August 2012 Bestsellers Lists

Quiet Houses continues to top both the e-book and the paperback charts this month.  Why?  Because Simon Kurt Unsworth is just so awesome.   I strongly suggest that, if you haven’t already, you purchase a copy of Quiet Houses (e-book, paperback, we’re not fussy).  You wouldn’t want to be the last person to experience the awesomeness…

Commonwealth authors dominate the August e-book charts, with South African author Nerine Dorman featuring on two titles (as well as writing Inkarna, she co-authored Blood and Fire with Texan Carrie Clevenger).  Surprise entry in August was our 99 cent bargain, Choices in the Dark by Robert W. Walker.  This short story was released earlier this year as a teaser for the Dean M. Drinkel-edited Titanic anthology that we’re aiming to publish in 2013.

Top Five Bestselling e-books for August 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. The Collector Book One: Mana Leak by Daniel I. Russell
3. Blood and Fire by Carrie Clevenger and Nerine Dorman *
4. Choices in the Dark by Robert W. Walker
5. Inkarna by Nerine Dorman

(* = from the Darkness and Dismay series)

Not much change in the paperback sales rankings in August – a little jostling for position, and Snareville II yields a Top 5 spot to Let It Bleed by S.L. Schmitz. We were lucky to be given the opportunity to re-release Let It Bleed after the author’s contract expired with the previous publisher – this book deserves to be in print for a long, long time.

Top Five Bestselling Paperbacks for August 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. Inkarna by Nerine Dorman
3. Phobophobia edited by Dean M. Drinkel
4. Let It Bleed by S.L. Schmitz
5. The Caretakers by Adrian Chamberlin

 

 

Support Australian literature

We’re proud to announce that our two Australian-grown titles are now available on the Australian Online Bookshop.  For patriotic Aussies (and Kiwis who want to take advantage of the cheaper shipping rates out of Australia), here are the purchase links.  And yes, both titles are on special, ‘cos the Australian Online Bookshop is good like that.

http://www.bookworm.com.au/ghosts-can-bleed-9780983160366.aspx

http://www.bookworm.com.au/the-collector-book-one-mana-leak-9780983160380.aspx

Still with the news from the Antipodes, Melbourne residents can now purchase the entire DCP range of paperbacks from the most excellent Notions Unlimited Bookshop.  Find out more about them here -

http://notionsunlimitedbookshop.blogspot.com.au/p/about-us.html

 

July 2012 Bestsellers lists

Quiet Houses, by critically acclaimed British writer Simon Kurt Unsworth, has been simmering away on our Top Five lists for the last couple of months, and in July it appears to have reached full boil, topping both our e-book and paperback bestsellers lists for the month. Andy Taylor’s e-book short story collection The Drunk and The Dead and Sylvia Shults’ literary mash-up The Taming of the Werewolf make their debut appearance on the e-book list, an occurrence that I attribute to their smiling faces having been front and centre on Dark Continents’ dealer’s table at FandomFest early in the month.

Top Five Bestselling e-books for July 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. Phobophobia edited by Dean M. Drinkel
3. The Taming of the Werewolf by Sylvia Shults
4. Inkarna by Nerine Dorman
5. The Drunk and the Dead by Andy Taylor *

(* = from the Darkness and Dismay series)

After being eclipsed in May by new releases, horror short story readers’ favourite, Phobophobia, reasserts itself on both charts. An interesting development is seeing The Caretakers in the top five paperbacks alongside more recently released titles. The Caretakers, by Dark Continents’ founding member Adrian Chamberlin, was one of the titles with which we launched the company over a year ago. What with electronic and POD publishing, we are no longer constrained to the old model of publishing, which limited many titles to a limited print run and brief shelf life. Now, high quality novels can remain available to readers indefinitely.

Top Five Bestselling Paperbacks for July 2012

1. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
2. Snareville II: Circles by David Youngquist
3. Inkarna by Nerine Dorman
4. Phobophobia edited by Dean M. Drinkel
5. The Caretakers by Adrian Chamberlin

 

 

June 2012 Bestsellers Lists

Non-US authors continue to dominate our top places. In e-books, Campfire Chillers holds its number one spot from last month, and Snareville slips from its number two spot, supplanted by recently added e-book titles Quiet Houses and Inkarna, both of which are enjoying critical acclaim. Daniel I. Russell’s Critique enters the top five this month to represent our popular Darkness and Dismay series, launched in January this year.

 Top Five Bestselling e-books for June 2012

1. Campfire Chillers by Dave Jeffery
2. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
3. Inkarna by Nerine Dorman
4. Snareville by David Youngquist
5. Critique by Daniel I. Russell *

(* = from the Darkness and Dismay series)

Unlike last month, the bestselling paperbacks list for June closely resembles the e-book charts.  A good-sized order from a zombie-themed online retailer gives the list a strong zombie slant – but the zombie hordes can’t catch Inkarna, number one for a second month in a row.

Top Five Bestselling Paperbacks for June 2012

1. Inkarna by Nerine Dorman
2. Snareville by David Youngquist
3. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
4. Necropolis Rising by Dave Jeffery
5. Snareville II: Circles by David Youngquist

May 2012 Bestsellers Lists

Our first birthday celebrations have just drawn to a close, and what a year it’s been.  We’ve been adding to our stock list at an average rate of one new title a month, plus we launched the first of our Darkness and Dismay e-book series, so we’ve now reached the point where a Dark Continents Bestsellers List has some significance.

So for those kindred spirits who like numbers and lists, here they are:

Top Five Bestselling DCP e-books for May 2012.

1. Campfire Chillers by Dave Jeffery
2. Snareville by David Youngquist
3. A Gentle Hell by Autumn Christian *
4. Were-wolves, Apocalypses, and Genetic Mutations, Oh My! by Suzanne Robb *
5. Phobophobia edited by Dean M. Drinkel

(* = from the Darkness and Dismay series)

 

 

Top Five Bestselling DCP Paperbacks for May 2012

1. Inkarna by Nerine Dorman
2. The Collector Book One: Mana Leak by Daniel I Russell
3. Quiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
4. Phobophobia edited by Dean M. Drinkel
5. Campfire Chillers by Dave Jeffery

The paperback bestseller list is an interesting one.  Inkarna does not officially launch for another couple of weeks, and it has rocketed to the top of the charts on the strength of Amazon pre-orders. The list is dominated by non-USA authors; Nerine is South African, Dave and Simon hail from the UK, Dan is a British ex-pat now living in West Australia, and Phobophobia, edited by British author Dean M. Drinkel, features authors from all over the globe.

What does it all mean?  I’m neither a market analyst nor a statistician, so I don’t know for sure.  All I can say is that I love my numbers and lists.