Month-to-Month: Simba's Analysis of Bestseller Trends 2009

Published by: Simba Information - Reports

Published: Mar. 2, 2010 - 58 Pages

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Author, Category, Imprints and Title Trends in 2009

Authors

Categories

Imprints

Titles

Case Study of 2009 Performance: Stephenie Meyer

Case Study of 2009 Performance: Romance and Mystery & Detective

Case Study of 2009 Performance: Doubleday

Case Study of 2009 Performance: Three Cups of Tea and The Shack

Part 2: The Months

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

TABLE OF TABLES

Table 1: Number of Authors on Lists, 2009

Table 2: Average Titles per Author, 2009

Table 3: Number of New Authors on Lists, 2009

Table 4: Peformance of Stephenie Meyer by Rating, 2009

Table 5: Number of Categories on Lists, 2009

Table 6: Performance of Romance and Mystery & Detective by Rating, 2009

Table 7: Average Titles per Category, 2009

Table 8: Average Authors per Category, 2009

Table 9: Average Imprints per Category, 2009

Table 10: Average Titles, Authors, Imprints Top 10 Categories, 2009

Table 11: Average Titles, Authors, Imprints Top 50 Categories, 2009

Table 12: Number of Imprints on Lists, 2009

Table 13: Average Titles per Imprint, 2009

Table 14: Average Authors per Imprint, 2009

Table 15: Average Authors, Titles Top 10 Imprints, 2009

Table 16: Performance of Doubleday by Rating, 2009

Table 17: Average Authors, Titles of Top 50 Imprints, 2009

Table 18: Average Authors, Titles All Imprints, 2009

Table 19: Number of Titles on Lists, 2009

Table 20: Average Weeks on Lists, 2009

Table 21: Performance of Three Cups of Tea and The Shack by Rating, 2009

Table 22: Performance of Select “Spiked” Bestselling Titles, 2009

Table 23: Number of New Titles on Lists, 2009

Table 24: Total New Titles by Class, 2009

Table 25: Top 20 Titles, January 2009

Table 26: Top 20 Authors, January 2009

Table 27: Top 20 Imprints, January 2009

Table 28: Top 20 Categories, January 2009

Table 29: Top 20 Titles, February 2009

Table 30: Top 20 Authors, February 2009

Table 31: Top 20 Imprints, February 2009

Table 32: Top 20 Categories, February 2009

Table 33: Top 20 Titles, March 2009

Table 34: Top 20 Authors, March 2009

Table 35: Top 20 Imprints, March 2009

Table 36: Top 20 Categories, March 2009

Table 37: Top 20 Titles, April 2009

Table 38: Top 20 Authors, April 2009

Table 39: Top 20 Imprints, April 2009

Table 40: Top 20 Categories, April 2009

Table 41: Top 20 Titles, May 2009

Table 42: Top 20 Authors, May 2009

Table 43: Top 20 Imprints, May 2009

Table 44: Top 20 Categories, May 2009

Table 45: Top 20 Titles, June 2009

Table 46: Top 20 Authors, June 2009

Table 47: Top 20 Imprints, June 2009

Table 48: Top 20 Categories, June 2009

Table 49: Top 20 Titles, July 2009

Table 50: Top 20 Authors, July 2009

Table 51: Top 20 Imprints, July 2009

Table 52: Top 20 Categories, July 2009

Table 53: Top 20 Titles, August 2009

Table 54: Top 20 Authors, August 2009

Table 55: Top 20 Imprints, August 2009

Table 56: Top 20 Categories, August 2009

Table 57: Top 20 Titles, September 2009

Table 58: Top 20 Authors, September 2009

Table 59: Top 20 Imprints, September 2009

Table 60: Top 20 Categories, September 2009

Table 61: Top 20 Titles, October 2009

Table 62: Top 20 Authors, October 2009

Table 63: Top 20 Imprints, October 2009

Table 64: Top 20 Categories, October 2009

Table 65: Top 20 Titles, November 2009

Table 66: Top 20 Authors, November 2009

Table 67: Top 20 Imprints, November 2009

Table 68: Top 20 Categories, November 2009

Table 69: Top 20 Titles, December 2009

Table 70: Top 20 Authors, December 2009

Table 71: Top 20 Imprints, December 2009

Table 72: Top 20 Categories, December 2009

Abstract

What categories did better in which months? What authors had a tendency to fall out of favor with buyers quickly and which ones had staying power? What imprints came out on top and when? Only this reference answers these and other questions regarding the increasingly complicated consumer book landscape.

Highlights include:

• Exclusive month-by-month analysis of key categories: see which months favor which segments of trade books.

• A look at the succes of Stephenie Meyer and her Twilight series.

• Perspective on the meteoric success of William P. Young’s The Shack. 

• Case studies of the romance segment and mystery & detective titles.

• Ranking of all of the top imprints, titles, and authors of 2009 to help determine “what sold well and when” throughout the year.

Simba senior trade book analyst Michael Norris has been tapped by the New York Times, TIME and USA Today to discuss industry trends and bestseller data for the publishing market. Have this firsthand intelligence at your fingertips to understand buyer habits, the most popular categories in today's market and where the strengths and weaknesses lie for the top imprints in trade book publishing today.

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