Comments on: This week’s comics bestsellers on Amazon http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:47:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: amazon usa promo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-3163648 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:38:10 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-3163648 My local charity shop loves amazon.. I've given them about half of their books so far :x My local charity shop loves amazon.. I’ve given them about half of their books so far :x

]]> by: Carole Nelson Douglas http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-517899 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:56:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-517899 Yup, Dancing with Werewolves is a novel, not a graphic novel and decidedly not a comic. It's from Juno Books, and is distributed by Diamond, which may account for it being on a comics list. I couldn't sell it and the series to NY editors (despite having sold them more than 50 novels in mystery, sf thriller, high fantasy, romance,and mainstream areas; I've always been a genre-crosser and blender), but you can see from the overall ranking it's doing very well. Dancing with werewolves is a paranormal urban noir fantasy, and given that some of these are becoming comic books and that it has a post-Buffy kick-ass chick protagonist, werewolf mobsters, an albino vampire rock star and celebrity zombies, including Nick Charles and the Invisible Man, I'm hoping that DWW's appearance on the comics list is an omen. :))) Yup, Dancing with Werewolves is a novel, not a graphic novel and decidedly not a comic. It’s from Juno Books, and is distributed by Diamond, which may account for it being on a comics list.

I couldn’t sell it and the series to NY editors (despite having sold them more than 50 novels in mystery, sf thriller, high fantasy, romance,and mainstream areas; I’ve always been a genre-crosser and blender), but you can see from the overall ranking it’s doing very well.

Dancing with werewolves is a paranormal urban noir fantasy, and given that some of these are becoming comic books and that it has a post-Buffy kick-ass chick protagonist, werewolf mobsters, an albino vampire rock star and celebrity zombies, including Nick Charles and the Invisible Man, I’m hoping that DWW’s appearance on the comics list is an omen. :) ))

]]> by: Carole Nelson Douglas http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-517882 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:47:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-517882 Yup, Dancing with Werewolves is a novel, not a graphic novel and decidedly not a comic. It's from Juno Books, which is distributed by Diamond. I couldn't sell it to NY editors (after having sold them more than 50 novels in mystery, sf thiller, high fantasy, romance, and mainstream), but you can see by the ranking overall that's it's doing really well. Since it's a noir paranormal urban fantasy and some of those novels are moving into comics, and since it's got a post-Buffy kick-ass chick hero, werewolf mobsters, an albino vampire rock star, and celebrity zombies, I'm hoping that Dancing with Werewolves presence on this list is an omen of things to come. :))) But it's just a glitch in Amazon categorizing. Carole Nelson Douglas Yup, Dancing with Werewolves is a novel, not a graphic novel and decidedly not a comic. It’s from Juno Books, which is distributed by Diamond.

I couldn’t sell it to NY editors (after having sold them more than 50 novels in mystery, sf thiller, high fantasy, romance, and mainstream), but you can see by the ranking overall that’s it’s doing really well.

Since it’s a noir paranormal urban fantasy and some of those novels are moving into comics, and since it’s got a post-Buffy kick-ass chick hero, werewolf mobsters, an albino vampire rock star, and celebrity zombies, I’m hoping that Dancing with Werewolves presence on this list is an omen of things to come. :) )) But it’s just a glitch in Amazon categorizing.

Carole Nelson Douglas

]]> by: Tommy Raiko http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-516755 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:38:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-516755 The credit card thing notwithstanding, I'd be equally inclined to think that the reason Amazon.com may sell compartatively few manga volumes has to do with the discount. I still think lots of folks who prefer to shop online do so out of a "get-it-later-if-I-can-find-it-cheaper-online" mentality, and a lot of manga have such low SRPs that Amazon.com doesn't discount them only slightly or not at all. The credit card thing notwithstanding, I’d be equally inclined to think that the reason Amazon.com may sell compartatively few manga volumes has to do with the discount. I still think lots of folks who prefer to shop online do so out of a “get-it-later-if-I-can-find-it-cheaper-online” mentality, and a lot of manga have such low SRPs that Amazon.com doesn’t discount them only slightly or not at all.

]]> by: Ku http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-516227 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:43:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-516227 I've heard that customers not old enough to own a credit card does not buy shojo manga on Amazon. Not sure that explains all the teen novels selling well on Amazon. I’ve heard that customers not old enough to own a credit card does not buy shojo manga on Amazon. Not sure that explains all the teen novels selling well on Amazon.

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-516219 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:37:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-516219 It's always fun to track newly released items on Amazon and see how high they can get on the list. Chikara Pro wrestling released their first mainstream DVD this week and their legion of nerd fans (of which I am one) had a running tally on one of the message board about how its sales were doing throughout the day. It’s always fun to track newly released items on Amazon and see how high they can get on the list.

Chikara Pro wrestling released their first mainstream DVD this week and their legion of nerd fans (of which I am one) had a running tally on one of the message board about how its sales were doing throughout the day.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-515634 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:04:53 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-515634 #39 at BN.com ! Yee HAW! #39 at BN.com ! Yee HAW!

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-515626 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:00:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-515626 My Barnes & Noble ordered this as deep as Naruto. It also had a street date, which is the first I've seen for a GN. From experience, a title which hits a Top 100 list usually makes the more specific subject bestseller lists. The crossover is weak. Not all fans of an author will buy graphic novels BASED on the authors work. Every little bit helps me to seduce the innocent, so I'm not complaining. And the first graphic novel to chart on a bestseller list was Walt Kelly's Pogo (reformatted into chapters). My Barnes & Noble ordered this as deep as Naruto. It also had a street date, which is the first I’ve seen for a GN. From experience, a title which hits a Top 100 list usually makes the more specific subject bestseller lists.
The crossover is weak. Not all fans of an author will buy graphic novels BASED on the authors work. Every little bit helps me to seduce the innocent, so I’m not complaining.
And the first graphic novel to chart on a bestseller list was Walt Kelly’s Pogo (reformatted into chapters).

]]> by: Dallas Middaugh http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-515497 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:50:38 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-515497 Like you, I am obsessed with charts and sales trends, but the Amazon list is one that I track infrequently. Like you said, online sales and in-store sales are pretty different, and perhaps nowhere moreso than in manga, where the customer usually isn't old enough to own a credit card. Hence the lack of Naruto (or Negima or Tsubasa) on the list. Like you, I am obsessed with charts and sales trends, but the Amazon list is one that I track infrequently. Like you said, online sales and in-store sales are pretty different, and perhaps nowhere moreso than in manga, where the customer usually isn’t old enough to own a credit card. Hence the lack of Naruto (or Negima or Tsubasa) on the list.

]]> by: Rick Rottman http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-515389 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:45:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-515389 <i>I am sure Brian Wood will complain about this now.</i> If history repeats itself, he will complain about it in a blog post that he will then delete. I am sure Brian Wood will complain about this now.

If history repeats itself, he will complain about it in a blog post that he will then delete.

]]> by: Rakarich http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-515368 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:29:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/09/this-weeks-comics-bestsellers/#comment-515368 I am sure Brian Wood will complain about this now. I am sure Brian Wood will complain about this now.

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