2014-03-26

March Book Releases, things to watch

Now that we know what books actually came out in March, here are a few numbers to watch for when the various charts are released over the next few weeks.

Unlike January and February, there are a number of major releases. On the Diamond charts, there are at least two books which will certainly sell over 10,000 copies, WALKING DEAD TP VOL 20 and SAGA TP VOL 03, and in fact there's a good chance both books will sell over 20,000, which might be a first in the direct market (for as long back as we have comparable numbers), at least for two books with reprint content to sell that much in the first month of release. I'm guessing WALKING DEAD will come out ahead, with history and TV on its side, but SAGA has the momentum.

Also likely to do well, and in most months well enough to be the number one book, will be NEMO ROSES OF BERLIN HC. Might come in over 10,000 copies, or close to it. In the same range should be AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 07. So that's four releases which would have easily been #1 in the last few months coming out at once.

It'll be interesting to see how the two first volumes of spin-offs from ATTACK ON TITAN do, AoT BEFORE THE FALL GN VOL 01 and AoT JUNIOR HIGH GN VOL 01. Probably not quite up to the level of the previously mentioned books, but certainly good for direct market manga. It'll be more interesting to see how they chart on the BookScan numbers for the month.

It'll also be interesting to see numbers for a few other books. JUSTICE LEAGUE TRINITY WAR HC, if it can put up numbers compared to the regular JL book. It'll be very interesting to see what kind of numbers the NOAH HC book does in advance of the movie release. And I'm really curious about the big $60 STRAY BULLETS collection.

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