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I've mentioned before that Amazon also tracks best sellers on a monthly and yearly basis. Monthly rankings can be a good way of "smoothing out" the hourly and daily fluctuations that can throw off Stalker points. If a title gets a few thousand points with a couple really good days and then collapses, it might have similar points to something that sells at a more modest, but steady, pace.


Oct Nov
*** *17 Chuunibyou v7
*98 *20 GirlPan v1
*52 *24 Chuunibyou v1
*** *36 GirlPan v2
*83 *40 Chuunibyou v2
*** *42 Hidamari v1
*** *45 GirlPan v3
100 *49 Chuunibyou v3
*** *50 GirlPan v4
*** *53 GirlPan v5
*** *54 Chuunibyou v4
*** *55 Chuunibyou v5
*** *57 Chuunibyou v6
*** *58 GirlPan v6
*35 *80 Gintama v1
*** *81 Hidamari v3
*** *83 K v1
*37 *** TLR Darkness v1
*51 *** Jojo v1
*54 *** Little Busters v1
*77 *** TLR Darkness v2
*85 *** Little Busters v2
*90 *** Jojo v2
*91 *** TLR Darkness v3
*92 *** Little Busters v3
*96 *** Little Busters v4
*97 *** Little Busters v5
*99 *** TLR Darkness v6

So for example, Little Busters v1 accumulated 2,833 points on Stalker from solicitation on 10/07 to 10/31 and was 54th for October, versus 2,653 for Chuunibyou from solicitation on 10/04 to 10/31 and was 52nd for the month. Chuu2 had less points over 3 more days, yet still had a better rank for the month.

Chuu2 v7 is already the 17th best selling title of November, with 2,203 points, which is less points, but three ranks higher than, GirlPan v1 at 2,596 points.

Of course this assumes monthly ranks are driven only by sales and not by average ranks through the month or whatever. I would assume it's sales (influenced by MSRP somewhat, though).

Either way, the first two weeks of this month have been all Chuu2GirlPan all the time. Chuu2 has really pulled ahead of the titles that did better in October (Jojo, Darkness, LitBus) by maintaining its strong position while those fell off.

But Darkness is now back in the top 100 for the first time in a while (and has stronger DVD sales) and LitBus got a big boost from the bonus episode announcement, so we'll have to see what November brings.