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Archive for 2016

Snapshot: April 1, 2016

April 2, 2016

Snapshot: April 1, 2016

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

April 1, 2016: 4,433,082
March 1, 2016: 4,356,852
February 1, 2016: 4,260,301
January 1, 2016: 4,168,071
December 1, 2015: 4,046,825 (note: as I projected, the USA Kindle store broke 4 million titles)
November 1, 2015: 3,961,896
October 1, 2015: 3,875,694
September 1, 2015: 3,799,009
August 1, 2015: 3,714,509
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:

April 1, 2016: 2,459
March 1, 2016: 3,329
February 1, 2016: 2,975
January 1, 2016: 3,911
December 1, 2015: 2,831
November 1, 2015: 2,873
October 1, 2015: 2,556
September 1, 2015: 2,726
August 1, 2015: 2,524
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:

April 1, 2016: 711
March 1, 2016: 699
February 1, 2016: 685
January 1, 2016: 684
December 1, 2015: 667
November 1, 2015: 646
October 1, 2015: 632
September 1, 2015: 638
August 1, 2015: 636
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:

April 1, 2016: 168
March 1, 2016: 172
February 1, 2016: 172
January 1, 2016: 169
December 1, 2015: 168
November 1, 2015: 168
October 1, 2015: 168
September 1, 2015: 172
August 1, 2015: 173
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:

April 1, 2016: 15,351 (ILMK rank: I could not find a ranking for bestselling blogs)
March 1, 2016: 15,144 (ILMK rank: #9)
February 1, 2016: 15,156 (ILMK rank: #10)
January 1, 2016: 15,122 (ILMK rank: #8)
December 1, 2015: 15,071 (ILMK rank: #8)
November 1, 2015: 15,030 (ILMK rank: #8)
October 1, 2015: 14,983 (ILMK rank: #8)
September 1, 2015: 14,923 (ILMK rank: #8)
August 1, 2015: 14,883 (ILMK rank: #8)
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

March, 2016 (taken April 1, 2016): 85.4% (3,587,825 of 4,203,311)
February, 2016 (taken March 1, 2016): 85.2% (3,522,742 of 4,133,304)
January, 2016 (taken February 1, 2016): 85.2% (3,440,910 of 4,038,776)
December, 2016 (taken January 1, 2016): 85.0% (3,350,232 of 3,490,070)
November, 2015 (taken December 1, 2015): 84.9% (3,242,119 of 3,818,499)
October, 2015 (taken November 1, 2015): 84.7% (3,166,691 of 3,736,839)
September, 2015 (taken October 1, 2015): 84.8% (3,096,037 of 3,652,166)
August, 2015: (taken September 1, 2015): 85.3% (3,048,620 of 3,575,587)
July, 2015 (taken August 1, 2015): 85.3% (2,969,714 of 3,482,960)
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 March, 2016: 94.% (95,732 of 101,747)
Books for February 2016: 95.4% (112,307 of 117,729)
Books for January, 2016: 94.2% (87,774 of 93,160)
Books for December, 2016: 94.9% (96,092 of 101,225)
Books for November, 2015: 92.6% (79,061 of 85,397)
Books for October, 2015: 92.2% (76,789 of 83,244)
Books for September, 2015: 92.7% (78,419 of 84,314)
Books for August, 2015: 94.2% (83,159 of 88,243)
Books for July, 2015: 94.3% (81,843 of 86,827)
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)

April 1, 2016: 61.1% (2,707,775 of 4,433,082)
March 1, 2016: 60.8% (2,647,699 of 4,356,852)
February 1, 2016: 60.7% (2,587,810 of 4,20,301)
January 1, 2016: 60.2% (2,507,452 of 4,168,071)
December 1, 2015: 60.5% (2,447,446 of 4,046,825)
November 1, 2015: 60.5% (2,398,461 of 3,961,896)
October 1, 2015: 60.3% (2,338,287 of 3,75,694)
September 1, 2015: 60.7% (2,306,295 of 3,799,099)
August 1, 2015: 60.6% (2,251,364 of 3,714,509)
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

April 1, 2016: 20.6% (914,517 of 4,433,082)
March 1, 2016: 20.8% (907,912 of 4,356,852)
February 1, 2016: 20.8% (884,290 of 4,260,301)
January 1, 2016: 20.8% (868,268 of 4,168,071)
December 1, 2015: 20.3% (819,885 of 4,046,825)
November 1, 2015: 20.0% (791,777 of 3,961,896)
October 1, 2015: 20.1% (780,371 of 3,875,694)
September 1, 2015: 20.1% (764,280 of 3,799,009)
August 1, 2015: 19.9% (739,684 of 3,714,509)
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

April 1, 2016

14.99 14.99 13.99 9.99 13.99 12.99 13.99 14.99 13.99 14.99
13.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 13.99 10.99 12.99 14.74 11.99

Average: $13.48 (+0.04) 1 title under $10

March 1, 2016

12.99 13.99 12.99 9.99 13.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99
13.99 12.99 13.99 10.99 14.99 14.99 12.99 13.99 14.99 13.99

Average: $13.44 (+0.17) 1 title under $10

February 1, 2016

12.99 13.99 12.99 13.99 13.99 9.99 12.99 N/A 12.99 12.99
12.99 13.99 14.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 N/A 12.99 11.99 13.99

Average: $13.27 (-.52) 1 title under $10

January 1, 2016

12.99 13.99 12.99 14.99 14.99 11.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 14.99
9.99 13.99 13.99 14.99 13.99 14.99 14.99 12.99 14.99 12.99

Average: $13.79 (+.70) 1 title under $10

December 1, 2015

13.99 14.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 14.99 13.99 14.99 10.99 12.99
13.99 9.99 11.99 13.99 4.99 14.99 11.99 13.99 14.99 12.99

Average: $13.09 (-.50) 2 titles under $10

November 1, 2015

12.99 14.99 14.99 14.99 14.99 13.99 13.99 12.99 11.99 14.99
13.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 12.99 14.99 9.99 12.99 13.99 12.99

Average: $13.59 (+.03) 1 title under $10

October 1, 2015

14.99 13.99 13.99 14.99 13.99 7.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 13.99
12.99 9.45 12.99 14.99 13.99 13.99 13.99 13.99 13.99 14.99

Average: $13.56 (+$0.72) 2 titles under $10

September 1, 2015

13.99 7.99 13.99 12.99 14.99 14.99 13.99 12.99 12.99 8.99
11.99 12.99 14.99 12.99 14.99 9.99 12.99 12.99 11.99 12.99

Average: $12.84 (+$1.33) 3 titles under $10

August 1, 2015

13.99 6.99 13.99 9.99 14.99 9.99 10.99 8.99 8.99 11.43
9.99 11.99 14.99 10.99 10.99 10.99 12.99 10.99 12.99 12.99

Average; $11.51 (-$0.62) 6 titles under $10

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

April 1, 2016: 61,867
March 1, 2016: 61,532
February 1, 2016: 60,985
January 1, 2016: 59,826
December 1, 2015: 59,953
November 1, 2015: 58,582
October 1, 2015: 58,203
September 1, 2015: 48,650
August 1, 2015: 48,063
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)

April 1, 2016: 83,725
March 1, 2016: 84,422
February 1, 2016: 82,583 (-0%)
January 1, 2016: 82,656 (+2%)
December 1, 2015: 81,264 (+1%)
November 1, 2015: 80,629 (+1%)
October 1, 2015: 79,676 (+2%)
September 1, 2015: 77,976 (-1%)
August 1, 2015: 78,922 (+1%)
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)

April 1, 2016: 39,760
March 1, 2016: 41,277
February 1, 2016: 38,516 (-0%)
January 1, 2016: 38,550 (+4%)
December 1, 2015: 37,191 (+55%)
November 1, 2015: 23,872 (+2%)
October 1, 2015: 23,307 (+8%)
September 1, 2015: 21,575 (-3%)
August 1, 2015: 22,154 (+3%)
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*

April 1, 2016: 180,538 (+2%)
March 1, 2016: 176,351 (+3%)
February 1, 2016: 172,246 (+5%)
January 1, 2016: 168,253 (+3%)
December 1, 2015: 163,218 (+2%)
November 1, 2015: 160,225 (+3%)
October 1, 2015: 156,158 (+2%)
September 1, 2015: 152,538 (+3%)
August 1, 2015: 148,388 (+4%)
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)

April 1, 2016: 1,277,964 (28.8%)
March 1, 2016: 1,250,894
February 1, 2016: 1,199,281 (26%)
January 1, 2016: 1,168,736 (28.0%)
December 1, 2015: 1,132,942 (28.0%)
November 1, 2015: 1,109,339 (28.0%)
October 1, 2015: 1,084,779 (27.9%)
September 1, 2015: 1,057,291 (27.9%)
August 1, 2015: 1,022,270 (27.5%)
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

April 1, 2016: 1,295,483 (29.2% of total)
March 1, 2016: 1,268,842 (29.1% of total)
February 1, 2016: 1,217,059 (28.5% of total)
January 1, 2016: 1,189,911 (28.5% of total)
December 1, 2015: 1,156,686 (28.6% of total)
November 1, 2015: 1,133,293 (28.6% of total)
October 1, 2015: 1,108,762 +2%) (28.6% of total)
September 1, 2015: 1,084,510 (+3%) (28.5% of total)
August 1, 2015: 1,050,688 (+3%) (28.3% of total)
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

April 1, 2016: 76,497 (-1%)
March 1, 2016: 77,175 (-1%)
February 1, 2016: 77,613 (-0%)
January 1, 2016: 77,877 (-0%)
December 1, 2015: 78,148 (-0%)
November 1, 2015: 78,422 (-0%)
October 1, 2015: 78,677 (-0%)
September 1, 2015: 78,940 (-0%)
August 1, 2015: 79,174 (-1%)
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%

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

—

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


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

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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%

—

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%

—

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%

—

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%

—

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%

—

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%

—

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%

—

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%

—

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%

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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%

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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%

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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%

—

8/1/2015
Total	3,714,509
Prime	3,482,960
Under $10	2,969,714


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	447,216	12.04%	-0.01%
$1.99	156,515	4.21%	0.11%
$2.99	691,577	18.62%	0.24%
$3.99	265,456	7.15%	0.03%
$4.99	214,644	5.78%	0.07%
$5.99	105,611	2.84%	0.05%
$6.99	68,081	1.83%	-0.03%
$7.99	86,870	2.34%	0.02%
$8.99	40,426	1.09%	0.05%
$9.99	287,402	7.74%	-0.21%
$10.99	23,548	0.63%	-0.09%
$11.99	23,017	0.62%	0.00%
$12.99	18,115	0.49%	-0.04%
$13.99	14,202	0.38%	0.01%
$14.99	12,359	0.33%	-0.03%
$15.99	9,350	0.25%	-0.01%
$16.99	6,144	0.17%	-0.01%
$17.99	3,909	0.11%	-0.01%
$18.99	4,264	0.11%	0.01%
$19.99	11,919	0.32%	-0.07%
$20.99	2,398	0.06%	-0.02%
$21.99	2,184	0.06%	-0.02%
$22.99	2,995	0.08%	-0.01%
$23.99	2,527	0.07%	-0.01%
$24.99	8,789	0.24%	0.00%

—

9/1/2015
Total	3,799,009
Prime	3,575,587
Under $10	3,048,620


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	460,433	12.12%	0.08%
$1.99	163,765	4.31%	0.10%
$2.99	713,585	18.78%	0.17%
$3.99	271,457	7.15%	0.00%
$4.99	220,235	5.80%	0.02%
$5.99	107,732	2.84%	-0.01%
$6.99	71,462	1.88%	0.05%
$7.99	90,020	2.37%	0.03%
$8.99	43,273	1.14%	0.05%
$9.99	292,629	7.70%	-0.03%
$10.99	25,652	0.68%	0.04%
$11.99	25,134	0.66%	0.04%
$12.99	20,760	0.55%	0.06%
$13.99	14,980	0.39%	0.01%
$14.99	13,164	0.35%	0.01%
$15.99	9,768	0.26%	0.01%
$16.99	6,411	0.17%	0.00%
$17.99	4,233	0.11%	0.01%
$18.99	4,388	0.12%	0.00%
$19.99	12,052	0.32%	0.00%
$20.99	2,406	0.06%	0.00%
$21.99	2,259	0.06%	0.00%
$22.99	3,054	0.08%	0.00%
$23.99	2,478	0.07%	0.00%
$24.99	8,881	0.23%	0.00%

—

10/1/2015
Total	3,875,694
Prime	3,652,166
Under $10	3,096,037


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	474,720	12.25%	0.13%
$1.99	162,067	4.18%	-0.13%
$2.99	724,100	18.68%	-0.10%
$3.99	275,960	7.12%	-0.03%
$4.99	224,835	5.80%	0.00%
$5.99	109,248	2.82%	-0.02%
$6.99	74,754	1.93%	0.05%
$7.99	94,819	2.45%	0.08%
$8.99	45,005	1.16%	0.02%
$9.99	296,328	7.65%	-0.06%
$10.99	25,111	0.65%	-0.03%
$11.99	30,727	0.79%	0.13%
$12.99	25,051	0.65%	0.10%
$13.99	18,487	0.48%	0.08%
$14.99	15,293	0.39%	0.05%
$15.99	11,620	0.30%	0.04%
$16.99	7,122	0.18%	0.02%
$17.99	4,682	0.12%	0.01%
$18.99	4,769	0.12%	0.01%
$19.99	12,630	0.33%	0.01%
$20.99	2,500	0.06%	0.00%
$21.99	2,322	0.06%	0.00%
$22.99	3,061	0.08%	0.00%
$23.99	2,601	0.07%	0.00%
$24.99	9,048	0.23%	0.00%

—

11/1/2015
Total	3,961,896
Prime	3,736,839
Under $10	3,166,691


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	477,484	12.05%	-0.20%
$1.99	171,645	4.33%	0.15%
$2.99	744,115	18.78%	0.10%
$3.99	287,094	7.25%	0.13%
$4.99	228,872	5.78%	-0.02%
$5.99	114,955	2.90%	0.08%
$6.99	76,282	1.93%	0.00%
$7.99	95,026	2.40%	-0.05%
$8.99	47,544	1.20%	0.04%
$9.99	300,632	7.59%	-0.06%
$10.99	24,650	0.62%	-0.03%
$11.99	30,071	0.76%	-0.03%
$12.99	24,814	0.63%	-0.02%
$13.99	17,711	0.45%	-0.03%
$14.99	31,880	0.80%	0.41%
$15.99	10,725	0.27%	-0.03%
$16.99	11,095	0.28%	0.10%
$17.99	4,946	0.12%	0.00%
$18.99	5,292	0.13%	0.01%
$19.99	14,110	0.36%	0.03%
$20.99	2,498	0.06%	0.00%
$21.99	2,175	0.05%	-0.01%
$22.99	3,268	0.08%	0.00%
$23.99	2,822	0.07%	0.00%
$24.99	9,338	0.24%	0.00%

—

12/1/2015
Total	4,046,825
Prime	3,818,499
Under $10	3,242,119


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	488,871	12.08%	0.03%
$1.99	178,434	4.41%	0.08%
$2.99	761,845	18.83%	0.04%
$3.99	295,623	7.31%	0.06%
$4.99	231,447	5.72%	-0.06%
$5.99	117,983	2.92%	0.01%
$6.99	78,154	1.93%	0.01%
$7.99	96,006	2.37%	-0.03%
$8.99	48,134	1.19%	-0.01%
$9.99	306,564	7.58%	-0.01%
$10.99	26,837	0.66%	0.04%
$11.99	31,817	0.79%	0.03%
$12.99	25,383	0.63%	0.00%
$13.99	16,898	0.42%	-0.03%
$14.99	32,155	0.79%	-0.01%
$15.99	11,052	0.27%	0.00%
$16.99	11,449	0.28%	0.00%
$17.99	5,032	0.12%	0.00%
$18.99	5,418	0.13%	0.00%
$19.99	13,957	0.34%	-0.01%
$20.99	2,368	0.06%	0.00%
$21.99	1,961	0.05%	-0.01%
$22.99	2,740	0.07%	-0.01%
$23.99	3,189	0.08%	0.01%
$24.99	9,551	0.24%	0.00%

—

1/1/2016
Total	4,168,071
Prime	3,940,070
Under $10	3,350,232


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	507,518	12.18%	0.10%
$1.99	183,403	4.40%	-0.01%
$2.99	778,631	18.68%	-0.14%
$3.99	300,934	7.22%	-0.09%
$4.99	238,292	5.72%	0.00%
$5.99	130,544	3.13%	0.22%
$6.99	83,229	2.00%	0.07%
$7.99	96,529	2.32%	-0.06%
$8.99	49,518	1.19%	0.00%
$9.99	312,840	7.51%	-0.07%
$10.99	28,841	0.69%	0.03%
$11.99	33,593	0.81%	0.02%
$12.99	25,988	0.62%	0.00%
$13.99	17,397	0.42%	0.00%
$14.99	34,036	0.82%	0.02%
$15.99	11,271	0.27%	0.00%
$16.99	10,996	0.26%	-0.02%
$17.99	5,415	0.13%	0.01%
$18.99	5,665	0.14%	0.00%
$19.99	14,722	0.35%	0.01%
$20.99	2,452	0.06%	0.00%
$21.99	2,187	0.05%	0.00%
$22.99	2,893	0.07%	0.00%
$23.99	3,404	0.08%	0.00%
$24.99	9,742	0.23%	0.00%

—

2/1/2016
Total	4,260,301
Prime	4,038,776
Under $10	3,440,910


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	512,549	12.03%	-0.15%
$1.99	191,386	4.49%	0.09%
$2.99	792,734	18.61%	-0.07%
$3.99	308,632	7.24%	0.02%
$4.99	242,543	5.69%	-0.02%
$5.99	132,304	3.11%	-0.03%
$6.99	85,593	2.01%	0.01%
$7.99	99,909	2.35%	0.03%
$8.99	51,172	1.20%	0.01%
$9.99	319,532	7.50%	-0.01%
$10.99	29,426	0.69%	0.00%
$11.99	34,581	0.81%	0.01%
$12.99	25,742	0.60%	-0.02%
$13.99	17,813	0.42%	0.00%
$14.99	34,803	0.82%	0.00%
$15.99	11,685	0.27%	0.00%
$16.99	11,390	0.27%	0.00%
$17.99	5,551	0.13%	0.00%
$18.99	5,916	0.14%	0.00%
$19.99	15,640	0.37%	0.01%
$20.99	2,539	0.06%	0.00%
$21.99	2,281	0.05%	0.00%
$22.99	3,141	0.07%	0.00%
$23.99	3,529	0.08%	0.00%
$24.99	9,940	0.23%	0.00%

—

3/1/2016
Total	4,356,852
Prime	4,133,304
Under $10	3,522,742


Price Point	Count	Percentage	Diff
$0.99	530,011	12.16%	0.13%
$1.99	194,430	4.46%	-0.03%
$2.99	803,596	18.44%	-0.16%
$3.99	328,794	7.55%	0.30%
$4.99	250,467	5.75%	0.06%
$5.99	139,413	3.20%	0.09%
$6.99	90,148	2.07%	0.06%
$7.99	105,630	2.42%	0.08%
$8.99	53,062	1.22%	0.02%
$9.99	325,552	7.47%	-0.03%
$10.99	30,720	0.71%	0.01%
$11.99	36,011	0.83%	0.01%
$12.99	29,082	0.67%	0.06%
$13.99	17,195	0.39%	-0.02%
$14.99	36,225	0.83%	0.01%
$15.99	11,476	0.26%	-0.01%
$16.99	14,123	0.32%	0.06%
$17.99	5,976	0.14%	0.01%
$18.99	6,069	0.14%	0.00%
$19.99	16,203	0.37%	0.00%
$20.99	2,564	0.06%	0.00%
$21.99	2,300	0.05%	0.00%
$22.99	3,318	0.08%	0.00%
$23.99	3,580	0.08%	0.00%
$24.99	10,049	0.23%	0.00%

—

4/1/2016
Total	4,433,082
Prime	4,203,311
Under $10	3,587,825


Price Point	Count	Percentage
$0.99	529,235	11.94%
$1.99	199,338	4.50%
$2.99	816,735	18.42%
$3.99	336,858	7.60%
$4.99	254,479	5.74%
$5.99	144,068	3.25%
$6.99	92,610	2.09%
$7.99	109,548	2.47%
$8.99	53,282	1.20%
$9.99	329,516	7.43%
$10.99	31,007	0.70%
$11.99	37,182	0.84%
$12.99	28,855	0.65%
$13.99	18,144	0.41%
$14.99	36,335	0.82%
$15.99	11,870	0.27%
$16.99	13,411	0.30%
$17.99	6,253	0.14%
$18.99	6,355	0.14%
$19.99	15,297	0.35%
$20.99	2,599	0.06%
$21.99	2,419	0.05%
$22.99	3,497	0.08%
$23.99	3,396	0.08%
$24.99	10,166	0.23%

Summary

Nothing really stands out this month…which means things are still good. 🙂 The rate of books being added did slow. In an unusual development, there were fewer books that were free to own, although the percentage of books in Kindle Unlimited edged up. May and June are likely to see more movement.

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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AFD News: Amazon introduces ‘Narcissus’, augmented reality mirror

April 1, 2016

AFD News: Amazon introduces ‘Narcissus’, augmented reality mirror

April 1, 2016 (AFD News)

Amazon (AMZN) announced an addition to its consumer hardware products today, an augmented reality mirror named “Narcissus”.

“The Narcissus allows our Amazon customers to see products in their homes and themselves in products before they buy them,” said Malcolm Franklin Issent, Amazon V.P. of Narcissus Development.

As demonstrated at the launch event, the Narcissus looks like a full-length mirror, surrounded by a number (17) of small cameras.

While it does function as a mirror, it is also a Wi-Fi connected screen.

Using the Narcissus app on a SmartPhone, http://www.amazon.narcissus.com, or an optional voice remote, the customer asks to see a product.

The product appears in the screen, while the screen continues to reflect the room.

For example, a customer can ask to see a lamp, and the lamp will appear in the mirror, and in an appropriate place, such as on a nightstand.

“Narcissus uses an artificial intelligence program named Willis to work within a map of the room. Willis is able to recognize thousands of household surfaces, and understands through a contextual neural network where a given item might belong,” said Issent.

When we were able to get five minutes with the Narcissus, we found that Willis worked remarkably well. When we asked for a jewelry box, it appeared on a dresser next to the closet. Even more impressive, we could rotate it, and the image in the mirror would change, as well as being able to move it to another place in the room.

The Willis feature will be available when the Narcissus ships to Prime members who pre-order it for delivery on May 12th.

Issent went on to describe two future features which will be available in “the coming months”.

With the Narcissus Dressing Room, customers will be able to see how an article of clothing will look on them, even as they move around and try it with items they already own.

The other major feature is Narcissus Spotlight. While no demonstration was available, an animation showed that a video, such as a movie or TV show, would be running on the Narcissus screen and the customer would appear to be in the scene. There didn’t seem to be any interaction, but the size of the customer was appropriate to other characters. While it is an interesting concept, we will have to wait to see the implementation. The CW was announced as a partner.

Similar to Amazon’s successful Alexa Voice Service, initially available on the Amazon Echo, there will be a third party developer platform, called “Narcissus Views”. Among the companies announced as having Narcissus Views in development were Rovio (maker of Angry Birds), the Marvel division of Disney, and National Geographic. Pupvizion had a demo which allowed us to see a puppy of one of six breeds of our choice (and a mixed breed) in the room with us.

For more information, see

Amazon Narcissus

Oh, and…APRIL FOOL!

There is, of course, no Amazon Narcissus…although honestly, I wish there was. 😉

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80 books of the Eighties

March 31, 2016

80 books of the Eighties

CNN’s documentary series The Eighties

The Eighties

starts tonight, and I’m working on a big post on another blog of mine, The Measured Circle, about all kinds of geek-friendly content in that decade (and it was quite a decade!). I probably won’t get that done by tonight, but the series will run for some time. I’m hoping to get another post done that will take a lot less time for TMC, but I wanted to do something here as well. 🙂

That said, here are eighty books (in no particular order) from the 1980s!

Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Watchmen by Alan Moore (graphic novel)
It by Stephen King
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Maus by Art Spiegelman (graphic novel)
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
The Colour of Magic (Discworld #1) by Terry Pratchett
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInierney
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum (Bourne #1)
The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clare
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller (graphic novel)
Tracks by Louise Erdrich
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark
Schindler’s List by Thomas Kenneally
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George (Inspector Lynley #1)
Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Sphere by Michael Crichton
Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes
The Postman by David Brin
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert A. Heinlein
Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov
Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent
And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Dawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (The Belgariad #1)
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
City of Glass by Paul Auster
Superfudge by Judy Blue
…And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis (Dragonlance Chronicles #1)
Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake
Slaves of New York by Tama Janowitz
Continental Drift by Russell Banks
The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux
Proof by Dick Francis
Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale
Noises Off by Michael Frayn
Watchers by Dean Koontz
Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy
Growing Up by Russell Baker
When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman (Alex Delaware #1)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel
Sarum by Edward Rutherford
Moo, Baa, La La La! by Sandra Boynton
North and South by John Jakes

I think I probably personally sold every one of those as the manager of a brick-and-mortar bookstore. 🙂 I’ve heard of all of them, and read many of them.

How about you? How many of them have you read? Any of these that are complete strangers to you? 😉 What other books from the 1980s do you especially remember and/or would recommend? Feel free to tell me and my readers by commenting on this post.

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Unlocking the universal translator: over 600 Star Trek books go DRM free

March 30, 2016

Unlocking the universal translator: over 600 Star Trek books go DRM free

Star Trek was a TV series.

I say “was” because it became so much more.

There was a coordinated effort to keep Star Trek on the air after the second season, which was successful…even if the uneven quality of the result made “third season” a geek slang term for something that wasn’t very good (“That lunch was really third season”).

Then there was an animated series with many of the original cast returning to voice their roles. There were movies, games, comic books, role-playing games, and, of course, novels.

The novels are important, and were important to other fandoms which followed.

It’s worth noting first that Star Trek was always connected with books. The series had actively sought science fiction authors (Theodore Sturgeon, Richard Matheson…) to contribute scripts. It was seen as unusually cerebral television…perhaps even literary.

While there had been tie-in novels and novelizations before (including an original Star Trek novel for “juveniles” written by Mack Reynolds called Mission to Horatius), James Blish’s Spock Must Die! published in 1970 (after the original series was off the air) brought an official, authorized, new story.

The title may have been “Spock Must Die!” but the message was “Star Trek Won’t Die!”

There would go on to be literally more than 500 official Star Trek novels (and short story collections).

500!

For the vast majority of them (and for decades) they’ve been published by Pocket Books (one of the original paperback companies), which is part of Simon & Schuster.

It even has its own stand-alone website:

http://www.startrekbooks.com/

Many of them are available in the USA Kindle store. A search for

Star Trek published by Pocket (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)

gets 696 results at the time of writing.

I’ve been happy to see that the Star Trek novels have been available in the Kindle store.

One of my great disappointments with a publisher, though, has been Pocket/S&S choosing to insert code into the files which blocks text-to-speech (TTS) access.

TTS uses software to read a book out loud to you (I typically use it for a week in the car). It’s something I’ve written about many times before because I believe that blocking it disproportionately disadvantages people with disabilities.

That seems particularly inappropriate with Star Trek books to me. Star Trek (especially in the original series, but beyond that) championed diversity, even if it was imperfect in doing so. The original series made a point about prejudice against those with vision issues (who we would now say are “print disabled” or “print challenged”), and Star Trek: The Next Generation (there are novels from all of the series) had Geordi La Forge, a main character who wore a vision-enabling visor.

A Kindle with text-to-speech can read any text downloaded to it (including personal documents) unless that access is actively blocked by the publisher.

I was, therefore, very pleased to see that S&S is removing Digital Rights Management (DRM) from the Star Trek books going forward (they show 611 as currently available).

With no DRM, you can convert the file you receive to different formats (so you can buy a book and read it on a NOOK, Kobo, or Kindle, for one thing).

That should also mean that the TTS access is no longer blocked.

It appears that the new files have not yet been uploaded to Amazon, which makes sense. While Amazon doesn’t specifically label books as DRM free or not (something which I think they should do), they do indicate the number of SDL’s (Simultaneous Device Licenses) available for a book.

Unless it says otherwise, the number of devices registered to the same account to which you can download the same compatible book at the same time is six. Some few books have fewer…and some will show as unlimited (books without DRM are unlimited).

Tor went DRM free some time ago, and I said that other publishers would watch carefully to see how that affects sales and rights infringement.

We haven’t heard any horror stories about Tor’s experience with going DRM free.

This is a major move in that direction.

I applaud Simon & Schuster for this decision.

Live long and prosper…

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There are over a million e-books you can’t read, unless…

March 29, 2016

There are over a million e-books you can’t read, unless…

People used to be really concerned when Amazon would get the exclusive rights to a book.

They didn’t want one company controlling our literature. It wasn’t just Amazon, of course: Barnes & Noble had exclusives, too.

I’d say there was more pushback about Amazon, though.

I’ve written posts about Amazon having e-book exclusives on certain books by

Catherine Cookson
Albert Einstein
David Morrell
Ron Paul

and more.

Amazon even has a section on the store for exclusives:

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

How many exclusives?

Well over a million!

1,262,865 to be exact.

Think about that…when the USA Kindle store opened in 2007, it didn’t have 100,000 titles…not a tenth of what they now have exclusively.

That’s about 28% of the total titles in the store.

How did that happen?

Mostly through Amazon’s independent publishing platform, which is now called Kindle Direct Publishing.

These are the numbers (you’ll notice that they add up to more than the total number…that’s because a title can appear in more than one category):

Exclusive Content

Looking at the ten most reviewed, the top one has over 10,000 reviews…that’s a lot of reviews! It also means a lot of engagement. It’s the Wool omnibus by Hugh Howey.

I’ve read that one…and my Significant Other and I have both read the second one, Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim.

I looked as far as the top fifty…and they were all part of

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

meaning that members of that subser (subscription service) paying $9.99 a month can read them at no additional cost.

This is all very impressive to me.

I was curious, so I checked Barnes & Noble’s NOOK book store.

They have a total of 731,896.

That’s right…Amazon has about half again as many exclusive e-books as the NOOK book store has books!

Is this dangerous?

If Amazon went out of business, would we lose access to over half a million books?

It could be tricky: these books are, after all, exclusively with Amazon. There might be some kind of rights reversion, so that the authors could license them to some other publisher, but I don’t know that.

What do you think? Is it a bad thing that Amazon is the exclusive publisher for so many books? Does it make a difference to you? When was the last time you looked at the Barnes & Noble books? Does this increasingly make Amazon independent of the Big Five publishers? Feel free to tell me and my readers what you think by commenting on this post.

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A perfect storm for writing

March 28, 2016

A perfect storm for writing

I’d better keep my fingers limber this week! 🙂

Actually, before I tell you why, I’ll tell you about a hand limbering exercise. I was never a magician myself, but I knew somebody who was in the Society of American Magicians.

Take a rubber band. Put your thumb through it, and make sure it gets down past the ball of your thumb. Now stretch it behind your fingers (you are hooking it over your pinkie…so pinkie, behind your hand, and over your thumb), and move that below your knuckles. You’ll figure it out: it should have some tension on it.

Now, take it off…but only by using that hand. 🙂 You can’t use your other hand, and you can’t rub your hand on anything. You do it just by flexing your hand.

Okay, so why do I need to be limber?

The end of this week is a perfect storm for writing for me!

On Thursday, the 31st, our

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

and

Amazon Tap (at AmazonSmile*)

devices are set to arrive.

I’m going to want to test them and write something up pretty quickly (certainly, within a few days). I think the Dot is going to be a big hit, more popular than the original Echo. I expect the Tap to be less so…not to do poorly, but I see it as more of a gadget while the Dot is more practical.

CNN is also starting its series The Eighties on the 31st. When they did the Seventies, I did two pieces…one for this blog, and one for The Measured Circle (which more generally covered geeky culture):

I Love My Kindle: Books in the 1970s

The Geeky Seventies

I like to do that again. The Eighties had some very interesting trends in literature, and general geek pop culture was fascinating as well.

Then, it’s the first of the month.

I do my Snapshots on the first of the month, and that takes, oh, an hour and a half or so. It’s one of the most labor intensive posts I do, and not the most popular…but it’s one of my favorite parts of the blog. 🙂

Snapshots

I’ll also be following my regular posting routine throughout this time.

Finally, I’ve set April 2nd as the day I promote

The Measured Circle’s Geek Time Trip at The History Project

outside of my own circle (which includes you).

I’ve been making real progress on “retrofitting” existing entries, so you can get something out of them. I’m happy with how many of them work now: you can click on a book and read it right in the browser in many cases, if it’s in the public domain. If it’s under copyright, I’ve been linking to a search at Worldcat, so you can find the book in a public library.

For authors, I’ve been pleased with adding YouTube searches and Twitter searches. I’ve found some really cool videos by using the YouTube search (author interviews, for example), and the Twitter search gets much more diverse results than I would have expected (pictures of collectibles, for one).

It’s going to keep getting better, especially when I get some collaborators (I won’t do that before April 2nd, but if you are interested, let me know).

When I started it, I focused too much on quantity (although that is a goal), and not enough on quality…I’m fixing tht and that includes how I put entries into TMCGTT.

Oh, and every Saturday, I do a box office thing on The Measured Circle…that takes, oh, 45 minutes to an hour.

All of that doesn’t mean we won’t do our normal two hours at the dog park…unless it is raining. We did see Batman v Superman ^\/^v\S/ yesterday…and that’s a long movie! 😉

Should be a fun week!

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Today’s KDD: Up to 80% Off Over 25 of the Best Reviewed Kindle Books

March 26, 2016

Today’s KDD: Up to 80% Off Over 25 of the Best Reviewed Kindle Books

While I do like themes of things in general, I also like it when the

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

presents us a “theme” which ends up with an eclectic set of books.

Today it is “all-time customer favorites”…in other words, ones with very good customer reviews/ratings.

My guess is that you could find something you would enjoy here…and something that you could give as a successful gift (you can buy a book today at the discount, and delay the delivery for the appropriate gift-giving occasion. Or print out the gift so you can wrap it and give it whenever you want).

Some of them are also available through

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

Amazon’s subser (subscription service) at no additional cost (beyond the normally $9.99 a month membership fee).

Note: check the price before you click that Buy button. The prices may not apply in your country.

Take a look:

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Take Me With You by Catherine Ryan Hyde (KU)
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson) by Rick Riordan
The Art Forger by R.A. Shapiro (KU)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
The Sisterhood by Helen Bryan (KU)
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Wildest Dreams (Thunder Point) by Robyn Carr
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Still Missing by Cheryl Stevens
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (KU)
The Winner by David Baldacci
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
The Ladies’ Room by Carolyn Brown (KU)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Hold Me by Susan Mallery
Warriors #1: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter and Dave Stevenson
The Lion’s Game by Nelson DeMille
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
Saving CeeCee Honeycut by Beth Hoffman
Hold Me by Susan Mallery
The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gayno
Little Girl Los by Brian McGilloway
Crow Hollow by Michael Wallace (KU)
The Beginning of the End by Manel Loureiro and Pamala Carmell (KU)
The Bloodletter’s Daughter by Linda Lafferty (KU)

Enjoy!

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Kindle Spanish Monthly Deals

March 25, 2016

Kindle Spanish Monthly Deals

I’m happy to see Amazon continuing to expand its support for more languages…and not just because our adult kid is a linguist. 😉

More languages often means more diversity of opinion. Even when a book is translated from one language to another (as Amazon does into English with its AmazonCrossing imprint), idiom can change.

When I was in high school, I took more than three years of Russian, because I wanted to be able to read certain things (especially non-fiction) in the original language. I never really got fluent, though. I did much better with Spanish, which I can still read to some extent, at least simple things.

So, I was excited to see the addition of

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

Interestingly, the

Kindle Monthly Deals

usually say up to 80% off, and these said up to 50% off. There were also 57 books in the Spanish deal, and 339 in the English deal, but it’s still something. 21 of them were in

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

a much higher percentage than the English list.

That’s great if you want to learn Spanish! I used to read comic books and the Yellow Pages (remember those?) in Spanish when I was learning it…I think that helped a lot.

It looked to me like these were mostly translations: there was a special selection of Haruki Murakami, and Isaac Asimov’s “Yo, Robot” was also featured.

There were also a lot more categories in the Spanish store! Many of them focused on KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) books, and there is a big promotion for the Mes de autopublicación: (month of self-publishing, I think).

It also seems like once a sale has been created, it sticks around. 🙂

Here’s that list of categories:

eBooks Kindle en Español

Novedades (25)
Especial Vargas Llosa (11)
Romances de invierno (200)
Novedades Exclusivas (27)
Cada día un bestseller (116)
San Valentín (85)
Selección Kindle 2015 (10)
Breve Historia al 50% (107)
Los mejores Kindle Flash del año (12)
Kindle Flash especial Reyes (11)
Elísabet Benavent (10)
Libros únicos (27)
Julia Navarro con hasta -20% (11)
Mes de autopublicación: eBooks a $0.99 (5,878)
Mes de autopublicación: eBooks con hasta un -75% (3,575)
Mes de autopublicación: Salud, familia y desarrollo personal (499)
Mes de autopublicación: Ciencia Ficción y Fantasía (510)
Mes de autopublicación: Negocios e Inversión (640)
Mes de autopublicación: Literatura y Ficción (1,332)
Mes de autopublicación: Infantil y Juvenil (442)
Mes de autopublicación: Autoayuda (650)
Mes de autopublicación: Religión (748)
Finalistas del 2.° Concurso Literario de Autores Indies (5)
Mes de autopublicación: eBooks (9,453)
Ismael Cala (5)
Stephen King (11)
Mafalda (11)
Participantes 2.º Concurso Literario de Autores Indies 2015 (948)
Kindle Direct Publishing (22)
Mes de autopublicación: Misterio y Thriller (232)
Matilde Asensi (11)
Black Rock (6)
Lecturas de agosto (47)
Mes de autopublicación: Erótica (278)
Promoción Libros Kindle (5)
Ficción Concurso KDP (158)
Policíaca, negra y suspenso Concurso KDP (36)
Ciencia ficción y Fantasía Concurso KDP (57)
Autoayuda Concurso KDP (23)
Romance Concurso KDP (22)
Romances de verano (96)
Lecturas de verano (196)
ABC (4)
Especial firmas de autor (8)
Mes del libro (31)
Ciudad de Libros: María Pilar Queralt (4)
Ciudad de Libros: Joaquín Borrell (7)
Ciudad de Libros: Philippa Carr (11)
Especial Marzo (36)
Especial marzo (22)
Ciudad de libros (2)
Mafalda en Kindle Unlimited (31)
Especial libros de película (49)
eBooks TEC (77)
Especial Mafalda (33)
Lo mejor de Kindle Flash (10)
Romances de Navidad (97)
Fiestas 2014 (36)
Selección Kindle (11)
50 imprescindibles (44)
Breve historia de (100)
Black Friday 2014 (36)
El Buen Fin 2014 (36)
Especial octubre 2014 (25)
Especial Octubre (361)
Rius en la Tienda Kindle (33)
Harlequin Verano (92)
Algarabía eShoppe (62)
Especial Día del Padre (29)
Cinco de Mayo (36)
Especial Día de la madre (135)
Gabriel García Márquez (17)
Backup Node (83)
eBooks a mitad de precio – segunda quincena (57)
eBooks a mitad de precio – primera quincena (53)
Especial en novela romántica: eBooks desde $0.99 (96)
Especial Navidad 2013 (69)
Black Friday 2013 (54)
Leer-e (350)
Lecturas de primavera (116)
Gaturro (35)
Black Friday Spanish (941)
Selección Día de la madre: hasta -60% (39)
Novedades-LATAM (863)
Novedades-USA (412)
Romántica desde $0.99 (87)
Mafalda en Kindle (11)
La Nación Shorts (13)
Los más vendidos del New York Times (27)
Ficción (15,993)
No-Ficción (15,033)
Autoayuda (2,258)
Biografías y memorias (1,122)
Ciencia (1,035)
Ciencia ficción (549)
Cocina (168)
Cómics y novelas gráficas (93)
Computación e internet (229)
Deportes (218)
Entretenimiento (987)
Fantasía (438)
Historia (1,677)
Hogar y jardinería (866)
Humor (341)
Infantil y juvenil (1,760)
Literatura y ficción (3,461)
Negocios e inversiones (1,010)
Padres y familia (428)
Misterio, thriller y suspenso (1,054)
Política y noticias (441)
Referencia (1,508)
Religión y espiritualidad (3,030)
Romance (2,979)
Salud, familia y desarrollo personal (163)
Viajes y turismo (257)
Colección Harlequin (4,911)
Dora y Diego (12)
El País Shorts (305)
Libros destacados de México y Latinoamerica (287)
Obras Mexicanas (64)
Paulo Coelho (3)
Periódicos (5)
Concurso Indie (972)
Mes de autopublicación: Historia (330)

¡Feliz lectura!

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Checking in on checking out…books of Kindle Unlimited March 2016

March 24, 2016

Checking in on checking out…books of Kindle Unlimited March 2016

It’s been a while since I’ve written in this blog about some of the interesting books in

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

That’s Amazon’s “subser” (subscription service). Members pay $9.99 a month, and can have up to ten books at a time borrowed on an account…out of 1,285,096 (at time of writing) books.

I’ve been a happy member since it started. My Significant Other and I have both read lots of KU books.

Now, I do want to be clear: I may be paying more than I was before KU…at least, right before.

Before e-books, I would typically spend well over $120 a year on books.

With e-books, that dropped off considerably.

I like 19th Century books…and I can get those legally for free.

Then, there are lots of other inexpensive books, and other books legally offered for free.

So, a nice thing about KU is that I’m reading more expensive books again.

It’s hard for me to justify spending more than, oh, $4.99 for a book for myself when I can read all I want for much less than that.

I also like to keep the more expensive books for other people to give me as gifts. 🙂

Books can hypothetically move in and out of being in KU, so even if I’ve mentioned a book in the blog before, I’ll do it again this time.

Here are just a small slice of the books available through KU:

The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (illustrated by Mary GrandPré)
The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien (including The Hobbit)
Wool (the Silo series) by Hugh Howey
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim (we both read this recently and liked it)
The Giver by Lois Lowry (only that book in the series)
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Pines (Wayward Pines) and many other books by Blake Crouch
1984 by George Orwell
The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People by Stephen R. Covey
What to Expect When Your Expecting by by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
Kill the Competition (and others) by Stephanie Bond
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe (this was on the New York Times bestseller list while it was in KU)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Guns (Kindle Single) by Stephen King
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker (I found this book quite interesting)
Whiskey Sour – A Thriller (Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels Mysteries Book 1) by J.A. Konrath and Jack Kilborn
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
No Ordinary Billionaire (The Sinclairs Book 1) by J. S. Scott
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain by Gregory Berns (I thought it was fascinating!)
Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
The Walk by Lee Goldberg
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams and Gennady Spirin

I’ve read many of those, and liked them. I’m sure there is $9.99 worth of choices there for most people! You may also be eligible for a trial month.

All of the above have something in common: at least 1,000 customer reviews at Amazon.

There are many well-known books below that threshold…older books often don’t have as many reviews at Amazon. You can read all of the original Ian Fleming James Bond books through KU, for example (they are now e-published by Amazon). Amazon also publishes the 87th Precinct books by Ed McBain…and they are also in KU.

Another draw for KU: audiobooks (available with “Whispersync for Voice”)…over 10,000 of those.

That can be particular valuable with classics. While you can get the e-book for free for these, these audio editions aren’t usually freebies.

Regular readers know I don’t normally listen to audiobooks (although I listen to text-to-speech for hours a week)…unless I’ve already read the book, which is commonly going to be the situation for the public domain books.

Here are some audiobooks available through KU:

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
Friday’s Child by Georgette Heyer
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
April Morning by Howard Fast
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

While it is always better modeling for an adult (human) to read to a child, these could also be read by the Alexa Voice Service devices…you can see those here:

Echo, Dot, Tap, or Fire TV? Which Amazon Alexa device is right for you?

Am I saying that Kindle Unlimited is right for everybody?

Nope. 😉

I think, though, it is right for more people than are currently members.

I do think KU is impacting the market, and may increasingly do so. Amazon isn’t giving those figures, and I’m not suggesting that subsers will wipe out individual book sales (people still buy individual videos, even with Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime…we have all three).

I’m just saying you might want to consider it…and consider it as a gift for others. We did that for a family at the holidays.

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

Oh, and while it hasn’t gotten to be very popular, I do have the

ILMK Readers’ Recommendations: book discovery zone

where you can recommend KU books to people by “voting” for them.

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Frequently Asked Kindle Questions: March 22 2016 update deadline edition

March 22, 2016

Frequently Asked Kindle Questions: March 22 2016 update deadline edition

Q. Amazon really wants me to update my Kindle! I’ve gotten e-mails, a postcard through the mail, even a phone call. I’ve had my Kindle for more than five years, and there have been a bunch of updates, but they’ve never done this before. What’s up?

A. This is a different kind of an update. Updates in the past have generally either been “bug fixes”, where you don’t really see a change but things work better, or they bring new features, like Cloud Collections or the Family Library. In some cases, features have gone away on the Kindle with an update, but what’s happening here is that something external is changing and your Kindle needs to be up to date to work with it. If your Kindle isn’t up to date, it’s not going to be able to connect wirelessly with Amazon. That means you won’t be able to shop from your Kindle itself, or download books from it that you’ve already bought on your account. Amazon doesn’t want to deal with upset customers who wake up in the morning, try to get something perhaps for a morning commute or worse, for a vacation, and not be able to connect without knowing why. That’s bad for the relationship between Amazon and the customer, and it’s expensive to have them call Customer Service to get it fixed.

Q. Why is Amazon changing that connection thing? Is it just to make me buy a new Kindle? I’ve heard it’s so that I have to see ads and recommendations on my homescreen…I like things the way they are.

A. Amazon isn’t the one changing it. They just need to make sure their devices can use an internet protocol which is changing. While they would probably be happy if you bought a new Kindle and if you saw their recommendations, this change doesn’t mean you have to do it either. The vast majority of devices are probably already updated. When your device connects to Amazon’s servers, it generally automatically updates. Even if you have an older device, it’s likely to have updated to a compatible version some time ago. If it hasn’t, turn on the wireless and it should update, although that doesn’t necessarily happen right away (it can sometimes be days, but that’s usually when they are rolling out a new release, not the case this time). You can also download the update to your computer and transfer it to your device using a USB cable. You can see all the information about it here: Critical Software Update for Kindle E-Readers (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*) including a link to get the software to update it. In terms of the ads and recommendations, it’s important to note that there isn’t simply an update that makes your Kindle compatible: you are updating the newest version of the operating system, and on some devices, that does come with a new homescreen view. The view has covers and “reading lists”. However, although it’s a bit buried, you can go back to the style that just has the book listings without the covers: Home – Menu – Settings – Device Options – Personalize Your Kindle – Advanced Options – Home Screen View – (turn off) Home Screen View: Display recommended content from store and enable learning lists.

Q. So, does the new update give me those Special Offers I hear about?

A. No, there’s no connection with that. If you aren’t subscribed to Special Offers, you still won’t be. If you are subscribed you still will be.

Q. What happens if I don’t update? Is my Kindle a brick?

A. No. You can still use it. You just won’t be able to connect to Amazon wirelessly with it. It’s possible to download books, either new purchases or from your Archive/Cloud, to your computer and transfer via USB cable. However, your Kindle will presumably not be able to get future updates.

Q. Does the update cost anything?

A. No. Like all Kindle updates so far, it’s free.

Q. I bought the Kindle and I bought the books. How can Amazon take them away from me? Don’t I own them?

A. Yes, you own the device and you bought licenses for the books. This doesn’t impact the books: you could read them on other devices on your account which have been updated, or in free Kindle reading apps. Your device will continue to do what it has done before…it’s just that a step between that device and Amazon servers will no longer work.

Q. You are saying this isn’t Amazon doing this: does that mean I’ll have to update non-Amazon devices I own?

A. If they aren’t compatible with the new protocol (which I believe goes into effect January 1st, 2017…Amazon is just getting a bit ahead on this to give people a chance to update before it’s suddenly necessary), then either you’ll have to update them or they won’t connect. Hopefully, other companies will have updates available, but it’s possible you have devices where that won’t be the case (some companies have gotten out of the EBR…E-Book Reader business). Early Kindles have lasted an unusually long time for some people, compared to some types of devices. There have been Kindles in use for more than eight years. That probably means that more people may be using, soon to be unable to connect Kindles, than, say, tablets.

Q. I guess this might be a good time to update to a new model of Kindle. Can I get a trade-in?

A. There is a trade-in program at (but it’s not exactly by) Amazon. Amazon Trade-In Program (at AmazonSmile*).

Q. Okay, I’ll guess I’ll do the update. How do I know if my device needs it?

A. Go to this page: Critical Software Update for Kindle E-Readers (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*). It lists models, and what the necessary version of the software is so you can see if you already have it. If you don’t, you can go from that page to where to get it. You could also just turn your wireless on and leave your device on for a day or so to see if it updates. You can plug it in when you aren’t reading it so it has enough power.

Q. What if I need more help?

A. Feel free to ask me (and my readers) by commenting on this post. You can also contact Amazon through http://www.amazon.com/kindlesupport (at AmazonSmile*). I usually have them call me (that normally happens in seconds, and I’m speaking to someone with in a minute, and I have generally found them friendly and helpful.

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