Sales Combined and Intertwined

PWCW has a new combined sales chart, although I have no idea how they're combining information from the Direct Market and bookstores or even what month this initial chart represents. My guesses would be 1) they use estimates from the Diamond sales charts combined with Bookscan info, and 2) this first list is from August. But hell if I know.

No matter how it was compiled, the inaugural list contained The 9/11 Report and Marvel's Halo Graphic Novel near the top of their respective stabs at best-seller status, which kind of suggests manga's dominance of the sales charts (Viz holding down five positions of ten) will be made even more ridiculously clear in future charts.

It's a bit more difficult to ascertain the effect of manga on the French-language sales charts, which this month experienced an assault on its top 20 by traditional art comics authors. It's worth noting that the first volumes of a re-issued Tintin series are doing well; they've been reduced in size from previous album-format; in the North American comics market shrinking your book would probably be considered a manga format thing -- although I don't know if these new books are quite that small.
 
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