These are the Professional & Technical books released between 5/17/2011 and 5/25/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
The book lists is divided into two portions, the books that are published by an agency publisher (which generally means they are of more interest) or which I personally found interesting, and those which are not.
The second list will contain some very interesting books on average, but will also have a much larger number of books to look through. For a more detailed discussion of this distinction see Agency Books
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Children's Chapter books 5/17/2011-5/25/2011
These are the Children's Chapter Books books released between 5/17/2011 and 5/25/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
The book lists is divided into two portions, the books that are published by an agency publisher (which generally means they are of more interest) or which I personally found interesting, and those which are not
The second list will contain some very interesting books on average, but will also have a much larger number of books to look through. For a more detailed discussion of this distinction see Agency Books
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
The book lists is divided into two portions, the books that are published by an agency publisher (which generally means they are of more interest) or which I personally found interesting, and those which are not
The second list will contain some very interesting books on average, but will also have a much larger number of books to look through. For a more detailed discussion of this distinction see Agency Books
Horror books 5/17/2011-5/25/2011
These are the Horror books released between 5/17/2011 and 5/25/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
The book lists is divided into two portions, the books that are published by an agency publisher (which generally means they are of more interest) or which I personally found interesting, and those which are not
the second list will contain some very interesting books on average, but will also have a much larger number of books to look through. For a more detailed discussion of this distinction see Agency Books
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
The book lists is divided into two portions, the books that are published by an agency publisher (which generally means they are of more interest) or which I personally found interesting, and those which are not
the second list will contain some very interesting books on average, but will also have a much larger number of books to look through. For a more detailed discussion of this distinction see Agency Books
Romance books 5/17/2011-5/25/2011
These are the Romance books released between 5/17/2011 and 5/25/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
The book lists is divided into two portions, the books that are published by an agency publisher (which generally means they are of more interest) or which I personally found interesting, and those which are not
the second list will contain some very interesting books on average, but will also have a much larger number of books to look through. For a more detailed discussion of this distinction see Agency Books
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
The book lists is divided into two portions, the books that are published by an agency publisher (which generally means they are of more interest) or which I personally found interesting, and those which are not
the second list will contain some very interesting books on average, but will also have a much larger number of books to look through. For a more detailed discussion of this distinction see Agency Books
Mystery and Thriller 5/17/2011-5/25/2011
These are the Mystery & Thrillers books released between 5/17/2011 and 5/25/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
The book lists is divided into two portions, the books that are published by an agency publisher (which generally means they are of more interest) or which I personally found interesting, and those which are notthe second list will contain some very interesting books on average, but will also have a much larger number of books to look through. For a more detailed discussion of this distinction see Agency Books
Fantasy books 5/17/2011-5/25/2011
These are the Fantasy books released between 5/17/2011 and 5/25/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
The book lists is divided into two portions, the books that are published by an agency publisher (which generally means they are of more interest) or which I personally found interesting, and those which are notthe second list will contain some very interesting books on average, but will also have a much larger number of books to look through. For a more detailed discussion of this distinction see Agency Books
Below are some books that I found interesting during this timeperiod. I'm sure that there are other interesting books, I encourage people to point out good books in the comments.
| Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Grander Than the Sea (Marla Mason) | T.A. Pratt, | I like T.A. Pratt, and this looks like a Marla Mason short story. |
| Haruspex (Marla Mason) | T.A. Pratt, | Another Marla Mason Storry |
| The Witch's Bicycle | Tim Pratt, | Tim Pratt is a good writer, and publishing several of his short stories directly. |
| Hart and Boot (story) | Tim Pratt, | Another Pratt book. |
A note on release dates
Since books might be published throughout the day, and in different time zones, I'm going to overlap my new book posts a little bit. I'm posting slightly before the end date of my previous update, and for example while I'm listing a few books that will be released tomorrow (May 25), I suspect by the end of the day other books will be released. I'll pick those up the in the next set of books that I post.
Science Fiction books May 17-May 24 2011
These are the Science Fiction books released between 5/17/2011 and 5/25/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
The book lists is divided into two portions, the books that are published by an agency publisher (which generally means they are of more interest) or which I personally found interesting, and those which are not
the second list will contain some very interesting books on average, but will also have a much larger number of books to look through. For a more detailed discussion of this distinction see Agency Books
Below are some books that I found interesting during this timeperiod. I'm sure that there are other interesting books, I encourage people to point out good books in the comments.
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
The book lists is divided into two portions, the books that are published by an agency publisher (which generally means they are of more interest) or which I personally found interesting, and those which are not
the second list will contain some very interesting books on average, but will also have a much larger number of books to look through. For a more detailed discussion of this distinction see Agency Books
Below are some books that I found interesting during this timeperiod. I'm sure that there are other interesting books, I encourage people to point out good books in the comments.
| Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Embassytown | China Mieville, | China Mieville is a hot writer who writes very interesting novels. |
| The Door into Summer | Robert A. Heinlein, | A fun Heinlein novel. |
Nonfiction Agency books 1/1/2011-5/20/2011
These are the Nonfiction books released between 1/1/2011 and 5/20/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
This list is a set of the agency published books and any books that I found of interest during this time period, while the general complete post will have more books of interest than this post, this post might have a higher ratio of interesting books
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
This list is a set of the agency published books and any books that I found of interest during this time period, while the general complete post will have more books of interest than this post, this post might have a higher ratio of interesting books
Professional & Technical Agency books 1/1/2011-5/20/2011
These are the Professional & Technical books released between 1/1/2011 and 5/20/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
This list is a set of the agency published books and any books that I found of interest during this time period, while the general complete post will have more books of interest than this post, this post might have a higher ratio of interesting books
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
This list is a set of the agency published books and any books that I found of interest during this time period, while the general complete post will have more books of interest than this post, this post might have a higher ratio of interesting books
Children's Chapter Books Agency books 1/1/2011-5/20/2011
These are the Horror books released between 1/1/2011 and 5/20/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
This list is a set of the agency published books and any books that I found of interest during this time period, while the general complete post will have more books of interest than this post, this post might have a higher ratio of interesting books
Below are some books that I found interesting during this timeperiod. I'm sure that there are other interesting books, I encourage people to point out good books in the comments.
| Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Blood Maidens | Barbara Hambly, | A new novel in her James Asher series of vampires. LONG before Buffy and the current surge in urban fantasy these were precursors to all of that. |
| The Humanoids | Jack Williamson, | This might be public domain somewhere, a lot of the pulp stories are, however it is a classic and very influential tale. |
| Darker Than You Think | Jack Williamson, | A classic urban fantasy. One of the earliest. This might be public domain, but is worth checking out. |
Horror Agency books 1/1/2011-5/20/2011
These are the Horror books released between 1/1/2011 and 5/20/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
This list is a set of the agency published books and any books that I found of interest during this time period, while the general complete post will have more books of interest than this post, this post might have a higher ratio of interesting books
Below are some books that I found interesting during this timeperiod. I'm sure that there are other interesting books, I encourage people to point out good books in the comments.
| Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Blood Maidens | Barbara Hambly, | A new novel in her James Asher series of vampires. LONG before Buffy and the current surge in urban fantasy these were precursors to all of that. |
| The Humanoids | Jack Williamson, | This might be public domain somewhere, a lot of the pulp stories are, however it is a classic and very influential tale. |
| Darker Than You Think | Jack Williamson, | A classic urban fantasy. One of the earliest. This might be public domain, but is worth checking out. |
Romance Agency books 1/1/2011-5/20/2011
These are the Romance books released between 1/1/2011 and 5/20/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
This list is a set of the agency published books and any books that I found of interest during this time period, while the general complete post will have more books of interest than this post, this post might have a higher ratio of interesting booksMystery and Thriller agency books 1/1/2011-5/20/2011
These are the Mystery & Thrillers books released between 1/1/2011 and 5/20/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
This list is a set of the agency published books and any books that I found of interest during this time period, while the general complete post will have more books of interest than this post, this post might have a higher ratio of interesting books
Below are some books that I found interesting during this timeperiod. I'm sure that there are other interesting books, I encourage people to point out good books in the comments.
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
This list is a set of the agency published books and any books that I found of interest during this time period, while the general complete post will have more books of interest than this post, this post might have a higher ratio of interesting books
Below are some books that I found interesting during this timeperiod. I'm sure that there are other interesting books, I encourage people to point out good books in the comments.
| Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dark Jenny | Alex Bledsoe, | A noir gumshoe in a magic world. |
| Shift | Chris Dolley, | I enjoyed his Chris Dolley's first book Resonance which is available on the Baen Free Library. |
| The California Voodoo Game: A Dreampark Novel | Larry Niven,Steven Barnes, | A Dream Park Novel, I have a fondness for the Dream Park Novels. |
Fantasy Agency books 1/1/2011-5/20/2011
These are the Fantasy books released between 1/1/2011 and 5/20/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
This list is a set of the agency published books and any books that I found of interest during this time period, while the general complete post will have more books of interest than this post, this post might have a higher ratio of interesting books
Below are some books that I found interesting during this timeperiod. I'm sure that there are other interesting books, I encourage people to point out good books in the comments.
| Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Heroes | Joe Abercrombie, | Gritty fantasy, with a lot of recommendations. |
| The Dragon's Path | Daniel Abraham, | I've heard good things about Daniel Abraham. |
| Dark Jenny | Alex Bledsoe, | A noir gumshoe in a magic world. |
| Tiassa | Steven Brust, | The latest 'Vlad' book. Don't start reading here, but if you are fan you will want this book. |
| A Kingdom Besieged: Book One of the Chaoswar Saga | Raymond E. Feist, | The latest in the continuing saga from Raymond Feist. |
| Pale Demon | Kim Harrison, | I've enjoyed the earlier Hollow tales, however I'm going to wait for a price drop on this one. |
| George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows | George R.R. Martin, | If you haven't read these books, this is a good deal. |
| Late Eclipses: An October Daye Novel | Seanan McGuire, | Don't read this first, but the latest in an urban fantasy series by Campbell award winner Seanan McGuire. |
| Kings of the North | Elizabeth Moon, | The latest in her 'Paks' series, it focuses on other characters. Still quite worthwhile. |
| The Drawing of the Dark | Tim Powers, | One of Tim Powers' best books. This is a classic novel, and it is still unique. For a reprint it is overpriced however. If you haven't read it, it is worthwhile, but since I own a paper copy, I'm not going to repurchase it. |
| The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two | Patrick Rothfuss, | The biggest release of the year so far. Read The Name of the Wind first, and then this book. |
| Mistborn Trilogy | Brandon Sanderson, | This is a very enjoyable epic fantasy series with a unique and detailed magic system with the details thought out. I enjoyed this. |
| Dead Waters | Anton Strout, | A good urban fantasy series. |
| Misplaced Legion | Harry Turtledove, | The first in a 'Roman Legion' meets Byzantium with magic series. One of Turtledove's best novels IMO. |
| House Name: The House War: Book Three | Michelle West, | The publication date on this is wrong, it wasn't published until much later. This is a retelling with more details and some changes of the events during her Hunter series. I enjoy her novels, but don't start here. |
| A Bad Spell in Yurt (The Royal Wizard of Yurt) | C. Dale Brittain, | An enjoyable low key fantasy. |
| Spellsinger: A Spellsinger Adventure (Book One) | Alan Dean Foster, | A fun modern guy sent to strange world novel. A little overpriced for a reprint however. |
| Blood Maidens | Barbara Hambly, | A new novel in her James Asher series of vampires. LONG before Buffy and the current surge in urban fantasy these were precursors to all of that. |
| The Armies of Daylight: The Darwath Series (Book Three) | Barbara Hambly, | End of her best series. |
| Bride of the Rat God | Barbara Hambly, | A standalone book that is funny and interesting. |
| The Dark Hand of Magic: The Sun Wolf and Starhawk Series (Book Three) | Barbara Hambly, | Another good book |
| Dog Wizard: The Windrose Chronicles (Book Three) | Barbara Hambly, | Another good book |
| Dragonsbane: The Winterlands Series (Book One) | Barbara Hambly, | One of my favorite books |
| The Ladies of Mandrigyn: The Sun Wolf and Starhawk Series (Book One) | Barbara Hambly, | Start of an excellent series |
| The Magicians of Night: The Sun-Cross Series (Book Two) | Barbara Hambly, | Not as good as the others, IMO, but still worthwhile |
| The Rainbow Abyss: The Sun-Cross Series (Book One) | Barbara Hambly, | Not as good, but still worthwhile |
| The Silent Tower: The Windrose Chronicles (Book One) | Barbara Hambly, | I love this series |
| The Silicon Mage: The Windrose Chronicles (Book Two) | Barbara Hambly, | Book two |
| Stranger at the Wedding | Barbara Hambly, | An independant book in the Windrose series, but quite good. |
| The Time of the Dark: The Darwath Series (Book One) | Barbara Hambly, | Start of her best series. |
| The Walls of Air: The Darwath Series (Book Two) | Barbara Hambly, | Book 2. |
| The Witches of Wenshar: The Sun Wolf and Starhawk Series (Book Two) | Barbara Hambly, | Read the Ladies of Mandrigyn first, but then read this. |
| Goblin Tales | Jim C. Hines, | A nice set of short stories by Jim Hines. He's a writer to watch. |
| Memory | Linda Nagata, | I read this based on a link from James Nicholl. I loved it, although it is more science fiction than fantasy, but it feels like fantasy. |
| Grander Than the Sea (Marla Mason) | T.A. Pratt, | I like T.A. Pratt, and this looks like a Marla Mason short story. |
| Haruspex (Marla Mason) | T.A. Pratt, | Another Marla Mason Storry |
| Hart and Boot (story) | Tim Pratt, | Another Pratt book. |
| The Second Book Of Swords (Saberhagen's Swords Series) | Fred Saberhagen, | A classic fantasy series |
| The Dracula Tape (Saberhagen's Dracula Series) | Fred Saberhagen, | One of the earliest urban fantasies, long before the genre became as popular as it is today. |
| The First Book of Swords (Saberhagen's Swords) | Fred Saberhagen, | I'm delighted to see these reprinted as eBooks. The first three books are some of my favorite fantasy novels. |
| The Third Book Of Swords (Saberhagen's Swords Series) | Fred Saberhagen, | The final book in the first set of the Sword books, these are very worth reading, and unlike other reprints, they are not overpriced. |
| Darker Than You Think | Jack Williamson, | A classic urban fantasy. One of the earliest. This might be public domain, but is worth checking out. |
Agency Science Fiction books 1/1/2011-5/20/2011
These are the Science Fiction books released between 1/1/2011 and 5/20/2011:
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
This list is a set of the agency published books and any books that I found of interest during this time period, while the general complete post will have more books of interest than this post, this post might have a higher ratio of interesting books
Below are some books that I found interesting during this timeperiod. I'm sure that there are other interesting books, I encourage people to point out good books in the comments.
For a general introduction and statement about why this blog exists see About the New Ebook Release Blog
This list is a set of the agency published books and any books that I found of interest during this time period, while the general complete post will have more books of interest than this post, this post might have a higher ratio of interesting books
Below are some books that I found interesting during this timeperiod. I'm sure that there are other interesting books, I encourage people to point out good books in the comments.
| Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Grail | Elizabeth Bear, | The final book in Elizabeth Bear's generation ship story. Read the earlier books first. |
| Dragon's Egg | Robert L. Forward, | A classic old fashioned science fiction novel. Good but overpriced for a backlist title. |
| Jack the Bodiless | Julian May, | The first book of her |
| Embassytown | China Mieville, | China Mieville is a hot writer who writes very interesting novels. |
| Hyperion | Dan Simmons, | A classic science fiction version of the Canterbury tales. |
| Misplaced Legion | Harry Turtledove, | The first in a 'Roman Legion' meets Byzantium with magic series. One of Turtledove's best novels IMO. |
| Deep State | Walter Jon Williams, | Reality based games meet real life in a near future thriller. |
| The Doomsday Book | Connie Willis, | A popular time travel novel from the backlist. |
| Home Fires | Gene Wolfe, | It is hard to go wrong with Gene Wolfe. |
| The Borders of Infinity (The Vorkosigan series) | Lois McMaster Bujold, | One of the best of the Vorkosign stories. Although I would buy it in a collection instead of standalone. |
| Weatherman (The Vorkosigan Series) | Lois McMaster Bujold, | A good Vorkosigan story, however I would get The Vor Game instead. |
| Shift | Chris Dolley, | I enjoyed his Chris Dolley's first book Resonance which is available on the Baen Free Library. |
| Crossover | Debra Doyle,James D. Macdonald, | I enjoy their novels, I'm sure the short stories are good as well. |
| Two from the Mageworlds | Debra Doyle,James D. Macdonald, | I enjoy their novels, I'm sure their short stories are good as well. |
| Agatha H and the Airship City | Phil Foglio,Kaja Foglio, | Check out the webcomic first This is the first volume of the webcomic in prose form. Well worth reading. |
| Have Spacesuit Will Travel | Robert A. Heinlein, | One of the best books, one of the best Science Fiction writers wrote. |
| Orphans of the Sky | Robert A. Heinlein, | A good Heinlein juvenile |
| Tunnel in the Sky | Robert A. Heinlein, | A good Heinlein juvenile. |
| The Door into Summer | Robert A. Heinlein, | A fun Heinlein novel. |
| Eight Worlds of C.M. Kornbluth | C.M. Kornbluth, | Some of these might be public domain, but this is from a real publisher. C.M.Kornbluth wrote some truly classic short stories. |
| Two Tales of Korval (Adventures in the Liaden Universe ®) | Sharon Lee,Steve Miller, | Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have put many of their short stories/novelletes online. |
| The A.I. War, Book One: The Big Boost (Tales of the Continuing Time) | Daniel Keys Moran, | A long overdue continuation of his Continuing time Stories. Well worth reading if you are fan, otherwise read his other novel first. |
| The Long Run (Tales of the Continuing Time) | Daniel Keys Moran, | The second in Daniel Keys Moran's continuing time series and in my opinion and others, it is the best. It is a good place to start if you want to try it out. It is one long, very entertaining chase scene. |
| Memory | Linda Nagata, | I read this based on a link from James Nicholl. I loved it, although it is more science fiction than fantasy, but it feels like fantasy. |
| The Mote in God's Eye | Larry Niven,Jerry Pournelle, | A very classic science fiction novel. Well worth reading if you haven't read it. |
| The California Voodoo Game: A Dreampark Novel | Larry Niven,Steven Barnes, | A Dream Park Novel, I have a fondness for the Dream Park Novels. |
| The Wizard and the War Machine (War Surplus) | Lawrence Watt-Evans, | The sequal to The Cyborg and the Sorcerers read that one first. |
| The Cyborg and the Sorcerers (War Surplus) | Lawrence Watt-Evans, | A good smaller scale novel, its hard to describe without spoilers, but I enjoyed it. |
| The Humanoids | Jack Williamson, | This might be public domain somewhere, a lot of the pulp stories are, however it is a classic and very influential tale. |
Agency vs Non Agency 1/1/2011 to 5/24/2011
I've gone back and tried to categorize publishers as agency or non-agency based on their price status. I've generated statistics for those similiar to my last set. (with non fiction and technical as well).
Below is my new set of statistics. It is interesting that Non Agency books dominate Amazon in raw numbers, they are cheaper and there are far more of them. However I suspect if you were to account for sales, the domination would be the other direction, there are of course outliers (Amanda Hocking for example). The exception would probably be romance, since I don't think Harlequin is an agency publisher.
All Publisher information between 1/1/2011 and 5/24/2011
Below is my new set of statistics. It is interesting that Non Agency books dominate Amazon in raw numbers, they are cheaper and there are far more of them. However I suspect if you were to account for sales, the domination would be the other direction, there are of course outliers (Amanda Hocking for example). The exception would probably be romance, since I don't think Harlequin is an agency publisher.
All Publisher information between 1/1/2011 and 5/24/2011
| Category & Genre | Number of Books | Minimum Price | Mean(average) price | Median (mid point) price | Mode (most common) price | Maximum Price |
| All publishers for Science Fiction | 2746 | 0.00 | 4.32 | 2.99 | 0.99 | 29.95 |
| Agency publishers for Science Fiction | 135 | 0.99 | 6.33 | 7.99 | 0.99 | 24.99 |
| Non Agency Publishers for Science Fiction | 2611 | 0.00 | 4.22 | 2.99 | 0.99 | 29.95 |
| All publishers for Fantasy | 3049 | 0.00 | 4.08 | 2.99 | 0.99 | 35.99 |
| Agency publishers for Fantasy | 117 | 0.00 | 9.60 | 9.49 | 7.99 | 35.99 |
| Non Agency Publishers for Fantasy | 2932 | 0.00 | 3.86 | 2.99 | 0.99 | 34.95 |
| All publishers for Nonfiction | 2659 | 0.00 | 6.35 | 3.99 | 2.99 | 140.00 |
| Agency publishers for Nonfiction | 48 | 1.99 | 10.67 | 11.99 | 11.99 | 14.99 |
| Non Agency Publishers for Nonfiction | 2611 | 0.00 | 6.27 | 3.99 | 2.99 | 140.00 |
| All publishers for Romance | 3910 | 0.00 | 4.40 | 3.99 | 2.99 | 34.95 |
| Agency publishers for Romance | 122 | 0.99 | 9.14 | 7.99 | 7.99 | 31.99 |
| Non Agency Publishers for Romance | 3788 | 0.00 | 4.25 | 3.99 | 2.99 | 34.95 |
| All publishers for Horror | 3189 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 2.99 | 0.99 | 24.95 |
| Agency publishers for Horror | 37 | 0.00 | 8.86 | 7.99 | 7.99 | 15.99 |
| Non Agency Publishers for Horror | 3152 | 0.00 | 3.09 | 2.99 | 0.99 | 24.95 |
| All publishers for Children's Chapter Books | 3690 | 0.00 | 4.68 | 3.99 | 2.99 | 51.00 |
| Agency publishers for Children's Chapter Books | 306 | 1.99 | 8.39 | 8.99 | 9.99 | 36.99 |
| Non Agency Publishers for Children's Chapter Books | 3384 | 0.00 | 4.35 | 2.99 | 2.99 | 51.00 |
| All publishers for Mystery | 1146 | 0.00 | 4.10 | 2.99 | 0.99 | 15.99 |
| Agency publishers for Mystery | 81 | 4.99 | 9.89 | 9.99 | 11.99 | 15.99 |
| Non Agency Publishers for Mystery | 1065 | 0.00 | 3.66 | 2.99 | 0.99 | 14.92 |
| All publishers for Professional & Technical | 3611 | 0.00 | 15.53 | 9.99 | 9.99 | 276.00 |
| Agency publishers for Professional & Technical | 45 | 6.99 | 12.83 | 12.99 | 11.99 | 17.99 |
| Non Agency Publishers for Professional & Technical | 3566 | 0.00 | 15.56 | 9.99 | 9.99 | 276.00 |
Agency vs non agency
A recent change to my reports is that I can now detect an agency book vs a non agency book. Over the last year the big print publishers in the US have adopted an agency model where they set the price and retailers receive a specific cut (30%). Other books set a list price and the retailers can set their own price from there.
Because the biggest 6 publishers are all using this you can see some higher prices from agency publishers, which has angered many ebook readers. At the same time the agency publishers publish a high percentage of the books people are interested in.
I'm going to institute two changes in my future listings:
The method I use to determine an agency book vs a non agency book is when Amazon prints that the price was set by the publisher. I will consider a publisher an agency publisher if it has at least one agency book in the time period being reported on.
I think that these changes will make it easier to find very popular books in the agency listing, however I also encourage people to check the non agency listing. This is an exciting time and a lot of people are publishing outside the big 6 publishers. Indeed far more is being published by other people, which is great from a diversity point of view, but it also decreases the signal to noise ratio.
- Agency books and books I find particularly interesting will be published in one table. The other books will be published in a second table.
- I will report the publisher price statistics for agency vs non agency books.
In addition to play catch up, I'm going to publish a listing of all the Agency books (and books I found interesting myself) as seperate posts. Hopefully those will be useful to people who don't want to read through hundreds of books to catch up with what has been published this year. Future posts will be less smaller.
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