Comments on: Diamond’s Top 100 GNs of 2007 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:55:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: I volumi e i manga più venduti del 2007 | PlanetNews http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-773126 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:37:14 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-773126 [...] I volumi e i manga più venduti del 2007 29.01.08 | 22:40 | Letture: 7 Sopra i dieci volumi più venduti in USA nel 2007. The Beat ha la top 100. Si tratta della classifica Diamond, il distributore delle fumetterie.Link articolo originale Se vuoi ulteriormente aumentare le visite del tuo sito segnala le tue notizie su Social.PlanetNews.it Se sei il responsabile del sito internet da cui è tratto questo articolo e non vuoi più comparire tra queste pagine contatta la nostra redazione. PlanetNews, a causa dell'utilizzo di un sistema automatico per l'inserimento degli articoli, non fornisce nessuna garanzia sul contenuto delle notizie ed in particolare sulla loro accuratezza, contenuto o qualità. Tali requisiti sono da imputare ai siti originari, ai quali PlanetNews declina ogni responsabilità, da cui è tratto l'articolo. [...] […] I volumi e i manga più venduti del 2007 29.01.08 | 22:40 | Letture: 7 Sopra i dieci volumi più venduti in USA nel 2007. The Beat ha la top 100. Si tratta della classifica Diamond, il distributore delle fumetterie.Link articolo originale Se vuoi ulteriormente aumentare le visite del tuo sito segnala le tue notizie su Social.PlanetNews.it Se sei il responsabile del sito internet da cui è tratto questo articolo e non vuoi più comparire tra queste pagine contatta la nostra redazione. PlanetNews, a causa dell’utilizzo di un sistema automatico per l’inserimento degli articoli, non fornisce nessuna garanzia sul contenuto delle notizie ed in particolare sulla loro accuratezza, contenuto o qualità. Tali requisiti sono da imputare ai siti originari, ai quali PlanetNews declina ogni responsabilità, da cui è tratto l’articolo. […]

]]> by: MV http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-769474 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:43:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-769474 Why isn't this in the sales charts category? Why isn’t this in the sales charts category?

]]> by: Brian Jacoby from Secret Headquarters Tallahassee, Florida http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-767944 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:44:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-767944 Plain Janes, and the rest of the Minx books from DC were all conditionally returnable. Plain Janes, and the rest of the Minx books from DC were all conditionally returnable.

]]> by: A-rod http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-767424 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:54:56 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-767424 It's interesting to see the Heroes HC outsell the 300 HC. At first glance those would seem to be very similar properties. Same price, hot movie/tv tie in, both previously available in another format. Perhaps the difference was DC's marketing clout vs Dark Horse? It’s interesting to see the Heroes HC outsell the 300 HC. At first glance those would seem to be very similar properties. Same price, hot movie/tv tie in, both previously available in another format. Perhaps the difference was DC’s marketing clout vs Dark Horse?

]]> by: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Jan. 29, 2008: About that conference call… http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-766182 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:24:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-766182 [...] [Publishing] Heidi MacDonald has lists for Diamond Comic Distributors’ top publishers and top graphic novels for 2007. [...] […] [Publishing] Heidi MacDonald has lists for Diamond Comic Distributors’ top publishers and top graphic novels for 2007. […]

]]> by: Mark Parsons http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-765317 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:51:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-765317 Wouldn't the MINX books be available through book distributors other than Diamond? Wouldn’t the MINX books be available through book distributors other than Diamond?

]]> by: Jimmie Robinson http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-765025 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:21:07 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-765025 @ Matthew Not only Naruto, but also DeathNote, and Fruits Basket (Tokyopop and Viz) - which takes up 8 slots out of the 100. Perhaps there's a reason they qualify for this list. @ Matthew
Not only Naruto, but also DeathNote, and Fruits Basket (Tokyopop and Viz) - which takes up 8 slots out of the 100. Perhaps there’s a reason they qualify for this list.

]]> by: Marcos Olmos http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-764734 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:26:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-764734 It's interesting how differents Fables's TPB are between the top 100. this series sells well in both formats (monthly and Tpb) Also the traditional Watchmen, tDKR and 300. It’s interesting how differents Fables’s TPB are between the top 100. this series sells well in both formats (monthly and Tpb)

Also the traditional Watchmen, tDKR and 300.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-764526 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:36:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-764526 These are nonreturnable orders. Plain Janes may have been strongly pushed, then didn't sell, causing other titles in the line to suffer. Check the monthly charts to see if this is true. What is interesting is the amount of backlist. At my B&N, we did well with Dark Tower, Heroes, LOEGbd. Absolute Sandman and The Complete Don Martin sold nicely for big ticket items. Heidi, I know PW lists the year's best sellers by general numbers. Can you or Calvin filter out GNs? These are nonreturnable orders. Plain Janes may have been strongly pushed, then didn’t sell, causing other titles in the line to suffer. Check the monthly charts to see if this is true.
What is interesting is the amount of backlist.
At my B&N, we did well with Dark Tower, Heroes, LOEGbd. Absolute Sandman and The Complete Don Martin sold nicely for big ticket items.
Heidi, I know PW lists the year’s best sellers by general numbers. Can you or Calvin filter out GNs?

]]> by: Matt http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-763384 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:25:20 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-763384 Man they really pulled a fast one with that heroes HC. That was pretty bad, theres going to be a lot of those floating around ebay for cheap soon enough. Man they really pulled a fast one with that heroes HC. That was pretty bad, theres going to be a lot of those floating around ebay for cheap soon enough.

]]> by: Matthew http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-763355 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:11:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-763355 If manga has it's own list, why is Naruto on this one? Anyway, I went back through the top 100 gns of each month listed on icv2 and added up what each of the top five sold. These are minimum numbers I guess, cause it's possible something like Marvel Zombies sold like 300 copies one month and went out of print for a while and so didn't make it onto the chart. Civil War: 8 months: 46 322 Marvel Zombies HC: 8 months: 27 445 Heroes: 2 months: 27 229 Watchmen: 12 months: 26 112 300: 5 months: 22 567 And the bottom one: Star War Clone Wars vol 8: 1 month: 6579 (this is definitely one I'd say there were continuous low level reorders) Someone with more time/skills at getting this info out of graphs can do the rest. Oh, and you can put this on your front page or something if you want. If manga has it’s own list, why is Naruto on this one?
Anyway, I went back through the top 100 gns of each month listed on icv2 and added up what each of the top five sold. These are minimum numbers I guess, cause it’s possible something like Marvel Zombies sold like 300 copies one month and went out of print for a while and so didn’t make it onto the chart.

Civil War: 8 months: 46 322
Marvel Zombies HC: 8 months: 27 445
Heroes: 2 months: 27 229
Watchmen: 12 months: 26 112
300: 5 months: 22 567

And the bottom one:
Star War Clone Wars vol 8: 1 month: 6579 (this is definitely one I’d say there were continuous low level reorders)

Someone with more time/skills at getting this info out of graphs can do the rest.

Oh, and you can put this on your front page or something if you want.

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-763212 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:19:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-763212 No room for Jeff Smith's Shazam The Monster Society of Evil collection? ~ Coat No room for Jeff Smith’s Shazam The Monster Society of Evil collection?

~

Coat

]]> by: dan cooney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-763188 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:13:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-763188 Are we calling trade paperbacks (reprints of previously printed material) graphic novel? For marketing reasons, it makes sense, but shouldn't we define the difference or does it matter anymore? For example, say an artist / writer has a signing debuting their "graphic novel" and a fan of the creator shows up anticipating new original work only to find it was a reprint of a 3 issue story arc printed in a serialized monthly comic book. This is actually more common than you think. Are we calling trade paperbacks (reprints of previously printed material) graphic novel? For marketing reasons, it makes sense, but shouldn’t we define the difference or does it matter anymore?

For example, say an artist / writer has a signing debuting their “graphic novel” and a fan of the creator shows up anticipating new original work only to find it was a reprint of a 3 issue story arc printed in a serialized monthly comic book.

This is actually more common than you think.

]]> by: Kiel Phegley http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-763066 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:27:44 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-763066 A question for people smarter than I: Is Plain Janes ranknig at #86 an impressive showing for the debut Minx title? I thought so for a second considering that line is supposed to be bookstore/mass market driven, but then thought it might not be so hot. Of course, this helps in no way settle the "do those books get into the hands of their target audience" debate, so maybe it doesn't matter. A question for people smarter than I:

Is Plain Janes ranknig at #86 an impressive showing for the debut Minx title? I thought so for a second considering that line is supposed to be bookstore/mass market driven, but then thought it might not be so hot.

Of course, this helps in no way settle the “do those books get into the hands of their target audience” debate, so maybe it doesn’t matter.

]]> by: Monday Links « Graphic Fiction http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-763038 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:13:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/28/diamond-top-100-gns-of-2007/#comment-763038 [...] Diamond just posted the top 100 graphic novels (in sales) from last year. The list is up over at The Beat. Nothing too surprising on the list. [...] […] Diamond just posted the top 100 graphic novels (in sales) from last year. The list is up over at The Beat. Nothing too surprising on the list. […]

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