Legal Research

Libraries are broader than retail

Here's a good soundbite fdrom MediaBistro. Libraries often say we're the long tail but this little bit really highlights that. I other qwords, Can you imagine a libary wer 16% of all the books circulated in 3 mpnoths were 4 books by a single author"

Stephenie Meyer Sold 16 Percent of all Books Last Quarter
"Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series ruled the top four bestselling books for the first quarter of 2009. According to USA Today, one in every seven books sold last quarter was a Meyer book--16 percent of all books sold in the first months of 2009.

The vampire series launched a film franchise last year as well, receiving a Hollywood book sale boost like the "Watchmen" graphic novel. Here are the next five books on the first quarter bestseller list, from the article:

"Top 20 sellers for the quarter:

1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
2. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
3. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
4. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
6. The Shack by William P. Young
7. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
8. The Associate by John Grisham
9. Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
10. Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide by David Zinczenko, Matt Goulding
11. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
12. The Love Dare by Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick
13. The Appeal by John Grisham
14. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
15. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
16. Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan by Suze Orman
17. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
18. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
19. Marley & Me by John Grogan
20. The Yankee Years by Joe Torre, Tom Verducci"

Amazing! Glad libraries can focus on the whole width of reading.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on April 10, 2009 (boomark / email).