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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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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 21/05/2011

May 25, 2011 – 2:21 pm

If last week was the story of Kate McCann’s book then this week is once again the story of that book. Sales of that title are up 23.07% week-on-week. The flip side of that is that the rest of the top ten suffered a drop in sales, whereas last week the other nine titles accounted for some 7,285 units, this week the other nine clocked up only 6,538 a 747 or 10.25% drop in their share.

What’s more the week also save the dropping out of the top ten of several Irish authors and one (or two depending on your view) Irish publishers. Not a fantastic week for Irish writers then as only one remains in the top ten.

side from the McCann book the overriding theme is the continued strength of fiction which accounts of nine of the top ten titles.

1: Madeleine: Our Daughter’s Disappearance and the Continuing Search for Her, Kate McCann, 4,433
2: Stand by Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 1,061
3: Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, 917
4: The Family, Martina Cole, 839
5: The Distant Hours, Kate Morton, 708
6: The Moment, Douglas Kennedy, 673
7: A Game Of Thrones, George RR Martin, 617
8: Port Mortuary, Patricia Cornwell, 598
9: The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly, 563
10: The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, 562

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: 10,971 Units
Increase since last week: 84 units
% decrease since last week: .77%
Average Units Per Title: 1097

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Fiction: 9 titles, 6,538 units or 59.59%, RRP £8.99
Non-Fiction: 1 titles, 4,433 units or 40.41%, RRP £14.99

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Authors: 10
Irish Authors: 1, 10%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £9.59
Increase in RRP since last week: £0.40
% Increase in RRP since last week: -4.00%*
*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 21st May 2011
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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 14/05/2011

May 18, 2011 – 10:53 am

A remarkable sale this week of Kate McCann’s book on her daughter’s disappearance. IT marks a stunning rebound for non-fictions sales in the top ten. It isn’t however the vanguard of a new field of non-fiction titles being the only title to make the top ten. It also represents a huge chunk of the top ten and flatters the results in our Dynamics tracking.

It was an okay week for Irish authors, with four making the list and a decent week for Irish publishers with Poolbeg claiming yet another top ten title and Penguin Ireland (at least Irish based and employing Irish editors and staff) clocked a number three for debut author Sarah Harte.

If you take out the massive impact of Kate McCann’s book, the week looks a lot less impressive. In fact it’s more of less flat.

1: Madeleine: Our Daughter’s Disappearance and the Continuing Search for Her, Kate McCann, 3,602
2: Stand by Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 1,222
3: The Better Half, Sarah Harte, 973
4: Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, 942
5: Port Mortuary, Patricia Cornwell, 823
6: The Moment, Douglas Kennedy, 753
7: The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly, 717
8: Casa Clara, Kate McCabe, 643
9: Ghost Light, Joseph O’Conor, 608
10: A Game Of Thrones, George RR Martin, 604

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: 10,887 Units
Increase since last week: 3,028 units
% Increase since last week: 38.53%
Average Units Per Title: 1089

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Fiction: 9 titles, 7,285 units or 66.91%, RRP £9.43
Non-Fiction: 1 titles, 3,602 units or 33.09%, RRP £14.99

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Authors: 10
Irish Authors: 4, 40%
Irish Published Books: 1, 10%
OR (if you include Penguin Ireland) 2, 20%

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Average RRP: £9.99
Increase in RRP since last week: £0.20
% Increase in RRP since last week: +2.04%*
*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 14th May 2011
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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 07/05/2011

May 11, 2011 – 4:04 pm

Something of a recovery in sales this week, but still not very encouraging. What’s more, it has a “one step forward two steps back” feeling for Irish authors as the arrival of Anne Enright’s new book coincides with the departure of Claudia Carroll and Emma Donoghue from the top ten.

It hasn’t been a very encouraging year for non-fiction sales and given the strength of fiction, the fact that we are ploughing straight intro the summer reads season and the fact that there are few major releases to arrive before the Christmas run in, I suspect fiction will continue to dominate the charts for some time to come. You’d hope though that the sales will see some upward trends.
1: Stand by Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 1,194
2: Port Mortuary, Patricia Cornwell, 972
3: The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly, 804
4: Ghost Light, Joseph O’Conor, 784
5: The Moment, Douglas Kennedy, 722
6: Jump!, Jilly Cooper, 677
7: The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, 639
8: The Forgotten Waltz, Anne Enright, 605
9: Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, 865
10: Love and Marriage, Patricia Scanlan, 597

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: 7,859 Units
Decrease since last week: 976 units
% decrease since last week: 14.18%%
Average Units Per Title: 786

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Fiction: 10 titles, 7,859 units or 100%, RRP £9.79
Non-Fiction: 0 titles, 0 units or 0%, RRP £0

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Authors: 10 (one book is co-authored)
Irish Authors: 4, 40%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £9.79
Increase in RRP since last week: -£0.40
% Increase in RRP since last week: -3.93%*
*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 7th May 2011
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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 30/04/2011

May 6, 2011 – 9:41 am

Another week of fiction’s domination of the top ten. Though that comes with a health warning, the level of sales for the top ten is down some way since last week and only one title breaks the 1,000 unit barrier, Sheial O’Flanagan’s Stand By Me.

This week’s chart also shows the influence of TV and film. George RR Martin’s A Game Of Thrones, the first in his A Song Of Ice & Fire series, makes the top ten by dint of the success of the new TV series. Likewise, Water For Elephants which has been a sort of slow burning hit, kept rolling by book clubs and word of mouth has hit the top ten due to the forthcoming film.

One of the impacts of this film and TV invasion is that the Irish author cohort has reduced somewhat to only 50% of the top ten.

1: Stand by Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 1,027
2: Ghost Light, Joseph O’Conor, 939
3: The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly, 832
4: Love and Marriage, Patricia Scanlan, 659
5: Sing You Home, Jodi Picoult, 655
6: The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, 602
7: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?, Claudia Carroll, 584
8: Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, 542
9: Room, Emma Donoghue, 535
10: A Game of Thrones, George RR Martin, 508

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: 6,883 Units
Decrease since last week: 3,119 units
% decrease since last week: 31.18%

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Fiction: 10 titles, 6,883 units or 100%, RRP £10.19
Non-Fiction: 0 titles, 0 units or 0%, RRP £0

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Authors: 10 (one book is co-authored)
Irish Authors: 5, 50%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £10.19
Increase in RRP since last week: 0
% Increase in RRP since last week: -0%*
*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 30th April 2011
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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 23/04/2011

May 5, 2011 – 1:39 pm

A decent week for the top ten showing an increase on last week and a strong performance by some well-established Irish authors.

Michael Connelly, one of those authors who rarely gets mentioned in Irish books pages but who sells VERY well, leaps ahead of Joseph O’Connor’s Ghost Light for the first spot.

Sheila O’Flanagan, Patricia Scanlan and Claudia Carroll round out the top five with five other fiction titles making the ten. It seems remarkable that fiction dominates so thoroughly, but the closest non-fiction title to the top ten is Philomena Lynott’s My Boy.

1: The Fifth Witness, Michael Connolly, 1,494
2: Ghost Light, Joseph O’Connor, 1,433
3: Stand by Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 1,325
4: Love and Marriage, Patricia Scanlan, 1,071
5: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?, Claudia Carroll, 887
6: Sing You Home, Jodi Picoult, 846
7: Skippy Dies, Paul Murray, 839
8: The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, 709
9: Homecoming, Cathy Kelly, 702
10: Room, Emma Donoghue, 696

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: 10,002 Units
Increase since last week: 1,152 units
% Increase since last week: 13.02%

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Fiction: 10 titles, 10,002 units or 100%, RRP £10.19
Non-Fiction: 0 titles, 0 units or 0%, RRP £0

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Authors: 10 (one book is co-authored)
Irish Authors: 7, 70%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £10.19
Increase in RRP since last week: -£1.20
% Increase in RRP since last week: -10.54%*
*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 23rd April 2011

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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 16/04/2011

April 21, 2011 – 9:36 am

A disappointing top ten this week, though Ghost Light is doing fairly well, no doubt boosted by the ongoing One City One Book campaign. Mary McEvoy’s memoir, dealing with her battle with depression, is the sole non-fiction title in the top ten this week though Philomena Lynott’s book on her son was pushed just outside to number 11.

1: Ghost Light, Joseph O’Connor, 1,644
2: Love and Marriage, Patricia Scanlan, 1,149
3: Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly, 812
4: How the Light Gets in:My Journey with Depression, Mary McEvoy, 756
5: Sing You Home, Jodi Picoult, 734
6: Homecoming, Cathy Kelly, 720
7: Room, Emma Donoghue, 709
8: The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, 699
9: Stand by Me, Sheila O’Flanagan, 690
10: The Brightest Star in the Sky, Marian Keyes, 637

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: 8,850 Units
Decrease since last week: -1,181 units
% decrease since last week: -12.14%

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Fiction: 9 titles, 7794 units or 91.16%, RRP £9.77
Non-Fiction: 1 titles, 756 units or 8.84%, RRP £13.99

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Authors: 10 (one book is co-authored)
Irish Authors: 8, 80%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £10.19
Increase in RRP since last week: -£1.20
% Increase in RRP since last week: -10.54%*
*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 16th April 2011

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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 09/04/2011

April 14, 2011 – 1:14 pm

After a bumper week of sales for mother’s day, it was inevitable that the top ten would see some fall back, and it did. Sales fell by just under half for the top ten titles, dramatic but not as scary as it might seem.

Strong sales still for Patricia Scanlan, Joseph O’Connor, Cathy Kelly and Christos Tsiolkas. Rachel Allen’s Entertaining at Home is selling fantastically well at 9.99 and suggests that perhaps the market is keen for bargains.

Several titles performed well and there were two Irish published titles in the top ten, a rare enough occurrence.

1: Love and Marriage, Patricia Scanlan, 1,822
2: Ghost Light, Joseph O’Connor, 1,551
3: Homecoming, Cathy Kelly, 1,105
4: The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, 1,039
5: Entertaining at Home, Rachel Allen, 759
6: The Brightest Star In The Sky, Marian Keyes, 752
7: Room, Emma Donoghue, 732
8: My Boy:The Philip Lynott Story:Fully Updated with Remarkable New Revelations, Philomena Lynott & Jackie Hayden, 715
9: 9th Judgement, James Patterson, 685
10: Little Fighters:The Million to One Miracles, Angie Benhaffaff, 571

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: 9,731 Units
Increase since last week: 9,245 units
% decrease since last week: -48.72%

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Fiction: 7 titles, 7,686 units or 78.98%, RRP £8.70
Non-Fiction: 3 titles, 2,045 units or 21.02%, RRP £17.66 (though we know Allen’s cookbook is retailing at €9.99 in Eason)

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Authors: 11 (one book is co-authored)
Irish Authors: 9, 81.81%
Irish Published Books: 2, 20%

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Average RRP: £11.39
Increase in RRP since last week: +£0.20
% Increase in RRP since last week: 1.79%*
*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 April 2011

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Irish Top Ten Week Ending 02/04/2011

April 6, 2011 – 9:52 am

Mother’s Day clearly worked wonders for book sales, and the winner, as seems to be the case at the moment, was fiction. Patricia Scanlan sold a positively Christmas-like 5,759 units last week, while Joseph O’Connor (aided no doubt by the One City One Book status) sold 2,500. Cathy Kelly also scored 2,305 sales.

The top ten as a whole was much stronger than last week rising by an impressive 65%. The sales were reflected in the UK too where Jean M Auel’s latest sold well.

The strength of the top ten was reflected in the next ten too with some well-known authors like Jamie Oliver, James Patterson and Melissa Hill just missing out on the top ten.

1: Love and Marriage, Patricia Scanlan, 5,759
2: Ghost Light, Joseph O’Connor, 2,500
3: Homecoming, Cathy Kelly, 2,305
4: The Brightest Star In The Sky, Marian Keyes, 1,654
5: Entertaining at Home, Rachel Allen, 1,411
6: Two Stories: A Girl in the Mirror,The AND The Memory Maker, Cecelia Ahern, 1,337
7: Room, Emma Donoghue, 1,226
8: The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, 964
9: Minding Frankie, Maeve Binchy, 955
10: My Boy:The Philip Lynott Story:Fully Updated with Remarkable New Revelations, Philomena Lynott & Jackie Hayden, 865

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: 18,976 Units
Increase since last week: 7,507 units
% increase since last week: +65.45%

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Fiction: 8 titles, 16,700 units or 88.01%, RRP £9.24
Non-Fiction: 2 titles, 2,276 units or 11.99%, RRP £19.00 (though we know Allen’s cookbook is retailing at €9.99 in Eason)

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Authors: 11 (one book is co-authored)
Irish Authors: 10, 72.72%
Irish Published Books: 1, 90.9%

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Average RRP: £11.19
Increase in RRP since last week: +£1.24
% Increase in RRP since last week: 21.11%*
*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 April 2011.

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