Top 10 - The Bestseller Lists
January 5th 2007 09:24
I thought I might start bringing you the Top 10 Bestsellers for Australia every now and again. Here are the current Top 10s for the two major bookselling companies in the country.
ANGUS AND ROBERTSON TOP 10
1. Cook with Jamie by Jamie Oliver
2. Sylvia by Bryce Courtenay
3. The Valley by Di Morrissey
4. My Story by Peter Cosgrove
5. The Great War by Les Carlyon
6. My Story by Schapelle Corby
7. Liseys Story by Stephen King
8. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
9. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
10. Circle of Flight by John Marsden
Pretty standard stuff, mostly. Eragon's resurgence in popularity is to be expected with the recent release of the film. Angus and Robertson have been pumping up Schapelle's book ever since it was confirmed for release, and Peter Cosgrove's biography and The Great War were both big sellers over Christmas with people looking for presents to get their Dads and Grandads. Sylvia is one of Bryce Courtenay's best-selling novels in quite some time, and the latest Di Morrisey and Stephen King books almost always crop up in the top 10. Circle of Flight isn't really surprising either when you consider John Marsden's rather sizeable fanbase, and the fact that this book finishes up a ten book saga. Cook With Jamie has been on special for a while and A&R have been promoting it rather heavily, but as Jamie has always been popular it's also not a very surprising entry into the Top 10.
The Memory Keeper's Daughter, however, is evidence of the way in which book companies can manipulate the market... The Memory Keeper's Daughter has been quite the dark horse - A&R seemingly pulled it out of obscurity and put it on their 'Reccomended Reads' list, and their promotion of it has paid off. Not only is the book now in their current Top 10, but other bookstores have picked up on the author's newfound popularity and pushed it to the forefront of their current catalogues. It just goes to show - some of the best books ever written could be buried in the literature section or floundering amongst dozens of other titles on the new release wall of your bookstore, all they need is for the store in question to display them prominently and announce their presence. They could be the next new star of the Top 10.
DYMOCKS TOP 10
1. Sylvia by Bryce Courtenay
2. The Valley by Bryce Courtenay
3. The Great War by Les Carlyon
4. It Aint Neccessarily So Bro by Dr. Karl
5. My Story by Peter Cosgrove
6. Next by Michael Crichton
7. Cook With Jamie by Jamie Oliver
8. Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin
9. Guinness World Records 2007
10. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
As you can see, not too many differences to the A&R Top 10. Dymocks have been promoting Dr. Karl's latest book a fair bit, and it looks to have paid off for them, with the book currently on the number 4 position. I dare say that Dr. Karl would be pretty chuffed with Dymocks. Maybe he should send them a bottle of wine. The latest Michael Crichton and Ian Rankin books sit rather comfortably in the Dymocks Top 10 as well, but they've always been popular authors - so no surprises there.
A&R have a pretty big stronghold on Schapelle's book (it was to be an A&R exclusive at one point but Borders got the jump on them somehow) and they seem to have stock problems in regards to the Guinness Book of Records (I noticed it sold out in a couple of different branches of A&R), so this pretty much accounts for the main difference in the Top 10s. Other than that, they both match up fairly evenly.
Happy reading!
ANGUS AND ROBERTSON TOP 10
1. Cook with Jamie by Jamie Oliver
2. Sylvia by Bryce Courtenay
3. The Valley by Di Morrissey
4. My Story by Peter Cosgrove
5. The Great War by Les Carlyon
6. My Story by Schapelle Corby
7. Liseys Story by Stephen King
8. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
9. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Pretty standard stuff, mostly. Eragon's resurgence in popularity is to be expected with the recent release of the film. Angus and Robertson have been pumping up Schapelle's book ever since it was confirmed for release, and Peter Cosgrove's biography and The Great War were both big sellers over Christmas with people looking for presents to get their Dads and Grandads. Sylvia is one of Bryce Courtenay's best-selling novels in quite some time, and the latest Di Morrisey and Stephen King books almost always crop up in the top 10. Circle of Flight isn't really surprising either when you consider John Marsden's rather sizeable fanbase, and the fact that this book finishes up a ten book saga. Cook With Jamie has been on special for a while and A&R have been promoting it rather heavily, but as Jamie has always been popular it's also not a very surprising entry into the Top 10.
The Memory Keeper's Daughter, however, is evidence of the way in which book companies can manipulate the market... The Memory Keeper's Daughter has been quite the dark horse - A&R seemingly pulled it out of obscurity and put it on their 'Reccomended Reads' list, and their promotion of it has paid off. Not only is the book now in their current Top 10, but other bookstores have picked up on the author's newfound popularity and pushed it to the forefront of their current catalogues. It just goes to show - some of the best books ever written could be buried in the literature section or floundering amongst dozens of other titles on the new release wall of your bookstore, all they need is for the store in question to display them prominently and announce their presence. They could be the next new star of the Top 10.
DYMOCKS TOP 10
1. Sylvia by Bryce Courtenay
2. The Valley by Bryce Courtenay
3. The Great War by Les Carlyon
4. It Aint Neccessarily So Bro by Dr. Karl
5. My Story by Peter Cosgrove
6. Next by Michael Crichton
7. Cook With Jamie by Jamie Oliver
8. Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin
9. Guinness World Records 2007
10. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
As you can see, not too many differences to the A&R Top 10. Dymocks have been promoting Dr. Karl's latest book a fair bit, and it looks to have paid off for them, with the book currently on the number 4 position. I dare say that Dr. Karl would be pretty chuffed with Dymocks. Maybe he should send them a bottle of wine. The latest Michael Crichton and Ian Rankin books sit rather comfortably in the Dymocks Top 10 as well, but they've always been popular authors - so no surprises there.
A&R have a pretty big stronghold on Schapelle's book (it was to be an A&R exclusive at one point but Borders got the jump on them somehow) and they seem to have stock problems in regards to the Guinness Book of Records (I noticed it sold out in a couple of different branches of A&R), so this pretty much accounts for the main difference in the Top 10s. Other than that, they both match up fairly evenly.
Happy reading!
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Comment by katyzzz
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You're doing a great job, I belong to the Great Books group at the University of NSW, our list reads rather differently, not in the domain of the almost semi-literate, I guess, no reflection on you, of course.
You seem to be a very hard working young man, I'm sure you'll go far, and keep your socks up for the girls and you should do very well. You're obviously something of a new age guy, but I think you've got a bit more testoterone, which should give you that competitive edge.
Good luck with it all. I'm still on the cents list, not yet received, of course.
But shall be trying the minimalist approach for a while.
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