BookFinder.com Report 6 released

We’ve released the 2008 edition of the BookFinder.com Report.

The Report tracks the most sought-after out-of-print books in America, breaking down demand for popular OOP titles in ten different genres.

I’ve been fascinated by the dramatic stories—and sometimes shady publishing histories—behind some of the books on the list:

• Smith County Justice by David Ellsworth, an exposé of a long pattern of alleged police abuse in Texas
• The Autobiography of Howard Hughes by Clifford Irving, a hoax book that almost got published as the real thing
• Escape from Laos by Dieter Dengler, the autobiography of a US pilot held as a prisoner of war during the secret bombing of Laos
• Raven: The Untold Story of The Rev. Jim Jones and His People by Tim Reiterman, a journalist who was in Guyana investigating Jones as the massacres took place

Read the whole 2008 BookFinder.com Report.

[Now Reading: The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu]

Posted by Anirvan

Comments

[J. Bivens]

In the History category you have the book "Margin of Safety: The Story of Poliomyelitis Vaccine" in 5th place. In 2004 you also had a "Margin of Safety" and it was in the Popular Science and Technology category. The full title of the 2004 book is: Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor

If there are searches for "Margin of Safety" on Bookfinder the searchers are more likely looking for the investment book not the vaccine book. The business book is in high demand. Business Week had an entire article on the book "Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor". (Business Week article is titled: The $700 Used Book: Why all the buzz about Seth Klarman's out-of-print investing classic?)

If a search was for "Margin of Safety: The Story of Poliomyelitis Vaccine" then clearly they want the vaccine book. But if a search is for "Margin of Safety" odds are that the person is looking for the investing book. People looking for the investing book have lots of incentive to use Bookfinder. "Margin of Safety" (ISBN:0887305105) on Amazon consistently sells for over $1000.

[Anirvan Chatterjee]

That seems pretty likely, though per our research, both titles are being searched for. In the interim, we've removed the book pending further investigation.

[JuanitaPope]

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