Who actually records the sales of various novels - starting with the best sellers down to the average sellers in YA, Sci-Fi, or Occult, etc., etc., etc! Is there a way to access this data? Do any SDopers have experience doing this? If so, do I have the option to search by author as well as by title? Last, are sales tracked annually, or what? Perhaps after sales drop below a certain level in a year, then it is no longer tracked?
Any other ways/resources/free databases available to access such comprehensive demographics on book sales?
You know, even the libraries will not release stats on books regarding which are checked out the most/least. They claim it is an invasion of privacy, but heck! I’m not looking to track who reads what…I just want to take a cross section of books and see how they fared! Why is it so secret? Must be another conspiracy!
It is not an absolute answer to your question, but Amazon must be fairly representative of the book buying public. They have sales rankings based upon current sales volumes.
That may be the best you can get without access to inside data.
The ranking is in the “Product Details” section of the book detail.