It’s that time again! Before I unveil the Top Ten, let’s go over a few of the ground rules, shall we? Those of you who have been keeping up with the list for awhile will notice a few changes in how I’m doing the list!

1) This list only tracks sales through AMAZON. It does not keep track of sales through Barnes and Noble, face-to-face or anything else!
2) This list only tracks PRINT sales. We do not currently track e-books. Exactly how Amazon calculates those things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day. If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different. This list reflects sales ranks as of Monday February 20, 2012.
3) In order to keep the focus on new releases, eligible works must have been published within three months of the current date. So, since this list is being done in February 2012, I’m only looking at books published since November 2011. Please keep that in mind before complaining that Title X is not listed.
4) I am no longer tracking pre-release orders. Some publishers never actually release their books and when they do, it’s months after they were supposed to be released. Everything listed in the Top Ten is currently for sale.
5) I am human. I make mistakes. If you are aware of a title that should be listed below (keeping in mind all the rules above), please let me know and I will make sure to remedy the situation.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title, then publisher, then release date, then sales rank):

1) Under the Moons of Mars by Various (Simon & Schuster, February 2012) – 8,377
2) Doc Savage: Horror in Gold by Will Murray (Altus Press, December 2011) – 29,707
3) Sherlock Holmes: The Baron’s Revenge by Gary Lovisi (Airship 27, February 2012) – 137,972
4) The Adventures of Dodge Dalton on the High Road to Oblivion by Sean Ellis (Seven Realms, January 2011) – 227,424
5) Deathwalker by R.A. Jones (Airship 27, February 2012) – 687,578
6) Challenger Storm: Isle of Blood (Airship 27, November 2011) -763,731
7) Felony Fists: Fight Card by Paul Bishop (Fight Card Productions, November 2011) – 1,148,963
8 ) The Adventures of Fortune McCall by Derrick Ferguson (Pro Se Press, December 2011) – 1,259,187
9) The New Adventures of Richard Knight by Various (Pro Se Press, January 2012) – 1,495,157
10) Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 8: Agents Provocateurs (Black Coat Press, November 2011) - 1,826,497

Just missing the list was Tales of the Vagabond Bards by Nancy Hansen (Pro Se Press, January 2012) – 1,838,494 and Pro Se Presents # 6 by Various (Pro Se Press, January 2012) – 2,028,839.

The big guns remain locked in at # 1 & 2. After that, you have something interesting developing as Airship 27 and Pro Se Press definitely seem to be the biggest of the smaller press New Pulp publishers, with Airship staking out spots 3, 5 & 6, while Pro Se comes in at 8 & 9, along with two books that just miss cracking the top ten.

Special mention has to go out to Seven Realms’ new Dodge Dalton book, which is providing a very strong showing.

Take it all with a grain of salt, folks.

It’s that time again! Before I unveil the Top Ten, let’s go over a few of the ground rules, shall we? Those of you who have been keeping up with the list for awhile will notice a few changes in how I’m doing the list!

1) This list only tracks sales through AMAZON. It does not keep track of sales through Barnes and Noble, face-to-face or anything else!
2) This list only tracks PRINT sales. We do not currently track e-books. Exactly how Amazon calculates those things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day. If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different. This list reflects sales ranks as of Monday February 13, 2012.
3) In order to keep the focus on new releases, eligible works must have been published within three months of the current date. So, since this list is being done in February 2012, I’m only looking at books published since November 2011. Please keep that in mind before complaining that Title X is not listed.
4) I am no longer tracking pre-release orders. Some publishers never actually release their books and when they do, it’s months after they were supposed to be released. Everything listed in the Top Ten is currently for sale.
5) I am human. I make mistakes. If you are aware of a title that should be listed below (keeping in mind all the rules above), please let me know and I will make sure to remedy the situation.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title, then publisher, then release date, then sales rank):

1) Under the Moons of Mars by Various (Simon & Schuster, February 2012) – 4,414
2) Doc Savage: Horror in Gold by Will Murray (Altus Press, December 2011) – 78,948
3) Deathwalker by R.A. Jones (Airship 27, February 2012) – 187,155
4) Sherlock Holmes: The Baron’s Revenge by Gary Lovisi (Airship 27, February 2012) – 192,747
5) Felony Fists: Fight Card by Paul Bishop (Fight Card Productions, November 2011) – 252,039
6) The Adventures of Fortune McCall by Derrick Ferguson (Pro Se Press, December 2011) – 406,300
7) The Adventures of Dodge Dalton on the High Road to Oblivion by Sean Ellis (Seven Realms, January 2011) – 439,224
8 ) The New Adventures of Richard Knight by Various (Pro Se Press, January 2012) – 1,197,002
9) Tales of the Vagabond Bards by Nancy Hansen (Pro Se Press, January 2012) – 1,449,380
10) Pro Se Presents # 6 by Various (Pro Se Press, January 2012) – 1,550,444

Just missing the list was Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 8: Agents Provocateurs (Black Coat Press, November 2011) – 1,577,259 and Challenger Storm: Isle of Blood (Airship 27, November 2011) – 1,746,648.

Okay. This week sees the biggest shakeup since I started tracking sales. The three-month limit was instituted to prevent what would have been an inevitable occurrence — eventually the top ten would have consisted of seven volumes of Will Murray’s Doc Savage and maybe one or two others. The big books are going to continue to sell. While a list like that might be accurate — it would also be static. By limiting releases to three months of eligibility, we’re tracking NEW New Pulp releases and getting a more dynamic sense of what’s “hot” in New Pulp. Dropping off the list were perennial favorites like The Desert Demons, The Green Hornet Casefiles, Halloween Legion, the Black Centipede and The Justice Inc. Files.

The decision to stop tracking pre-release figures was suggested to me by a follower of the chart and his arguments seemed valid so I am now just tracking books that have actually been released.

With the new format, we have six publishers in the top ten, with a seventh just missing out at the # 11 spot. Pro Se has four titles in the top ten but Airship’s newest releases come in at # 3 & # 4, showing their popularity. As usual, the big guns remain in the top two spots.

Take it all with a grain of salt, folks.

Not long ago, I decided to check the sales ranks of the ten most recent New Pulp releases. It was so popular that I kept doing it, adding to it more books as they came out.

Originally, I just included all the recent releases that I could think of and ranked them — over time, people have pointed me towards other new releases that I was unaware of and they are now factored in. If there’s a recent New Pulp title I seem to be forgetting, let me know and I’ll try to include it next time for a more accurate Top 10 on Amazon.

This list does not include eBooks. For now, I’m tracking only print sales. I don’t think it’s fair to compare books that routinely cost $10 or more against eBooks that are usually $3 or less. An eBook list may be coming in the future.

This list does not include every New Pulp book ever published. I do this on my own time and can’t possibly check every New Pulp book’s sale ranks every week. What I did was pick a starting date and MOVED FORWARD. So you won’t see The Rook Volume One or Will  Murray’s Doc Savage titles from the 1990s. This is stuff that I’ve been tracking since Fall 2011 FORWARD.

Now, how Amazon calculates those things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day. If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different.

But these are the sales ranks as of Monday morning, February 8, 2012. These sales ranks do not include sales from any site other than Amazon — so they don’t include Barnes and Noble or face-to-face sales or sales through any other website. It’s only sales through Amazon.

As an example, I know that Fortune’s Pawn is the bestselling book in Pro Se’s history but a large percentage of those sales obviously did not go through Amazon (at least not recently). So you have to take these sales ranks with a wink and a nod. Likewise, some things didn’t show up at all on Amazon or else had zero sales rank. That doesn’t mean that those books are not selling (I know they are!) but just that they aren’t selling yet through Amazon, for whatever reason.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title then sales rank):

1) Under the Moons of Mars by Various (Simon & Schuster) – 5,656
2) Doc Savage: Horror in Gold by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 19,837
3) Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers by Various (Moonstone) — 143,694
4) Sherlock Holmes: The Baron’s Revenge by Gary Lovisi (Airship 27) – 187,746
5) Creeping Dawn: The Rise of the Black Centipede by Chuck Miller (Pro Se Press) – 235,278
6) The Lone Ranger: Vendetta by Howard Hopkins (Moonstone) – 372,731
7 ) The Avenger: The Justice Inc. Files by Various (Moonstone) – 385,627
8 ) Doc Savage: The Desert Demons by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 446,410
9) The Green Hornet Casefiles by Various (Moonstone) — 529,545
10) The Lone Ranger Chronicles – Paperback Edition (Moonstone) – 546,239
11) Felony Fists: Fight Card by Paul Bishop (Fight Card Productions) – 561,992
12) Pro Se Presents # 6 by Various (Pro Se Press) – 568,275
13) The New Adventures of Richard Knight by Various (Pro Se Press) – 657,465
14) Tales of the Vagabond Bards by Nancy Hansen (Pro Se Press) – 770,303
15) The Adventures of Fortune McCall by Derrick Ferguson (Pro Se Press) – 788,557

Notice that I extended the list out to # 15 — I’m doing this despite the fact that it makes my job tracking all these things much harder. But I wanted to try and show some more love for the smaller presses, most of whom are squeezed out of the Top Ten by Moonstone, Altus and the other large publishers. Having said that, notice the very strong showing for a couple of new releases this week: Airship 27′s newest Holmes book debuts at # 4 and the first Pulp Obscura volume hits at # 13. Also, Creeping Dawn returns to the list after several weeks of falling outside of it — jumping all the way up to # 5! I think it’s a good sign that we’re seeing multiple genres reflected here, as well — hero pulps still dominate but we also have detective, western, fantasy and boxing on the list.

Take it all with a grain of salt, folks.

Not long ago, I decided to check the sales ranks of the ten most recent New Pulp releases. It was so popular that I kept doing it, adding to it more books as they came out.

Originally, I just included all the recent releases that I could think of and ranked them — over time, people have pointed me towards other new releases that I was unaware of and they are now factored in. If there’s a recent New Pulp title I seem to be forgetting, let me know and I’ll try to include it next time for a more accurate Top 10 on Amazon.

This list does not include eBooks. For now, I’m tracking only print sales. I don’t think it’s fair to compare books that routinely cost $10 or more against eBooks that are usually $3 or less. An eBook list may be coming in the future.

This list does not include every New Pulp book ever published. I do this on my own time and can’t possibly check every New Pulp book’s sale ranks every week. What I did was pick a starting date and MOVED FORWARD. So you won’t see The Rook Volume One or Will  Murray’s Doc Savage titles from the 1990s. This is stuff that I’ve been tracking since Fall 2011 FORWARD.

Now, how Amazon calculates those things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day. If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different.

But these are the sales ranks as of Monday morning, January 30, 2012. These sales ranks do not include sales from any site other than Amazon — so they don’t include Barnes and Noble or face-to-face sales or sales through any other website. It’s only sales through Amazon.

As an example, I know that Fortune’s Pawn is the bestselling book in Pro Se’s history but a large percentage of those sales obviously did not go through Amazon (at least not recently). So you have to take these sales ranks with a wink and a nod. Likewise, some things didn’t show up at all on Amazon or else had zero sales rank. That doesn’t mean that those books are not selling (I know they are!) but just that they aren’t selling yet through Amazon, for whatever reason.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title then sales rank):

1) Under the Moons of Mars by Various (Simon & Schuster) – 7,304
2) Doc Savage: Horror in Gold by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 40,208
3) Doc Savage: The Desert Demons by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 132,165
4) Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers by Various (Moonstone) — 202,414
5) The Lone Ranger Chronicles – Paperback Edition (Moonstone) – 345,849
6) The Lone Ranger Chronicles – Limited Edition Hardcover  (Moonstone) – 573,685
7) The Avenger: The Justice Inc. Files by Various (Moonstone) – 583,345
8 ) The Green Hornet Casefiles by Various (Moonstone) — 702,967
9) The Lone Ranger: Vendetta by Howard Hopkins (Moonstone) – 750,355
10) Tales of the Vagabond Bards by Nancy Hansen (Pro Se Press) – 752,824

That sales ranking for Under the Moons of Mars is the best I’ve seen since I started track New Pulp sales. That’s no misprint — that’s actually 7,304. That book is selling, folks. The Doc Savage books are juggernauts in the New Pulp field and there’s around 33,000 ranks between # 1 & # 2 here. Wowza. Moonstone continues to dominate the list, coming in at # 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9. That’s six spots out of the top ten. But we have a newcomer this week, as Nancy Hansen’s Tales of the Vagabond Bards cracks the Top Ten! Challenger Storm by Don Gates, which had been a fixture in recent weeks, slipped out of the Top Ten. We continue to see a sharp divide between the bigger companies (Altus, Moonstone, etc.) and the smaller players.

Just missing the list was The Halloween Legion by Martin Powell (Wild Cat Books) – 755,315.

Take it all with a grain of salt, folks.

Not long ago, I decided to check the sales ranks of the ten most recent New Pulp releases. It was so popular that I kept doing it, adding to it more books as they came out.

Originally, I just included all the recent releases that I could think of and ranked them — over time, people have pointed me towards other new releases that I was unaware of and they are now factored in. If there’s a recent New Pulp title I seem to be forgetting, let me know and I’ll try to include it next time for a more accurate Top 10 on Amazon.

This list does not include eBooks. For now, I’m tracking only print sales. I don’t think it’s fair to compare books that routinely cost $10 or more against eBooks that are usually $3 or less. An eBook list may be coming in the future.

This list does not include every New Pulp book ever published. I do this on my own time and can’t possibly check every New Pulp book’s sale ranks every week. What I did was pick a starting date and MOVED FORWARD. So you won’t see The Rook Volume One or Will  Murray’s Doc Savage titles from the 1990s. This is stuff that I’ve been tracking since Fall 2011 FORWARD.

Now, how Amazon calculates those things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day. If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different.

But these are the sales ranks as of Monday morning, January 23, 2012. These sales ranks do not include sales from any site other than Amazon — so they don’t include Barnes and Noble or face-to-face sales or sales through any other website. It’s only sales through Amazon.

As an example, I know that Fortune’s Pawn is the bestselling book in Pro Se’s history but a large percentage of those sales obviously did not go through Amazon (at least not recently). So you have to take these sales ranks with a wink and a nod. Likewise, some things didn’t show up at all on Amazon or else had zero sales rank. That doesn’t mean that those books are not selling (I know they are!) but just that they aren’t selling yet through Amazon, for whatever reason. Outlaw Blues, for instance, is the newest novel from Percival Constantine but it has yet to start selling copies at Amazon (zero sales rank). I’m sure it’s selling elsewhere but for the purposes of this chart, it’s not listed yet.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title then sales rank):

1) Under the Moons of Mars by Various (Simon & Schuster) – 37,803
2) Doc Savage: Horror in Gold by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 59,186
3) Doc Savage: The Desert Demons by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 96,803
4) Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers by Various (Moonstone) — 278,621
5) The Lone Ranger Chronicles – Limited Edition Hardcover  (Moonstone) – 299,322
6) The Lone Ranger Chronicles – Paperback Edition (Moonstone) – 361,587
7) The Lone Ranger: Vendetta by Howard Hopkins (Moonstone) – 412,388
8 ) Challenger Storm – Isle of Blood by Don Gates (Airship 27) – 437,816
9) The Green Hornet Casefiles by Various (Moonstone) — 491,580
10) The Honey West Files Volume One (Moonstone) – 663,847

Just missing the list was  The Avenger: The Justice Inc. Files by Various (Moonstone) — 725,055 and Heroes & Heretics by Various (Pulp Empire) – 1,110,315.

Saddle up, boys, ’cause it looks like The Lone Ranger is settling in for a long stay on the charts. Two different editions of The Lone Ranger Chronicles makes the list, along with Howard Hopkins’ Vendetta. The list is dominated by Moonstone, who place an amazing six titles in the top 10 – and just missing with a seventh! Altus does retain a stronghold on position # 2 and # 3, with the Doc Savage juggernaut. I’m curious to see how sales on Pulp Obscura go when their titles begin to appear — though the Altus side of the alliance between them and Pro Se won’t qualify for the list since they’re reprints, the Pro Se tie-ins are all new. We’ll see if that helps level out the Moonstone-dominated playing field or not. Major props to Don Gates’ Challenger Storm book, which continues to place high in the charts. This book shows that the smaller New Pulp companies can compete, even with the Moonstones and Altus Presses of the world releasing some heavy hitting titles.

Take it all with a grain of salt, folks.

I recently made up a list of New Pulp releases and then checked their sales ranks on Amazon. It was so popular, I did it again.

Originally, I just included all the recent releases that I could think of and ranked them — over time, people have pointed me towards other new releases that I was unaware of and they are now factored in. If there’s a recent New Pulp title I seem to be forgetting, let me know and I’ll try to include it next time for a more accurate Top 10 on Amazon.

This list does not include eBooks. For now, I’m tracking only print sales. I don’t think it’s fair to compare books that routinely cost $10 or more against eBooks that are usually $3 or less. An eBook list may be coming in the future.

Now, how Amazon calculates those things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day. If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different.

But these are the sales ranks as of Tuesday morning, January 17, 2012. These sales ranks do not include sales from any site other than Amazon — so they don’t include Barnes and Noble or face-to-face sales or sales through any other website. It’s only sales through Amazon.

As an example, I know that Fortune’s Pawn is the bestselling book in Pro Se’s history but a large percentage of those sales obviously did not go through Amazon (at least not recently). So you have to take these sales ranks with a wink and a nod. Likewise, some things didn’t show up at all on Amazon or else had zero sales rank. That doesn’t mean that those books are not selling (I know they are!) but just that they aren’t selling yet through Amazon, for whatever reason. Outlaw Blues, for instance, is the newest novel from Percival Constantine but it has yet to start selling copies at Amazon (zero sales rank). I’m sure it’s selling elsewhere but for the purposes of this chart, it’s not listed yet.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title then sales rank):

1) Under the Moons of Mars by Various (Simon & Schuster) – 26,190
2) Doc Savage: Horror in Gold by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 56,472
3) Doc Savage: The Desert Demons by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 146,332
4) The Lone Ranger: Vendetta by Howard Hopkins (Moonstone) - 166,667
5) The Avenger: The Justice Inc. Files by Various (Moonstone) — 299,757
6) Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers by Various (Moonstone) — 379,856
7) Heroes & Heretics by Various (Pulp Empire) – 383,854
8 ) The Honey West Files Volume One (Moonstone) - 417,556
9) The Green Hornet Casefiles by Various (Moonstone) — 632,697
10) Challenger Storm – Isle of Blood by Don Gates (Airship 27) – 759,561

Just missing the list was The Lone Ranger Chronicles (Moonstone) – 823,645.

This is an interesting chart — Moonstone has several books available for pre-order and they’re definitely flexing their muscles, knocking many of the smaller publishers off the chart completely. Moonstone has the # 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 ranked books – plus they had what would have been the # 11 ranked book. The only other publisher to post more than one book on the list this time was Altus, who remain strong at # 2 & 3. Under the Moons of Mars is a really strong seller and has been near the top ever since its release. Heroes & Heretics is doing quite well, as is Challenger Storm.

Take it all with a grain of salt, folks.

I recently made up a list of New Pulp releases and then checked their sales ranks on Amazon. It was so popular, I did it again.

Originally, I just included all the recent releases that I could think of and ranked them — over time, people have pointed me towards other new releases that I was unaware of and they are now factored in. If there’s a recent New Pulp title I seem to be forgetting, let me know and I’ll try to include it next time for a more accurate Top 10 on Amazon.

This list does not include eBooks. For now, I’m tracking only print sales. I don’t think it’s fair to compare books that routinely cost $10 or more against eBooks that are usually $3 or less. An eBook list may be coming in the future.

Now, how Amazon calculates those things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day.If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different.

But these are the sales ranks as of Tuesday morning, January 10, 2012. These sales ranks do not include sales from any site other than Amazon — so they don’t include Barnes and Noble or face-to-face sales or sales through any other website. It’s only sales through Amazon.

As an example, I know that Fortune’s Pawn is the bestselling book in Pro Se’s history but a large percentage of those sales obviously did not go through Amazon (at least not recently). So you have to take these sales ranks with a wink and a nod. Likewise, some things didn’t show up at all on Amazon or else had zero sales rank. That doesn’t mean that those books are not selling (I know they are!) but just that they aren’t selling yet through Amazon, for whatever reason. Outlaw Blues, for instance, is the newest novel from Percival Constantine but it has yet to start selling copies at Amazon (zero sales rank). I’m sure it’s selling elsewhere but for the purposes of this chart, it’s not listed yet.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title then sales rank):

1) Doc Savage: Horror in Gold by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 52,862
2) Under the Moons of Mars by Various (Simon & Schuster) – 79,009
3) Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers by Various (Moonstone) — 317,917
4) Doc Savage: The Desert Demons by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 434,454
5) The Avenger: The Justice Inc. Files by Various (Moonstone) — 620,073
6) The Green Hornet Casefiles by Various (Moonstone) — 747,487
7) Blackthorn: Thunder on Mars by Various (White Rocket Books) — 796,822
8 ) Halloween Legion by Martin Powell (Wild Cat Books) – 810,155
9) Heroes & Heretics by Various (Pulp Empire) – 917,590
10) Challenger Storm – Isle of Blood by Don Gates (Airship 27) – 927,402

Just missing the list were The Adventures of Fortune McCall by Derrick Ferguson (#1,001,702) and The Adventures of Lazarus Gray (# 1,064,346).

The debut of the new Doc novel at # 1 should surprise no one. Doc’s return is probably the biggest thing going in New Pulp right now. Altus now has the # 1 and # 4 books in the chart, both written by Will Murray. Moonstone continues its strong showing, as well, with three books in the top ten (# 3, 5 & 6). For the first time since I started looking at the sales ranks, Pro Se Productions failed to chart a book in the top ten, though they did have what would have been books # 11 & 12 on the chart. Pulp Empire’s Heroes & Heretics debuts at # 9.

Take it all with a grain of salt, folks.

I recently made up a list of New Pulp releases and then checked their sales ranks on Amazon. It was so popular, I did it again.

Originally, I just included all the recent releases that I could think of and ranked them — over time, people have pointed me towards other new releases that I was unaware of and they are now factored in. If there’s a recent New Pulp title I seem to be forgetting, let me know and I’ll try to include it next time for a more accurate Top 10 on Amazon.

This list does not include eBooks. For now, I’m tracking only print sales. I don’t think it’s fair to compare books that routinely cost $10 or more against eBooks that are usually $3 or less. An eBook list may be coming in the future.

Now, how Amazon calculates those things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day.If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different.

But these are the sales ranks as of Friday morning January 6, 2012. These sales ranks do not include sales from any site other than Amazon — so they don’t include Barnes and Noble or face-to-face sales or sales through any other website. It’s only sales through Amazon.

As an example, I know that Fortune’s Pawn is the bestselling book in Pro Se’s history but a large percentage of those sales obviously did not go through Amazon (at least not recently). So you have to take these sales ranks with a wink and a nod. Likewise, some things didn’t show up at all on Amazon or else had zero sales rank. That doesn’t mean that those books are not selling (I know they are!) but just that they aren’t selling yet through Amazon, for whatever reason.

The new Doc Savage book (Horror in Gold) is now listed at Amazon but has no sales rank as of yet. By next week, I expect it to be pretty high on the chart.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title then sales rank):

1) Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers by Various (Moonstone) — 168,765
2) Doc Savage: The Desert Demons by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 185,572
3) Under the Moons of Mars by Various (Simon & Schuster) – 255,579
4) Challenger Storm – Isle of Blood by Don Gates (Airship 27) – 448,582
5) The Avenger: The Justice Inc. Files by Various (Moonstone) — 469,655
6) The Adventures of Fortune McCall (Pro Se Press) – 733,078
7) Blackthorn: Thunder on Mars by Various (White Rock Books) — 785,969
8 ) The Adventures of Lazarus Gray by Barry Reese (Pro Se Press) – 796,072
9) The Green Hornet Casefiles by Various (Moonstone) — 993,164
10) Creeping Dawn: The Rise of the Black Centipede by Chuck Miller (Pro Se Press) — 1,135,590

Just missing the list were Halloween Legion by Martin Powell (# 1,361,345) and Felony Fists: Fight Card by Paul Bishop (# 1,407,892).

Sales ranks all over are down, as the post-Christmas period settles in. The same three books continue to rotate positions at the top.

Blackthorn re-enters the list, while Challenger Storm continues posting strong sales. Fortune McCall drops from # 4 to # 6 this week and The Green Hornet book hits its lowest mark since we started tracking these. Creeping Dawn has hung in the top 10 ever since its release but is steadily dropping downwards right now and could possibly fall out next week if the chart debut of Horror in Gold (the new Doc Savage book) pushes somebody out.

Take it all with a grain of salt, folks.

I recently made up a list of New Pulp releases and then checked their sales ranks on Amazon. It was so popular, I did it again.

Originally, I just included all the recent releases that I could think of and ranked them — over time, people have pointed me towards other new releases that I was unaware of and they are now factored in. If there’s a recent New Pulp title I seem to be forgetting, let me know and I’ll try to include it next time for a more accurate Top 10 on Amazon.

This list does not include eBooks. For now, I’m tracking only print sales. I don’t think it’s fair to compare books that routinely cost $10 or more against eBooks that are usually $3 or less. An eBook list may be coming in the future.

Now, how Amazon calculates those things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day.If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different.

But these are the sales ranks as of Friday morning December 30, 2011. These sales ranks do not include sales from any site other than Amazon — so they don’t include Barnes and Noble or face-to-face sales or sales through any other website. It’s only sales through Amazon.

As an example, I know that Fortune’s Pawn is the bestselling book in Pro Se’s history but a large percentage of those sales obviously did not go through Amazon (at least not recently). So you have to take these sales ranks with a wink and a nod. Likewise, some things didn’t show up at all on Amazon or else had zero sales rank. That doesn’t mean that those books are not selling (I know they are!) but just that they aren’t selling yet through Amazon, for whatever reason.

The new Doc Savage book (Horror in Gold) is not selling from Amazon at present but I expect it to show up there soon.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title then sales rank):

1) Under the Moons of Mars by Various (Simon & Schuster) – 47,336
2) Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers by Various (Moonstone) — 54,386
3) Doc Savage: The Desert Demons by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 62,499
4) The Adventures of Fortune McCall (Pro Se Press) – 182,866
5) Challenger Storm – Isle of Blood by Don Gates (Airship 27) – 233,007
6) The Avenger: The Justice Inc. Files by Various (Moonstone) — 297,073
7) The Green Hornet Casefiles by Various (Moonstone) — 570,495
8 ) Creeping Dawn: The Rise of the Black Centipede by Chuck Miller (Pro Se Press) — 703,097
9) The Adventures of Lazarus Gray by Barry Reese (Pro Se Press) – 703,162
10) Halloween Legion by Martin Powell (Wild Cat Books) — 1,063,967

A very strong debut for Derrick Ferguson’s newest creation, Fortune McCall. Blackthorn: Thunder on Mars from White Rocket books falls out of the top 10 after debuting at # 10 last week. A big jump for the Avenger book but the top 3 remain unchanged from the past few weeks, though their respective slots vary. Expect Horror in Gold to debut at # 1, if the sales on The Desert Demons is anything to go by. Halloween Legion started strong but has steadily dropped on the charts since its release. It remains a strong seller for Wild Cat Books, though.

Take it all with a grain of salt, folks.

I recently made up a list of New Pulp releases and then checked their sales ranks on Amazon, making a wildly inaccurate “bestseller” list. It was so popular, I did it again.

Originally, I just included all the recent releases that I could think of and ranked them — over time, people have pointed me towards other new releases that I was unaware of and they are now factored in. If there’s a recent New Pulp title I seem to be forgetting, let me know and I’ll try to include it next time for a more accurate Top 10 on Amazon.

Now, how Amazon calculates those things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day.If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different.

But these are the sales ranks as of Monday morning December 12, 2011. These sales ranks do not include sales from any site other than Amazon — so they don’t include Barnes and Noble or face-to-face sales or sales through any other website. It’s only sales through Amazon.

As an example, I know that Fortune’s Pawn is the bestselling book in Pro Se’s history but a large percentage of those sales obviously did not go through Amazon (at least not recently). So you have to take these sales ranks with a wink and a nod. Likewise, some things didn’t show up at all on Amazon or else had zero sales rank (like the newly released Blackthorn book from White Rocket). That doesn’t mean that those books are not selling (I know they are!) but just that they aren’t selling yet through Amazon, for whatever reason.

Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title then sales rank):

1) Doc Savage: The Desert Demons by Will Murray (Altus Press) – 83,186
2) Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom by Various (Simon & Schuster) – 88,077
3) Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers by Various (Moonstone) — 397,579
4) The Green Hornet Casefiles by Various (Moonstone) — 543,264
5) Challenger Storm by Don Gates (Airship 27) — 602,945
6) Sherlock Holmes -Consulting Detective Volume III (Airship 27) – 672,424
7) Creeping Dawn: The Rise of the Black Centipede by Chuck Miller (Pro Se Press) — 756,044
8 ) The Avenger: The Justice Inc. Files by Various (Moonstone) —817,308
9 ) Halloween Legion by Martin Powell (Wild Cat Books)  —1,251,114
10)Pirates & Swashbucklers by Various (Pulp Empire) – 1,451,478

After a couple of weeks out of the top spot, The Desert Demons reclaims it in a big way. Halloween Legion took a huge tumble and we have a few new entries in the top 10. Creeping Dawn took a strong leap forward. The Holmes book and the Under the Moons of Mars books are both based on pre-orders. Falling out of the Top Ten are The Adventures of Lazarus Gray (# 11, Pro Se Press), Hugh Monn (# 12, Pro Se Press) and Four Bullets for Dillon (# 13, Pulpwork Press). The newest Doc Savage release is just around the corner, so expect that one to show in the top spot soon.

Take it all with a grain of salt, folks.