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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 24/09/2011

September 30, 2011 – 9:47 am

It’s quite the week for Ross O’Carroll Kelly with a whopping 2,743 sales his book tops the charts nicely. It’s no bad week for his publisher either, as his stablemate, Simon Carswell’s Anglo Republic scored a remarkable 1,179.

Irish authors hold up well (aided by a book written by a quartet or Irish women).

Christmas is hinted at by the presence of the Guinness World Records but the strength of the week rests primarily on ROCK and the phenomenal selling power of One Day by David Nicholls.

1: Nama Mia!, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly, 2,743
2: One Day, David Nicholls, 1,963
3: Kill Alex Cross, James Patterson, 1,269
4: Anglo Republic:Inside the Bank That Broke Ireland, Simon Carswell, 1,179
5: The Burning Soul, John Connolly, 797
6: The Decision, Penny Vincenzi, 781
7: The Help, Kathryn Stockett, 826
8: Click Click, Joyce Kavanagh, June Kavanagh, Paula Kavanagh, Marian Quinn, 663
9: Guinness World Records 2012, 630
10: Ma, I’ve Got Meself Locked Up in the Madhouse, Martha Long, 621

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Top Ten Dynamics
IPN is running a top ten dynamics section looking at the top ten with some data drawn out. Nothing too dramatic, but useful nonetheless.

Volume: 11,472 Units
Average Units Per Title: 1,147
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Fiction: 6 titles, 8,379 units or 73%
Non-Fiction: 4 titles, 3,093 units or 27%
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Authors: 12 (plus one corporate authors)
Irish Authors: 8, 66%
<strong>Irish Published Books: 0
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Average RRP: £13.29

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 24th September 2011

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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 17/09/2011

September 23, 2011 – 7:54 am

An interesting top ten this week. For one thing, Penguin Ireland will be pleased with a fiction AND a non-fiction title sitting happily in the top five. What’s more along with Stockett’s, The Help, Penguin published titles make up 30% of titles in the top ten.

The list of Irish authors is also pretty strong with four making the top ten.

1: One Day, David Nicholls, 2,470
2: Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer, Derek Landy, 1,253
3: The Burning Soul, John Connolly, 1,047
4: Anglo Republic:Inside the Bank That Broke Ireland, Simon Carswell, 986
5: Nama Mia!, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly, 852
6: The Help, Kathryn Stockett, 833
7: On Canaan’s Side, Sebastian Barry, 756
8: Ma, I’ve Got Meself Locked Up in the Madhouse, Martha Long, 707
9: Walk on:My Life in Red, Ronnie Whelan & Tommy Conlon, 621
10: Headhunters, Jo Nesbo, 614

Top Ten Dynamics
IPN is running a top ten dynamics section looking at the top ten with some data drawn out. Nothing too dramatic, but useful nonetheless.

Volume: 10,139 Units
Average Units Per Title: 1,014

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Fiction: 7 titles, 7,852 units or 77.18%
Non-Fiction: 3 titles, 2,314 units or 22.82%

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Authors: 10
Irish Authors: 3, 30%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £12.19

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 17th September 2011

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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 16/07/2011

July 21, 2011 – 3:52 pm

It’s a week for Ice & Fire. The fifth book in George RR Martin’s epic series has had an amazing success across the globe and Ireland is no different. It pulled in a remarkable (for a science fiction & Fantasy title) 2,200 sales last week. What’s more, the first book of the series, although it’s sales dropped from last week, still delivered a  creditable result selling 763 units and just clinging on to its top ten place from last week.

I’d be fascinated to know what the ebook leakage figure was for Ireland for A Dance With Dragons, by that I mean, how many fans ordered the book as a digital edition either from a US or UK based services like Amazon. Considering that both the US and UK reported huge sales for ebooks editions of the title, I get the sense that there were many (I myself pre-ordered the book on my kindle and it cost me only $9.99. It is currently $19.89 for Irish readers). It is a mark of the relative protected/backward/challenged (take your pick) the Irish market is with regard to ebooks that no-one seems to be selling an ebook version at ANY Irish ebook site (of which few actually exist in any case) that I can find.

As this weekly look through has highlighted for some weeks, Fiction titles are in complete control of the top ten in Ireland and Irish authors made a valiant stab at it too. It was a good week too, with the figure for top ten sales up some 10% on the previous week. With summer reading offers still rolling you’d expect fiction to remain dominant for some time to come.

1:A Dance with Dragons:Book Five of a Song of Ice and Fire, George RR Martin, 2,200
2: All for You, Sheila O’Flanagan, 1,794
3: Minding Frankie, Maeve Binchy, 963
4: The Leopard, Jo Nesbo, 949
5: Fallen, Karin Slaughter, 912
6: One Day, David Nicholls, 911
7: Belle, Lesley Pearse, 896
8: Something from Tiffany’s, Melissa Hill, 853
9: The Reversal, Michael Connelly, 811
10: A Game of Thrones Book 1 of a Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin, 763

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Top Ten Dynamics
IPN is running a top ten dynamics section looking at the top ten with some data drawn out. Nothing too dramatic, but useful nonetheless.

Volume: 11,052 Units
Increase since last week: 1074 units
% Increase since last week: -10.76%
Average Units Per Title: 1,105

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Fiction: 10 titles, 9,978 units or 100%, RRP £11.39
Non-Fiction: 0 titles, 0 units or 0%, RRP £0

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Authors: 10
Irish Authors: 3, 30%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £11.39
Increase in RRP since last week: £2.29
% Increase in RRP since last week: 10.10%*
*It is important to note that RRP does not reflect actually selling price. Much of this RRP Increase is driven by one title which had a £25.00 RRP.

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 9th July 2011
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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 09/07/2011

July 21, 2011 – 11:16 am

Fiction dominates the list this week. Strong sales for established Irish female authors and a few old favourites like Grisham and Picoult. The presence of Martin in the Top Ten is all about the release of the fifth book, which, along with the buzz built up through the HBO series for his books, has ignited sales for the backlist.

1: All for You, Sheila O’Flanagan, 1,545
2: Minding Frankie, Maeve Binchy, 1,087
3: Something from Tiffany’s, Melissa Hill, 1,041
4: A Game of Thrones Book 1 of a Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin,1,032
5: One Day, David Nicholls, 1,016
6: The Midwife’s Confession, Diane Chamberlain, 860
7: A Tiny Bit Marvellous, Dawn French, 857
8: The Confession, John Grisham, 855
9: Harvesting The Heart, Jodi Picoult, 854
10: Stand By Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 831

Top Ten Dynamics
IPN is running a top ten dynamics section looking at the top ten with some data drawn out. Nothing too dramatic, but useful nonetheless.

Volume: 9,978 Units
Decrease since last week: -549 units
% Decrease since last week: -5.22%
Average Units Per Title: 998

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Fiction: 10 titles, 9,978 units or 100%, RRP £9.19
Non-Fiction: 0 titles, 0 units or 0%, RRP £0

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Authors: 10
Irish Authors: 3(4), 40% (One Irish Author is in the Top Ten, Twice)
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £9.19
Decrease in RRP since last week: £0.60
% Increase in RRP since last week: -6.13%*
*It is important to note that RRP does not reflect actually selling price.

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 9th July 2011

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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 02/07/2011

July 8, 2011 – 10:22 am

Not a terrible week for book sales, at least in the top ten. There was a slight recovery on last week and the average sale per title is up a little because of that. It’s also nice to see there are still four Irish authors in the top ten.

Fiction is still holding off non-fiction almost entirely. Kate McCann’s book is falling down the list and when it drops out of the top ten, I wonder will it be replaced by fiction or non-fiction, I expect fiction.

1: All for You, Sheila O’Flanagan, 1486
2: Broken, Karin Slaughter, 1,240
3: The Midwife’s Confession, Diane Chamberlain, 1,140
4: Something from Tiffany’s, Melissa Hill, 1,100
5: Minding Frankie, Maeve Binchy, 1,073
6: Harvesting The Heart, Jodi Picoult, 974
7: Madeleine: Our Daughter’s Disappearance and the Continuing Search for Her, Kate McCann, 931
8: A Game of Thrones Book 1 of a Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin, 879
9: Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann, 878
10: The Confession, John Grisham, 826

Top Ten Dynamics
IPN is running a top ten dynamics section looking at the top ten with some data drawn out. Nothing too dramatic, but useful nonetheless.

Volume: 10527 Units
Increase since last week: 362 units
% Increase since last week: 3.56%
Average Units Per Title: 1052

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Fiction: 9 titles, 9,596 units or 89.58%, RRP £7.44
Non-Fiction: 1 titles, 939 units or 8.84%, RRP £14.99

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Authors: 10
Irish Authors: 4, 40%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £9.79
Increase in RRP since last week: £0.60
% Increase in RRP since last week: 6.53%*
*It is important to note that RRP does not reflect actually selling price.

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 2nd July 2011
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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 25/06/2011

June 29, 2011 – 10:44 am

After a few weeks where sales seemed to be recovering for the top ten, this week dealt a huge blow with an over 15% drop in sales by volume. That nonetheless offered some bright points as Irish authors still held 4 of the top ten spots in the chart but the trend is disappointing.

The array of fiction is again broad, everything from commercial women’s fiction to children’s fiction with crime, literary and fantasy thrown into the mix. The strength of fiction might be more easily understood as the weakness of non-fiction in the first half of 2011 however, especially when the sales figures are so anemic.

All the same it is nice to see Maeve Binchy (why not listen to her talk about Minding Frankie here) in the number one spot.

1: Minding Frankie, Maeve Binchy, 1,573
2: Something from Tiffany’s, Melissa Hill, 1,475
3: A Game of Thrones Book 1 of a Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin, 1,109
4: Madeleine: Our Daughter’s Disappearance and the Continuing Search for Her, Kate McCann, 1,059
5: Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann, 996
6: The Confession, John Grisham, 882
7: Miracle Cure, Harlan Coben, 818
8: Stand by Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 790
9: Water For Elephants, Sarah Gruen, 780
10: Rodrick Rules:Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney, 683

Top Ten Dynamics
IPN is running a top ten dynamics section looking at the top ten with some data drawn out. Nothing too dramatic, but useful nonetheless.

Volume: 10165 Units
Decrease since last week: 1,873 units
% Decrease since last week: 15.56%
Average Units Per Title: 1017

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Fiction: 9 titles, 9,106 units or 89.58%, RRP £8.55
Non-Fiction: 1 titles, 1,059 units or 10.42%, RRP £14.99

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Authors: 10
Irish Authors: 4, 40%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £9.19
Decrease in RRP since last week: £0.60
% Decrease in RRP since last week: 6.13%*
*It is important to note that RRP does not reflect actually selling price.

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Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 25th June 2011

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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 18/06/2011

June 24, 2011 – 9:18 am

With this top ten analysis, IPN is finally up to date with the Irish Top Ten!

If last week was a great base, then this week’s top ten was a nice step forward. Across the board titles did better, reflected in the average top ten unit sales of 1,204. The top ten also got a fresh influx of titles too, with Maeve Binchy, Harlan Coben, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly and James Patterson (with a new title) making the list this week.

That influx brought a doubling of the Irish Authors in the top ten and also washed the second non-fiction title out of the mix, leaving the resilient Kate McCann’s title as the only non-fiction title in the top ten.

1: Something from Tiffany’s, Melissa Hill, 1,729
2: The Confession, John Grisham, 1,524
3: Madeleine: Our Daughter’s Disappearance and the Continuing Search for Her, Kate McCann, 1,361
4: Minding Frankie, Maeve Binchy, 1,344
5: Miracle Cure, Harlan Coben, 1,126
6: , James Patterson, 1,046
7: Stand by Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 985
8: Cross Fire, James Patterson, 979
9: A Game of Thrones Book 1 of a Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin, 973
10: The Oh My God Delusion, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly, 971

Top Ten Dynamics
IPN is running a top ten dynamics section looking at the top ten with some data drawn out. Nothing too dramatic, but useful nonetheless.

Volume: 12,038 Units
Increase since last week: 1,090 units
% Increase since last week: 9.96%
Average Units Per Title: 1204

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Fiction: 9 titles, 10,677 units or 88.69%, RRP £9.21
Non-Fiction: 1 titles, 1,361 units or 11.31%, RRP £14.99

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Authors: 10
Irish Authors: 4, 40%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £9.79
Decrease in RRP since last week: £0.30
% Decrease in RRP since last week: 3.12%*
*It is important to note that RRP does not reflect actually selling price.

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 18th June 2011

 

 

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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 11/06/2011

June 24, 2011 – 8:09 am

As previously noted, IPN is running a little behind on its Top Ten analysis. This post and a further one later today will bring the site up to date.

On a personal note it’s great to see Jeffery Archer in a bestseller list. His books were a mainstay of my younger reading life and anyone who looks down their nose at his work doesn’t understand the compelling nature of his writing or the power of a pacy thriller.

Aside from that the week, while not incredible, marks a slightly bright note in book sales. For one thing more than one non-fiction titles made the top ten, the first Kate McCann’s book which is still selling well, the second a somewhat surprising arrival, is Edmund De Waal’s The Hare With Amber Eyes. While it is a winner of the Costa Biography award, it still seems a little strange that it has worked in Ireland.

Of course, fiction still dominates and in a board sweep includes commercial women’s fiction, fantasy, children’s, crime and literary fiction. The average sales per title in the top ten also crept up and with Hill and McCann’s total’s dropping a little,  other titles did a little better.

If this kind of week were to be the base for an improvement, then most booksellers and publishers would be happy.
1: Something from Tiffany’s, Melissa Hill, 2,162
2: Madeleine: Our Daughter’s Disappearance and the Continuing Search for Her, Kate McCann, 1,586
3: The Confession, John Grisham, 1,495
4: Stand by Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 1,001
5: Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, 925
6: The Hare with Amber Eyes:A Hidden Inheritance, Edmund De Waal, 914
7: A Game of Thrones Book 1 of a Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin, 805
8: Rodrick Rules: Diary of a Wimpy Kid:Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney, 772
9: The Moment, Douglas Kennedy, 665
10: Only Time Will Tell, Jeffery Archer, 623

Top Ten Dynamics
IPN is running a top ten dynamics section looking at the top ten with some data drawn out. Nothing too dramatic, but useful nonetheless.

Volume: 10,948 Units
Increase since last week: 432 units
% Increase since last week: 4.11%
Average Units Per Title: 1095

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Fiction: 8 titles, 8,448 units or 77.16%, RRP £9.62
Non-Fiction: 2 titles, 2,500 units or 22.84%, RRP £11.99

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Authors: 10
Irish Authors: 2, 20%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £10.09
Increase in RRP since last week: £0.30
% Increase in RRP since last week: 3.06%*
*It is important to note that RRP does not reflect actually selling price.

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 11th June 2011
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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 4/06/2011

June 20, 2011 – 12:02 pm

Our top ten listing is running a little behind so over the next few days we’ll be rolling out about four of them. Enjoy.

While Melissa Hill has stormed the charts this week and passed by Kate McCann’s book, the overall sales for the top ten have only budged slightly and the dynamics make that clear. All the same, the reduction in McCann’s share of sales is showing the continued strength of fiction at the moment.

1: Something from Tiffany’s, Melissa Hill, 2,299
2: Madeleine: Our Daughter’s Disappearance and the Continuing Search for Her, Kate McCann, 1,920
3: The Confession, John Grisham, 1,063
4: Stand by Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 962
5: Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, 867
6: The Search, Nora Roberts, 765
7: A Game of Thrones Book 1 of a Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin, 718
8: Taken, Niamh O’Conor, 659
9: The Moment, Douglas Kennedy, 639
10: Rodrick Rules: Diary of a Wimpy Kid:Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney, 624

Top Ten Dynamics
IPN is running a top ten dynamics section looking at the top ten with some data drawn out. Nothing too dramatic, but useful nonetheless.

Volume: 10,516 Units
Increase since last week: 389 units
% Increase since last week: 3.84%
Average Units Per Title: 1013

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Fiction: 9 titles, 7,596 units or 81.74%, RRP £9.21
Non-Fiction: 1 titles, 1,920 units or 18.26%, RRP £14.99

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Authors: 10
Irish Authors: 3, 30%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £9.79
Increase in RRP since last week: £0.30
% Increase in RRP since last week: 3.16%*
*It is important to note that RRP does not reflect actually selling price.

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 4th June 2011

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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 28/05/2011

June 20, 2011 – 11:10 am

Our top ten listing is running a little behind so over the next few days we’ll be rolling out about four of them. Enjoy.

A massive week again for Kate McCann’s book on her daughter’s disappearance. Some decent sales too for the rest of the top five, but the fall away is after that dramatic.

1: Madeleine: Our Daughter’s Disappearance and the Continuing Search for Her, Kate McCann, 3,081
2: Something from Tiffany’s, Melissa Hill, 1,004
3: The Distant Hours, Kate Morton, 983
4: Stand by Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 973
5: Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, 894
6: A Game of Thrones Book 1 of a Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin, 713
7: The Family, Martina Cole, 708
8: The Moment, Douglas Kennedy, 633
9: Port Mortuary, Patricia Cornwell, 588
10: Room, Emma Donoghue, 550

Top Ten Dynamics
IPN is running a top ten dynamics section looking at the top ten with some data drawn out. Nothing too dramatic, but useful nonetheless.

Volume: 10,127 Units
Decrease since last week: 844 units
% decrease since last week: 7.69%
Average Units Per Title: 1013

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Fiction: 9 titles, 7,046 units or 69.58%, RRP £8.88
Non-Fiction: 1 titles, 3,081 units or 30.421%, RRP £14.99

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Authors: 10
Irish Authors: 3, 30%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £9.49
Decrease in RRP since last week: £0.10
% Increase in RRP since last week: -1.05%*
*It is important to note that RRP does not reflect actually selling price.

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 28th May 2011

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