Essential Reading: BookFinder.com Unveils the Top 10 Out-of-Print Books in America

Essential Reading: BookFinder.com Unveils the Top 10 Out-of-Print Books in America

BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. publishers are responding to heavy demand for out-of-print books by bringing them back into print. Three of the ten books in BookFinder.com's 2008 list of the most sought after out-of-print books in America will go back into print in 2009 ("Once a Runner: A Novel," "A Lion Called Christian," and "Comanche Heart"). Two more titles, "The Lion's Paw" and "Football Scouting Methods," would have been included in the top 10 if they had not been pushed into print this fall.

The sixth annual BookFinder.com top 10 out-of-print "bestseller" list also features books on "do it yourself" themes, ranging from distance running to woodworking to hand knitting. "From 98 to 99% of all books ever published are now out-of-print, so they don't show up in traditional bestseller lists," says Anirvan Chatterjee, BookFinder.com founder. "Without big marketing budgets behind them, these books have been getting buzz the old-fashioned way: reader word of mouth."

The top 10 most sought-after out of print books in America, based on BookFinder.com's analysis of national demand trends:

1) "Once a Runner: A Novel" (1978) by John L. Parker, Jr.; cult classic
distance running novel, coming back into print April 2009
(BookFinder.com Report 2008 #1 Fiction and Literature title)
2) "Sex" (1992) by Madonna; the pop icon's book of erotic photos, a
perennial favorite (BookFinder.com Report 2008 #1 Arts and Music
title)
3) "Promise Me Tomorrow" (1984) by Nora Roberts; early novel that the
bestselling romance novelist refuses to reprint (BookFinder.com Report
2008 #2 Fiction and Literature title)
4) "Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record" (1978) by Carl
Sagan; the first great era of space exploration (BookFinder.com Report
2008 #1 Popular Science and Technology title)
5) "Carpentry for Beginners: How to use tools, basic joints, workshop
practice, designs for things to make" (1900) by Charles H. Hayward;
prolific carpentry author and former mayor of Victoria, British
Columbia
6) "A Lion Called Christian" (1972) by Anthony "Ace" Bourke and John
Rendall; a memoir about a pet lion, coming back into print April 2009,
the video featuring a reunion between Christian and the authors become
a YouTube sensation earlier this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjWtRYaxmWM
7) "Comanche Heart" (1991) by Catherine Anderson; coming back into print
June of 2009, "Comanche Heart" is the second book in the Comanche
series; in 2008, the first book, "Comanche Moon" was reissued and
placed on the "New York Times" bestseller list
8) "Legally Sane" (1972) by Jon K. Hahn with Harold C. McKenney;
investigation of an international killing spree and the chilling
accounts of a psychopathic murderer (BookFinder.com Report 2008 #1
Mysteries and Thrillers title)
9) "Woodworker's Essential Shop Aids and Jigs; Original Devices You Can
Make" (1992) by Robert Wearing; indispensable resource for "do it
yourself" craftsmen
10) "The Principles of Knitting: Methods and Techniques of Hand Knitting"
(1989) by June Hemmons Hiatt; ultimate comprehensive handbook for the
knitters (BookFinder.com Report 2008 #3 Crafts, Hobbies and How-To
title)

The aforementioned BookFinder.com Report is a more in-depth analysis of out-of-print book demand. The 2008 Report tracks demand trends between July 2007 and June 2008: http://report.bookfinder.com/

Since 1997, BookFinder.com has been one of the best ways to find and locate the best prices on new, used, rare, and out-of-print books online. The comparison shopping engine has an inventory of over 150 million books available for sale from a network of 150,000 booksellers from over 50 countries, making it the world's largest searchable book inventory available anywhere, online or off.

Source: BookFinder.com

CONTACT: Barbara Franzoia Consults, +1-415-291-0243,
barbara@franzoia.com, for BookFinder.com

Web site: http://www.bookfinder.com/

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