Feb
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Written by:
John Jackson Miller
2/28/2008 4:59 PM
Continuing wit the topic below of Nielsen's Bookscan and its sales charts, an interesting post just up about its sister Soundscan top-seller lists -- and how they set it up so that backlist items wouldn't creep back up into the top-seller lists.
As this is a case of them publishing sales rankings in actual practice, we might wonder whether they would bring a similar approach to comics, separating frontlist from backlist. On the Diamond charts, the monthly sales for the Golden Oldies do make the list with everything else, when they earn the spots.
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Re: The shape of lists to come?
I would be understanding of this system if it applied strictly to units (being albums, books or whatever) whose latest print edition was deemed too old or black listed. But for units that have been "refurbished" or printed into a newer edition, I think this rule should apply. I'm all for clearing a path to help the new, but something should remain of the past.
By Frederick Haddox on
3/4/2008 5:18 AM
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