After removing magazines, newspapers and games there are 89 books on the list which breakdown as follows:
- 10 Non Fiction (11%)
- 2 Shorts (2%)
- 77 Fiction (87%)
Some items of note:
- For the first time an indie hit the #1 Spot - John Locke's Saving Rachel
- For the first time an indie hit the top 100 at a price higher than $2.99 (Seth Godin's Poke the Box at $4.99 - considering Seth's status in the industry (multiple NYT bestsellers) and extensive marketing and existing platform I'm not counting him as a true "indie" so I'm still waiting for this barrier to be broken (Note: J.R. Rain did do this for a short time with a $3.99 book but it was not sustainable so I'm also not counting that.- I saw it for only one hour)
- 25 new titles to the list (28% less than $2, 28% $5-$6, 12% $8-$10, 32% Over $10)
- There were 15 indie authors 5 of which had multiple titles
- 45% of the Indie books came from 2 authors (13/29) - John Locke (6), Amanda Hocking (7)
- There were no price drops for books previously on the list to remain on the list
- There were MANY (13) price hikes (most in traditional (12) and only 1 in indie)
- Color of Heaven from a former traditionally published author stayed on the list even though the price was raised from $0.99 to $2.99.
- D.B. Henson's Deed to Death dropped from the list (not due to sales but because she removed the book in preparation for a big-six release of the book)
- The three "bargain basement" $0.99 offerings from traditional publishers are now all gone - two fell off the list - one remains on the list but is now price at $7.99
MANY Traditional offerings stopped their $5.00 or $0.99 promotions or raised their prices
- Alone $7.99 (Up from $0.99)
- Unbroken n $12.99 (Up from $9.99)
- Water for Elephants $6.39 (Up from $5.00)
- Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest $11.99 (Up from $9.99)
- Girl Who Played with Fire $7.99 (Up from $5.00)
- Girl With the Dragon Tattoo $7.99 (Up from $5.00)
- Cutting for Stone $9.99 (Up from $5.00)
- Left Neglected $11.99 (Up from $9.99)
- Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks $12.99 (Up from $9.99)
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet $9.99 (Up from $5.00)
- Major Petigrew's Last Stand $9.99 (Up from $8.10)
- Strategic Moves $12.99 (Up from $11.99)
9 - Many new books to the list were in the high range of $10 or more including:
- Treachery in Death (J.D. Robb) $12.99
- The Paris Wife (Paula Mclain) $12.99
- The Wise Man's Fear (Patrick Rothfuss) $14.99
- River Marked (Patricia Briggs) $12.99
- Minding Frankie (Maeve Binchy) $12.99
- Untied: Memoir (Meredith Baxter) $12.99
- Pale Demon (Kim Harrison) $12.99
- Blood, Bones & Butter (Gabrielle Hamilton) $12.99
7 - Debuts were in the "mid-range price" ($5 - $6)
- Poke the Box (Seth Godin) $4.99
- Harvest Moon (Robyn Carr) $5.59
- A Creed in Stone Creek (Linda Lael Miller) $5.49
- Against the Law (Kat Martin) $5.49
- No Lesser Plea (Robert Tanenbaum) $4.99
- You Can't Stop Me (Max Allen Collins) $4.39
- An Engagement in Seattle (Debbie Macomber) $5.59
3 - Debuts were in the mid-high range ($8 - $10)
- Beastly (Alex Flinn) $8.99
- Live Wire (Lora Leigh) $7.99
- Medical Error (Richard Mabry) $9.99
8 - New entries where in the low-range ($2 or less)
- My Father's Dream (Erik German) $1.99
- The List (J. A. Konrath) $0.99
- Follow the Stone (John Locke) $0.99
- Least Wanted (Debbie Mack) $0.99
- Identity Crisis (Debbie Mack)$0.99
- Live Free or Die (Jessie Crockett) $0.99
- King James Bible $0.99
The following stats apply just for fiction of which there were 77 books
- 29/77 Indie (38%) Of those 79% were $0.99 and 21% were $2.99
- 48/77 Traditional (62%)
The price distributions are as follows:
- 33% Less than $1
- 8% $1 - $3
- 5% $3 - $5
- 31% $5 - $10
- 23% Over $10
Breaking them into Low ($2.99 or less), Medium ($3.99 - $8.99), and High ($9.99 and above)
Low - 31/77 = 40%
Med - 19/77 = 25%
High - 27 /77 = $35%
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