12.99	19646	0.56%	0.01%
$13.99	13790	0.39%	0.01%
$14.99	12623	0.36%	-0.01%
$15.99	8799	0.25%	0.00%
$16.99	6584	0.19%	0.02%
$17.99	4028	0.11%	0.00%
$18.99	3729	0.11%	-0.03%
$19.99	14011	0.40%	-0.01%
$20.99	3055	0.09%	0.02%
$21.99	2716	0.08%	0.00%
$22.99	3408	0.10%	-0.01%
$23.99	2529	0.07%	-0.01%
$24.99	8625	0.24%	0.01%

—

7/1/2015
Total	3,636,269
Prime	3,408,390
Under $10	2,893,481


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	438,047	12.05%	-0.07%
$1.99	149,355	4.11%	0.33%
$2.99	668161	18.37%	0.06%
$3.99	258653	7.11%	-0.17%
$4.99	207746	5.71%	0.06%
$5.99	101596	2.79%	0.01%
$6.99	67810	1.86%	0.02%
$7.99	84376	2.32%	0.02%
$8.99	37845	1.04%	-0.01%
$9.99	289102	7.95%	-0.05%
$10.99	26196	0.72%	0.01%
$11.99	22427	0.62%	-0.77%
$12.99	19075	0.52%	-0.03%
$13.99	13624	0.37%	-0.02%
$14.99	13060	0.36%	0.00%
$15.99	9642	0.27%	0.02%
$16.99	6313	0.17%	-0.01%
$17.99	4011	0.11%	0.00%
$18.99	3695	0.10%	0.00%
$19.99	14325	0.39%	0.00%
$20.99	2929	0.08%	-0.01%
$21.99	2748	0.08%	0.00%
$22.99	3227	0.09%	-0.01%
$23.99	2777	0.08%	0.00%
$24.99	8699	0.24%	-0.01%

—

Summary

There is more content of pretty much all the kinds we track: textbooks, Spanish language, and so on. Books were added rapidly. That’s all good. Prices, though, are edging up. New York Times bestseller fiction hardback equivalents were up (not a lot, but up). The percentage of books priced from one penny to fifty dollars was down .8%…that’s a lot. On a day when we are hearing about Apple’s appeal on e-book pricing losing (they could keep going), we are perhaps still seeing the impact of higher prices that followed the five settling publishers and Apple’s adoption of the Agency Model for e-books.

Older data were drawn using http://www.jungle-search.com, newer data with http://www.ereaderiq.com (from the same people). There are a number of possible sources of errors (eRi, Amazon, me), but these are probably pretty good.

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, generally) textbook. That would find a book about 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

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Challenge me…with a book

July 1, 2015

Challenge me…with a book

I consider myself an eclectic reader, and sometimes state that with pride in this blog.

Books are a form of connecting with other ideas and feelings…and I want to be exposed to as much of that as I can.

I’m not saying that needs to be true for you, certainly, but for me I’m far more concerned that I won’t have read as widely as I would like before I die, rather than that I won’t have read all of the “good books” I should.

I think that the best thing I did when I was a brick-and-mortar bookstore manager was encourage my employees to read a book from every section in the store (and I did do that myself). I didn’t compel them, just encouraged them. 🙂

Inevitably, doing that, you are going to sail the seas of ignorance.

I mean, I had a broader knowledge of books than most people, of course, but how was I going to pick a good romance, travel book, and “Men’s Adventure” (as it was called back then)?

What I did, and what I recommended to my employees, is that I asked regular customers for recommendations.

I read some great books that way!

I won’t say they were books I would never have read otherwise…but I might have had to live to be a thousand years old. 😉

My life has absolutely been changed by serendipitous reading…the first Doc Savage I read was because they were the only books available where I was.

Still, I don’t just randomly pick a book to read.

I’m willingly to read anything, but I’m more inclined to get certain types of books. If something is science fiction or fantasy, that’s a plus. If it’s non-fiction that might help me in my job, that gives it more weight in the scales of my choice.

That’s probably always going to be true.

However, I miss the experience I had with reading those recommended books in the bookstore.

I’m turning to you, my readers.

I’d like you to suggest a book for me to read.

I have to put a few rules on this:

It has to be available to me in Kindle format through Amazon.com in the USA
It can’t block text-to-speech access (it will say that text-to-speech is “enabled” on the book’s Amazon product page)
I won’t re-read a book for this, but it’s okay if I already own it
I’m going to say it has to be priced under $15…or any book available to me through Kindle Unlimited (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*) (again, that fits the above rules…I just mean any priced book in KU)

Outside of that, suggest away! 🙂

Try to make it interesting and meaningful. Fiction, non-fiction…both fine. It’s okay with me if you wrote it.

What I’m thinking I’m going to do, and it’s going to depend on how many suggestions I get, is make it a poll.

There you go…”crowd choicing” a read for me!

I’ll put it into my reading mix right away, but I might not read it next (I sometimes have time pressure to read something).

I know my readers aren’t big on me doing reviews here. I figure I’ll make some comment about it here, and likely right a review on Goodreads. There might be a lively discussion about it in the comments at some point.

I’ll say, modestly, that my reading it might have a minor impact on sales…that happens…but I’d rather you think about something that I might love or that might change me significantly.

What’s your recommendation? 🙂

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You think $10 is expensive for an e-book? ;)

June 30, 2015

You think $10 is expensive for an e-book? 😉

I think many people have gotten used to the idea that some e-books are going to cost more than ten dollars. That’s always been true at Amazon, by the way. Some people have a…mistaken recollection that Amazon said all e-books would be $9.99 or less, when that wasn’t the case.

So, I thought I’d take a look (which I’ve done before) at the

Most Expensive Books in the USA Kindle store (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)

The #1 book at time of writing?

International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences
by N. J. Smelser and P. B. Baltes
$13,496.00

That’s right…over thirteen THOUSAND dollars!

Interesting, there are three reviews. Perhaps not a surprise, but not of them are verified purchasers. 🙂

This seems to be a serious book…some very expensive books get that way for other reasons.

One thing that happens with used books (obviously, those aren’t e-books at this point) is that there might be a pricing algorithm, which looks by itself at market prices. You don’t always want to have the lowest price…in fact, you might even set your price to be ten percent than a particular competitor. If two sites are doing the same thing (ten percent higher), they can get into an upward pricing spiral, and the software may get the books up over $10,000.

You’ll also see a lot of books at $200…that’s the maximum price, last I looked for self-published books using Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing.

In this encyclopedia, though, I think they genuinely expect people to pay the $13,496 or it.

The second most expensive one is

Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 14-Volume Set: V1-14
by Keith Brown

I’m glad that wasn’t assigned when our now adult kid was taking linguistics courses in college. 😉

Those are the only two books in the USA Kindle store which are over $10,000.

So, is that $10 book looking pretty good now? 😉

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10 quotations from The Mind Boggles

June 29, 2015

10 quotations from The Mind Boggles

It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned one of my books

The Mind Boggles: A Unique Book of Quotations (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)

which, when it came out in 2012, was (very briefly) the bestselling book of quotations in any format on Amazon.

I don’t think it’s sold much since. 🙂

That’s okay…I love quotations, and these are all ones I personally collected.

I thought I’d share a few, somewhat randomly selected, with you today.

I also want to do one more thing…I’ll tell you after the quotations. 😉

“I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.”
–Alice
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (aka Alice in Wonderland)
written by Lewis Carroll
category:literature
decade: 1860s

“His singular failing was his inability to distinguish between a practical possibility and an outlandish fantasy.”
–Meranda Austvro
Tiger, Burning
written by Alastair Reynolds
category:literature
decade: 2000s

“Supermen are superthinkers; anything else is a side issue. I’ll allow for the possibility of super-somethings which might exterminate or dominate mankind other than by outsmarting him in his own racket–thought. But I deny that it is possible for a man to conceive in discrete terms what such a super-something would be or how this something would win out. New Man will beat out homo sap at homo sap’s own specialty–rational thought, the ability to recognize data, store them, integrate them, and arrive at a correct decision. That’s how man got to be champion; the creature who can do it better is the coming champion. Sure there are other survival factors, good health, good sense organs, fast reflexes, but they aren’t even comparable, as the long, rough history of mankind has proved over and over–Marat in his bath, Roosevelt in his wheelchair, Caesar with his epilepsy and his bad stomach, Nelson with one eye and one arm, blind Milton; when the chips are down it’s brain that wins, not the body’s tools.”
–Gregory “Kettle Belly” Baldwin
Gulf
written by Robert A. Heinlein
category:literature
decade: 1940s

“Wendy knew that she must grew up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.”
–Sir James Barrie
writing in Peter and Wendy (aka Peter Pan)
category:literature
decade: 1910s

“Violence is universally evil unless the evil it ousts is more violent; that’s rule of them but it’s practical and nearly always right.”
–Bert
Cycle of Nemesis
written by Kenneth Bulmer
category:literature
decade: 1960s

“I’m as human as the next man, and I have just as many emotions. I know how those people out there feel, because I hear the same little lost simian screaming in my own heart. But what do we have intelligence for if we can’t use it to control or guide our emotions?”
–Dr. Sam Bertolli
Plague from Space
written by Harry Harrison
category:literature
decade: 1960s

“Mister, you’re just talkin’ words.”
–Joe Caswell (played by Albert Salmi)
Execution
episode of The Twilight Zone
screenplay by
Rod Serling story by George Clayton Johnson
category:TV
decade: 1960s

“He was only one of those young men who cannot support the burden of consciousness unless they are doing something, and whose conceptions of doing something are limited to a game of some kind.”
–G.K. Chesterton
writing in The Man Who Knew Too Much
category:literature
decade: 1920s

“Reality’s for machines. We’re just coming to realize that now. Humans were never happy there. They just had to live there because we had no alternatives.”
–Catherine Cleeve
The Aperture Moment
written by Brian W. Aldiss
category:literature
decade: 1970s

“… it’s easy to bond over hating something together. The internet is total proof of that.”
–Codex (Cyd Sherman), played by Felicia Day
The Guild
screenplay by Felicia Day
category:TV
decade: 2000s

Okay, here’s the last thing. I’ll gift a Kindle version of this to the 9th person who comments on this post saying they want me to do one. Note: you have to be in a country that can get a Kindle store gift from Amazon.com in the USA.

Update: I’ve changed my mind…I’ll gift the Kindle book to the first ten comments who request one, not just to the ninth person. 🙂

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Today’s KDD: up to 80% off US history books…up to $50 in apps for free

June 27, 2015

Today’s KDD: up to 80% off US history books…up to $50 in apps for free

One of today’s

Kindle Daily Deals (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)

is up to 80% off American history (and other non-fiction) e-books, in honor of Independence Day (which is nex weekend).

There are twenty books in this deal, and some are certainly worth a look!

I like reading non-fiction: in fact, I think if I checked, I’ve probably read more non-fiction books in the past couple of years than fiction ones. I do like to think I’m an eclectic reader, though…that’s just my sense of it, I don’t really analyze my reading patterns.

History?

I read it, but I would guess I’m less likely to read what most people would consider mainstream history than intense looks at narrow topics. For example, one of my favorite books which I read in the few years of having a Kindle was

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America (at AmazonSmile*)

about the “culture war” against comic books in the USA in the 1950s.

Was that a history book? Sure, but I doubt it’s a topic that comes up in many high school or college history courses. 😉

As a Kindle Daily Deal, these prices only apply today, and may not apply in your country (I have readers all over the world…hi, readers!). Always check the price before you click or tap that Buy button.

Remember also that you can buy these books today at the reduced price as a gift, and delay the delivery for the appropriate gift-giving occasion.

Some of these titles are also available through

Kindle Unlimited (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)

at no additional cost to KU members.

Titles in this sale include:

We Were Soldiers Once…and Young: la Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway $3.99 at time of wrig KU
The Kennedy Brothers: The Rise and Fall of Jack and Bobby by Richard D. Mahoney $1.99 KU
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States by Bill Bryson $1.99
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King $1.99
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy by Ian W. Toll $3.99
Founding Mothers by Coke Roberts $2.99
The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ by Roger Stone and Mike Colapietro $1.99
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden $3.99
The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown $1.99
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase to Chase Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson $1.99
Paul Revere’s Rie by David Hackett Fischer $3.99
Washington’s Crossing by David Hackett Fischer $3.99
Gettysburg by Stephen W. Sears $2.99
On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery by Robert W. Poole $1.99
The Men Who United the United States: America’s Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks… $1.99
America’s Women by Gail Collins $1.99
Coolidge by Amity Shlaes $1.99
Bloody Crimes by James L. Swanson $1.99
Bloody Crimes: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis by James L. Swanson $1.99
To H*ll on a Fast Horse:Billy Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase too Justice in the Old West by Mark Lee Gardner $1.99

Enjoy!

Also available, through July 1st:

Over $50 in Paid Apps & Games Free (at AmazonSmile*)

I appreciate that Amazon is not referring to this as a “bundle”, which has been the case in similar sales in the past. You can get as many of these as you want, but you do make individual choices.

I always figure on these, why not? 🙂 I have them go to the Cloud only, so they aren’t taking up any memory on our devices unless we choose to download one. All it takes is the time that it takes me to click or tap on them. 🙂

Titles include (note: I have updated the list, because it does this weird thing of shuffling the titles when I click on one, and I missed some):

Simply Yoga
M.A.C.E.
Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst (Full)
AirReceiver
Mirroring 360 – AirPlay Receiver
Crazy Rocket
Trouserheart
tinyCam Monitor PRO for IP Cam
Table Top Racing
Exiles
AVG Anti-Virus PRO Android Security
Airport Mania 2: Wild Trips
Weather Live – Detailed Forecasts and Live Weather Conditions
Fantastic Four In A Row 2
No Gravity
The Bard’s Tale
Alarm Clock Pro
Deep Under the Sky
AirPlay&UPnP
Endless Skater

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Barnes & Noble’s financials for fiscal year 2015

June 27, 2015

Barnes & Noble’s financials for fiscal year 2015

Barnes & Noble just had a financial year end on May 2nd, and they have released the numbers.

There are some interesting indicators here, although I don’t claim to be an expert at this stuff.

Oh, that doesn’t mean that they were growing…overall, consolidated revenue year over year was down 4.9%.

However…

I think they may be making some smart moves.

I’m a former brick-and-mortar bookstore manager, and I have said all along that physical bookstores can survive, and some of them can thrive.

It’s pretty simple.

They can’t beat online in selection…you’d have to have a giant “back room”, and that would cost too much in rent (one of three major factors you are fighting: rent; salaries; and “shrinkage”, which is shoplifting, employee theft, and damage).

They can’t beat online in price…the overhead is much higher in a physical store…and it keeps getting higher.

So, what’s left?

Service and the shopping experience.

People have to want to knowingly pay more for your books, because they like you.

B&N is, for the second year, doing a “Get Pop-Cultured” event throughout July.

It mostly celebrates geeky things: Star Wars, time travel (including Doctor Who and Outlander), and manga. I thought it was more appropriate to cover it in one of my other blogs, so you can see more details here:

Geek out in July at Barnes & Noble

As a proud geek and with that bookstore manager experience, I can tell you: it looks to like they’ve put together some great IRL (In Real Life) events! People who go to them probably won’t want that branch to close.

Now, those aren’t really tied into books, although there are books for all of those. They aren’t pretending that those days are about books. During the call, Mike Huseby, the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) said as reported in this

financial call transcript from Seeking Alpha

“Beyond books, our toys and games and gift merchants continue to curate and impressive selection of products that appeal to our customer base as reflected in the growth of these departments, which continue to outperform other categories. Toys and games in particular grew 16% on top of the 12% increase of a year ago.”

That’s clearly part of their future. The margin on those physical items is much higher, and there can be a very different experience in buying a game or toy in person (I also used to manage a game store).

That doesn’t mean that they’ve abandoned books, even if their regular bookstore core sales did drop a bit.

One of the events, on July 13th, will feature readings of all of

To Kill a Mockingbird (at AmazonSmile)

They say

“The read-a-thon will feature a variety of special guest readers, including authors and local celebrities…”

Note that it is “local celebrities”…that’s important, and part of the formula for success. Here in the Bay Area, it wouldn’t surprise me if one or more of the Golden State Warriors get involved, for example.

The next day will see the release of what will be one of the big books of the year

Go Set a Watchman (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)

the first time published related novel to TKaM.

Okay, the obvious question for this blog: what about the NOOK?

It was terrible.

Device and accessory sales were down fully two-thirds for the year: 66.7%.

Digital content sales dropped more slowly, which makes sense…down 27.8% for the year.

Why does it make sense?

Even though people are largely away from buying NOOK devices, people who still have them continue to buy books for them.

As the devices fail over the next five years or so (or get lost/stolen or become severely outdated), those e-book sales and others will also decline.

Personally, I don’t expect NOOK hardware to come back strong. The e-books might find a market on other devices and other delivery systems.

The college bookstore sales (excluding new branches) were up 0.1% for the year…but Amazon has started into that market, so that’s dicey at best.

You can read the

press release

for more details.

My guess? The NOOK disappears eventually, B&N stores stick around but morph into being less about books and more about other merchandise and events. That may be a threat to comic book stores…

In this

CNN Money chart

investors seem unimpressed…the stock was down 2.98% over the past five days.

What do you think? Will B&N survive as a brick-and-mortar? Can they transform into a Big Bang Theory friendly business…and should they? Will books continue to be part of their brick-and-mortar business…in a way bigger than they are in your typical comic book store? Will you go to their events (maybe James Patterson day on the 26th)? Whither the NOOK? Are you over B&N or would you be sorry to see them go? Feel free to tell me and my readers what you think by commenting on this post.

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Amazon Introduces Updated Sharing with Instant Previews for Kindle Books

June 25, 2015

I am just on my phone, so I am going to share this email that Amazon sent to me. I may update this later.

Amazon Introduces Updated Sharing with Instant Previews for Kindle Books

Kindle readers can share quotes and recommendations with specific friends, using their favorite mobile apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, texting, and more

Friends who receive a share can instantly start reading a free book preview right from their phone, tablet, or PC—no need to sign up, sign in, or install an app

Start sharing today from the Kindle for Android app, and coming to Kindle e-readers and other devices later this year

SEATTLE, WA—June 25, 2015—(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced a new Kindle sharing experience that makes it simple for people to have conversations about great books—using the mobile messaging apps they already love, and even with people who have never used Kindle before. Kindle readers could already share quotes and recommendations with all their friends on Facebook or Twitter, and now they can start a conversation with specific people. And clicking on a book recommendation or shared quote now lets people start reading instantly, much like typical links to articles and videos. Here’s how it works:

From a Kindle book, easily share quotes, highlights, and recommendations with specific friends.

Share via popular mobile messaging apps like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, as well as email, texting, and more.

Share today from Kindle for Android, and coming to Kindle e-readers and other devices later this year.

Friends who receive a share can instantly start reading a free book preview right from their phone, tablet, or PC—no need to sign up, sign in, or install an app.

“The perfect quote in a book isn’t always the perfect quote for your whole social network. Now it’s easy to share exactly what you want in a Kindle book with exactly who you want,” said Russ Grandinetti, Senior Vice President, Kindle. “Kindle makes it easy to chat about the books you’re reading, whether it’s making a recommendation or sparking a conversation about a quote you loved. And friends who receive the share can instantly start reading a free sample of the book—no sign-up, no sign-in, and no app to install.”

To learn more about the new sharing features announced today, visit http://www.amazon.com/bettersharing (http://www.amazon.com/at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*).

—

Update: I’ve tested this…it’s easy, and works well.

One of the biggest applications I can see for this is authors using it to promote their work…

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Censorship, free speech, and the (non)selling of symbols

June 25, 2015

Censorship, free speech, and the (non)selling of symbols

Amazon, along with several other retailers, is reportedly no longer going to carry items with the “Confederate flag” on them.

This is one of many articles on it:

CNN article by MJ Lee

This is a more complex issue than it might appear at first, and lands squarely in the middle of a topic we’ve discussed before.

Let’s talk about this in more general terms, rather than in the specific of this issue. That’s an important thing to do, especially for something involving a public entity. What may seem obvious to some people in one case then becomes a precedent for other cases where it may appear to be less clear cut.

First, First Amendment free speech of the publisher/product manufacturer is not involved. The First Amendment to the US Constitution has to do with what the government can do. It doesn’t have to do with what your friends, family…or employer can do.

An employer has the right to tell you that you can’t talk about politics with the customers. The government can’t tell you that you can’t talk politics with your social circle, but that’s entirely different.

Similarly, the government telling you that you couldn’t display a symbol or publish a book on a topic would be an infringement of the First Amendment…a bookstore refusing to carry books that promoted murder )or supported civil rights) can do that.

So, Amazon has the right to not carry books on pretty much any basis.

As a customer, you also have the right not to shop at a store that carries certain items…or refuses to carry them.

Amazon has other items it chooses not to carry…while carrying other controversial ones.

Snopes, which is a wonderful resource for checking out urban legends has even addressed a story that Amazon pulled Confederate flags, but not ISIS flags:

Snopes article by Kim LaCapria

As readers, it’s important to note that books are usually treated quite differently than visual depictions. Pornography prosecutions are going to go after videos or magazines with pictures far more often than text erotica.

I just did a quick search for

Confederate flag in the USA Kindle store (at AmazonSmile*)

Right off the bat, there are visual depictions of the symbol on book cover images…even though Amazon has supposedly removed sales of items with such displays.

Books are, as I would have expected, apparently being treated as a different class.

Even if you wish you would never see that particular flag again, you have to think about how you would like to achieve that goal. Do you want the government to ban it? Do you want stores to choose not to carry it? Do you want people to elect, on an individual basis, not to show it publicly? Privately?

Extend this to other symbols…the swastika might be a choice of some, perhaps necessitating cover changes to books like

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (at AmazonSmile*)

For some of you, that may seem like a slippery slope argument…and I’ll keep sliding for a moment. 😉 If banning the symbol makes sense, does banning writing about the symbol make sense? Should you ban pro-Confederate non-fiction? What about fiction? Are books required to condemn the Confederacy if they are going to write about the “War Between the States”, “American Civil War”, or “War of Yankee Aggression”? You’ll see all three terms used in the USA, by the way, in part depending on where you are.

That’s not going to happen…not by the government.

However, industry groups have had “moral codes”.

The Comics Code Authority, for example had some very specific rules:

“3. Policemen, judges, government officials, and respected institutions shall never be presented in such a way as to create disrespect for established authority.”

“5. Criminals shall not be presented so as to be rendered glamorous or to occupy a position which creates the desire for emulation.

6. In every instance good shall triumph over evil and the criminal punished for his misdeeds.”

—http://www.comicartville.com/comicscode.htm

Imagine if those rules applied to modern television…

Remember that the Comics Code applied to publishing…and while some of it has to do with what is drawn, the above examples and many others have to do with the narrative.

My personal philosophy on this?

Let me give you an analogy.

I would prefer that people never started smoking cigarettes…that the product never existed.

I have a very bad reaction to cigarette smoke, and someone I know with asthma has had to go to the Emergency Department from unexpected exposure.

Would I pass a law banning cigarette smoking?

No.

What I would want is that everyone simply stops smoking or selling cigarettes. I know that won’t happen, at least not for a very long time.

Now, smoking in public is an issue for me, because there are clear public health impacts. I understand laws about that. I’d equate it to you not being able to drive your car on the sidewalk…but its fine with me if you want to drive your own car into the side of your own unoccupied house

Some people are going to equate displaying what they see as a symbol of hate with smoking in public. They think the exposure to the idea is psychologically/morally harmful in the same way that second hand smoke is physically harmful.

To that, I would say, “Show me the science”.

If it can be reasonably shown that exposure to an idea (visually or textually represented) in public is a threat to public safety (the classic example of yelling “Fire” in a crowded theatre), then it makes sense to me for the government to regulate it. Not destroy it entirely, but removing the public safety threat.

If an error is going to be made due to fuzzy results, I’m going to tend to lean in favor of intellectual freedom.

Could someone argue that reading Gone with the Wind or Tarzan makes someone racist? I suppose, but in order for action to be taken, I’d want there to be very solid evidence of that public impact, and then only take actions against what I would assume to be a narrow set of circumstances. I’ve read Tarzan, and certainly recognize the racial depiction of Jane’s maid…but I don’t think that made me any less tolerant. I would guess that recognizing it actually may have contributed to me being more tolerant. There are studies that suggest that reading makes you more tolerant, not less.

I realize that this a controversial topic, and debated even writing this piece…but I’m very interested in what you think. Should Amazon be compelled not to carry certain works? Should the e-tailer make that choice, or should they leave it up to market forces? Why are books treated differently from visual depictions? Does consuming media change people’s morals and behavior…and if so, for both good and bad? I do think I have benefited from modeling my behavior to some extent on fiction (I think I’m a much better person for wanting to follow certain ideas of Doc Savage…although I do think those books have been reasonably challenged for ethnic/racial depictions). Feel free to tell me and my readers what you think by commenting on this post.

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Round up #300: best books, books on buses

June 25, 2015

Round up #300: best books, books on buses

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

That’s right…300!

Wow! This is the 300th round-up! The first one was on October 24th, 2009. Let’s see, that means I have averaged…just about one a week (one every 6.9 days). That seems about right. I have a lot of fun doing them, and they are often a way for me to make a quick mention of something which I can’t (at least at that time) expand into its own post.

There are also times when it lets me let you know about something before I feel like I’ve really explored it. I might hear about something complicated, or controversial, and not be ready to give an evaluation…but still want you to be informed.

Amazon’s Best Books of the Year So Far

Amazon has announced their

Best Books of the Year So Far (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)

They didn’t just name ten or twenty…here is the list:

Best Books of the Year So Far
Amazon Editors’ Top 20 (15)
Amazon Editors’ Top 20 Children’s Books (20)
Arts & Photography (20)
Audiobooks (16)
Biographies & Memoirs (19)
Business & Leadership (20)
Children’s Books (100)
Comics & Graphic Novels (16)
Cookbooks, Food & Wine (20)
Crafts, Hobbies & Home (20)
Fashion (15)
History (19)
Humor & Entertainment (20)
Kindle Singles (20)
Literature & Fiction (16)
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense (19)
Nonfiction (18)
Romance (13)
Science Fiction & Fantasy (17)
Teens & Young Adults (20)

Their top book overall?

H is for Hawk (at AmazonSmile*)
by Helen Macdonald
4.2 stars out of 5 | 384 customer reviews

Two updates

On my Kindle Fire HDX, it’s clear that there has been some (minor?) update to the Amazon Kindle reader. I’m at 9.9, and I’ve noticed a couple of changes.

When I tap the top middle of the page to bring up the menus, a little thumbnail of the cover now appears.

The other thing is that the text-to-speech (something I use every day) play arrow is on the right when it used to be on the left.

Doesn’t sound like much, but that’s all I’ve noticed so far.

The other update was to my

Amazon Fire Phone (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)

It looked like a system update…but it was showing Voice Input. I’m not noticing any difference, and I did test it with a few things. Still, it’s nice to see the Fire Phone still getting love. 😉

Books on Buses

I love it when adults read, but I do think it’s important and special when people take steps to encourage children to read. According to this

WDBJ7 by Jean Jadhon

the city of Roanoke, Virginia is doing a summer reading program on city buses.

There will be book bags at the front of the buses.

Parents (hopefully, legal guardians) with children can take a bag. It will have five books in it…and they can even take a book home, sort of like a library. They would bring it back later.

I think that’s great!

This was my favorite part of the whole article, though:

“I love reading books!” children chanted as they stood outside the Roanoke City Main Library Monday.”

🙂

The future is bright…

Amazon Echo mini-round up

The

Amazon Echo (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)

went on public pre-order yesterday. I will be covering it as part of this blog, but yesterday’s post just on it was an anomaly. 🙂 A few notes…

The return policy wasn’t on the product page…I was assuming it was thirty days, like Kindles and Fires, but it isn’t. It’s 180 days! That’s right…about six months
There are now over 20,000 reviews…still average 4.5 stars
Somebody asked, so I checked: yes, it works with a synthesized voice. That can be important for people with certain challenges who need to use a synthesizer
I liked that it knew the appropriate response to, “Alexa: Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?”
There are still pop culture questions and answers I think it should know…and I may set up something to inform Amazon. For example, I asked it today, “Alexa: who knows what evil lurks within the hearts of men?” The appropriate answer, of course, is “The Shadow knows…” followed by a maniacal laugh. I think people would really like it when the Echo said something like, “Ha haha haha” for the laugh 🙂

When is an average not an average?

I have to say, I’m not sure I’m comfortable with this.

According to this

CNET article by Ben Fox Rubin

and other sources, Amazon is changing its review system.

Certainly, the current system is flawed. There have been a lot of problems with…biased reviews, even ones which have apparently been purchased. For example, a company might give you a free copy of a book, if you are willing to write a five star review of it.

Amazon’s approach is going to be to use “machine learning” to put more weight on more popular and more recent reviews.

In terms of moving them up higher on the page, I have no problem with that. We’ve had those “most useful” reviews for a while.

What concerns me is that those weightings will affect the average of stars (which I often report…I did it on the Macdonald book above, for example).

I’m going to guess that the specific algorithm is not going to be revealed…so we will no longer know what 4.5 stars really means.

I’d be okay with it with the option to see either one…unweighted or weighted.

I’d also like to see an option to see the difference between Amazon Verified Purchase reviews and non-verified…that seems like useful data.

However, let’s just make something up. 🙂

Let’s say (and again, I have no reason to think these are the numbers) that reviews posted in the last week are worth twice as much as older reviews.

A book had five reviews which were all three stars more than a week ago.

Now, the publisher gets five people to put in five star reviews all at once.

The older reviews are worth 15 “points”. The new ones are worth 50 points (five reviews of five stars times two).

That makes the average 6.5 stars…on a scale of 1 to 5. 🙂 Presumably, they’d round down to 5 stars.

It would appear the book had a perfect score, despite earlier mediocre reviews.

Now, it could certainly be argued that the newer reviews may be more valid. What if the publisher updated the book, fixing mistakes, and even adding new material?

I just don’t like that I’ll never know what the average actually means, and that I won’t be comparing apples to apples. They may all use the same algorithm, but one review getting votes as useful (when those votes might actually be because the review is well written) could raise the average on a book over another equally liked book.

What do you think? Do you like the new review system? If not, what should Amazon do about the review system, if anything? How about books on buses? Can you think of other ways for cities to encourage reading…and does the choice of the books by the government concern you? What are your best books published in 2015 so far? Feel free to tell me and my readers what you think by commenting on this post.

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Echo goes on public sale: order yours now!

June 23, 2015

Echo goes on public sale: order yours now!

I expect this could sell out, so I’m going to post this and then update it.

Right in line with what I’ve expected, the

Amazon Echo (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*) is now available for general pre-order! Update shortly, but if you want one as soon as possible, I’d pre-order right now.

Update: Oh, I’ve had somebody ask me what the Echo is. 🙂 It’s Amazon’s “ambient computing” device. The shorthand for most people is that it is “Siri for your house”, but it’s different from that. It is a Bluetooth speaker, but you can talk to it, and it generally understands you and can do some things you ask. It can answer questions, it can put things on a shopping list, it can read you events from your Google calendar, it can give you the news…many things.

Here are my

post on the Amazon Echo in ILMK (I Love My Kindle)

Update: okay, here is the

press release

Some things that stand out to me about this general public launch:

The price is $179.99, lower than the expected $199…unless you want the voice remote, which was included for people like me who were Prime members and got it early by invitation for $99. I do use the remote, in part because when the Echo is at top volume playing music, it’s hard for it to hear me. Using the remote (which has voice input) makes it work just fine. The remote (Voice Remote for Amazon Echo ((at AmazonSmile*)) is $29.99, making the price actually higher than predicted for what we got ($209.98 versus $199.00), but lower for the base device. You don’t need the remote, but it’s nice to have. My guess is that there will be a lot of those sold as gifts. Note that each Echo only works with one remote at a time
The “in stock” date is July 14th…but again, my guess is that will only be true for the very earliest orders. We waited weeks (or more…months in my case) to get it on the invitation only pre-release orders. I’m guessing that they can’t make them very quickly
No discount for Prime members
No new features announced with the release, although they do say, “…developers have been using a private beta of a free SDK to build new capabilities and skills for Alexa, which will start rolling out later this year.” An SDK is a “software development kit”. This should lead to some very interesting third party applications, perhaps even for major companies
I wasn’t quoted in the press release (never have been…I know some readers guess I have a very close relationship with Amazon, but outside of sending me press releases and some connections I have as a Kindle Forum Pro, I don’t really have a special relationship. Despite ILMK being one of the most popular blogs of any kind in the USA Kindle store for more than five years, I don’t get any special treatment. 🙂 That’s fine with me, by the way…it’s up to them. I’ve always sort of hoped that might send me some scoop kind of information or, yes, quote me, but I’m okay that they haven’t), but my review was considered one of the three most useful, so it appears on the product page right now. That probably won’t last: there are 18,274 reviews as I write this (with a 4.5 out 5 star rating), and those numbers will jump up. Still, I’m always happy when my writing helps people, and that appears to be the case
Will we get Amazon Fire TV (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*) (and Fire TV Stick ((at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)) support by July 14th? Still a possibility…
No limit shown as to how many you can buy
It appears to only be available to customers in the USA at this point. I would expect it to be available in other countries later this year (Canada, for sure). Part of that, I think, has to do with getting approval for it as an electronic device that receives/broadcasts. I always say that Amazon would happily sell products to the moon, if they could…they want to sell their products everywhere! However, they have to do it legally and in a way that makes sense. I have no doubt that I’ll see people from other countries saying they are being “discriminated against” or “not getting love” in the Kindle forums 😉

I have been saying that I think the Echo will be one of the biggest tech stories of the year…well, it has just really become a public story.

What do you think? Feel free to tell me and my readers by commenting on his post.

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* I am linking to the same thing at the regular Amazon site, and at AmazonSmile. When you shop at AmazonSmile, half a percent of your purchase price on eligible items goes to a non-profit you choose. It will feel just like shopping at Amazon: you’ll be using your same account. The one thing for you that is different is that you pick a non-profit the first time you go (which you can change whenever you want)…and the good feeling you’ll get. Shop ’til you help! This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog. To support this or other blogs/organizations, buy Amazon Gift Cards from a link on the site, then use those to buy your items. There will be no cost to you, and a benefit to them.

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