The book market in three dimensions

The 61 active backlist titles from the C301 forecasting project. Each bubble is a book: how fast it sells (copies per week), where it sits on price (average selling price), and how big it is overall (bubble area = total revenue). Hover any bubble; click a category to toggle it.

Top 5 by each measure

Fastest sellers copies / week

  1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar ≈1,400
  2. The Alchemist ≈975
  3. Down Under ≈850
  4. We're Going on a Bear Hunt ≈775
  5. Man and Boy ≈675

Highest price avg price

  1. The Universe in a Nutshell ≈£17.0
  2. The Lord of the Rings ≈£15.2
  3. London ≈£12.5
  4. Now We Are Sixty ≈£9.5
  5. Asterix: Asterix and The Actress ≈£9.2

Biggest earners total revenue

  1. The Alchemist ≈£8.5M
  2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar ≈£8.2M
  3. The Lord of the Rings ≈£6.0M
  4. White Teeth ≈£5.2M
  5. Down Under ≈£5.0M