F***KING DORK
It's been two weeks since King Dork was released with a blog book tour and I thought now would be a good time to evaluate its progress. I know there's more to book sales than Amazon sales ranks (and even those can sway with a few purchases) but it's the easiest way to track and compare books that don't make NYT best-seller lists. It's a good measure of online buzz, anyway.
Yesterday's Amazon.com Sales Ranks for Selected Books Released on April 11, 2006
King Dork by Frank Portman - #234
Daily Candy A to Z - #1,171
The Joys of Much Too Much by Bonnie Fuller - #1,466
The CollegeHumor Guide to College (released on April 6) - #1,917
Ego & Hubris : The Michael Malice Story by Harvey Pekar - #24,127
I've Always Been a Yankees Fan: Hillary Clinton in Her Own Words by Tom Kuiper - #4,822
31 Days : The Crisis That Gave Us the Government We Have Today by Barry Werth - #1,130
Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty - #197
Family and Other Accidents by Shari Goldhagen (released on April 4) - #6,084
Tomb Raider: Legend : The Complete Official Guide by Lara Croft - #528
The Legacy : The Legend of Drizzt, Book VII by R.A. Salvatore - #22,416
Not too shabby for Dr. Frank. Faring better than Daily Candy, Bonnie Fuller, Lara Croft, and College Humor just might prove God's existence after all. Megan McCafferty (apparently good enough to crib from) is the winner of this straw poll but it's hard to top a book whose lead character ("precocious Jersey girl, now a savvy city slicker") scores an internship at a hip Brooklyn magazine in the summer after her freshman year at Columbia and affectionately dubs indie-rock boys "bright-eyed, death-cab cuties." (I guess "clap your hand-jobs say wolfmother-fuckers" is a bit unwieldy.)
Also, check out King Dork reviews from punk rock old-schoolers Larry Livermore and Jim Testa. (I highly recommend subscribing to the Jersey Beat podcast.) It even scored an A grade from Entertainment Weekly. Take that, Caitlin Flanagan!
UPDATE: Whitney Matheson of USAToday's Pop Candy heralds the Era of 'King Dork'
Yesterday's Amazon.com Sales Ranks for Selected Books Released on April 11, 2006
King Dork by Frank Portman - #234
Daily Candy A to Z - #1,171
The Joys of Much Too Much by Bonnie Fuller - #1,466
The CollegeHumor Guide to College (released on April 6) - #1,917
Ego & Hubris : The Michael Malice Story by Harvey Pekar - #24,127
I've Always Been a Yankees Fan: Hillary Clinton in Her Own Words by Tom Kuiper - #4,822
31 Days : The Crisis That Gave Us the Government We Have Today by Barry Werth - #1,130
Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty - #197
Family and Other Accidents by Shari Goldhagen (released on April 4) - #6,084
Tomb Raider: Legend : The Complete Official Guide by Lara Croft - #528
The Legacy : The Legend of Drizzt, Book VII by R.A. Salvatore - #22,416
Not too shabby for Dr. Frank. Faring better than Daily Candy, Bonnie Fuller, Lara Croft, and College Humor just might prove God's existence after all. Megan McCafferty (apparently good enough to crib from) is the winner of this straw poll but it's hard to top a book whose lead character ("precocious Jersey girl, now a savvy city slicker") scores an internship at a hip Brooklyn magazine in the summer after her freshman year at Columbia and affectionately dubs indie-rock boys "bright-eyed, death-cab cuties." (I guess "clap your hand-jobs say wolfmother-fuckers" is a bit unwieldy.)
Also, check out King Dork reviews from punk rock old-schoolers Larry Livermore and Jim Testa. (I highly recommend subscribing to the Jersey Beat podcast.) It even scored an A grade from Entertainment Weekly. Take that, Caitlin Flanagan!
UPDATE: Whitney Matheson of USAToday's Pop Candy heralds the Era of 'King Dork'
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