Ranked by bestselling, this page shows the Catholic Encyclopedia (still gathering interest at a turtle's pace) at the top of the list. Is this accurate?
Strictly a guess, but 'best-selling' is closer to 'highest activity', a specific category definition, and within a narrow time-span? Very likely they run a sort periodically, and log the results for product queries without much human intervention.
That's what I thought, except it seems rather unlikely that the Catholic Encyclopedia has had more orders recently than the Patristic bundles that have speeded through CP in the last few weeks.
Btw, Denise, have you looked at new prepubs lately? There's one there for you.[:)]
You're right! Thank you. Actually quite a number of them.
"Bestsellingness" is calculated by the number of all-time orders. Pre-orders and bids are counted as future orders. The result is that CP titles are usually very high on the bestselling scale.
Thank you for the reply.
Pre-orders and bids are counted as future orders.
That was what I expected, but this still doesn't explain it completely.
Initially I was still surprised that there had been more bids offered on the Encyclopedia than, say, the "Post-Reformation Catholic Thought and Piety" which is further down the list, but is -as of now- at around ~90% progress. The explanation then lies in the amount at which the bidders are willing to bid.
The latter has about 30% less page count (which could mean in theory 30% less estimated production time and hence cost - may not be accurate because it also depends on tags/references), and its projected price is about 2.7 times the former. Well then since progress is a the product of projected price multiplied by the number of bidders who are willing to pay at least that amount, then perhaps there should be "at least" 2.7 x 1.3 (30% more pages) = 3.5 more bidders on the encyclopedia collection at its projected price to make it to the same progress level. Maybe I should just quit hoping it makes it to production soon.
I was thinking of the Samaritan one. You like Samaritans, don't you?[:)]
"Bestsellingness" is calculated by the number of all-time orders.
I definitely assumed that, given the current price and the size and the immense (and constantly growing) number of potential link that must be in there, the number of orders must be considerably larger than it looked like -- but more than any other resource tagged as Catholic? More than Rick's Historic Creeds that's been in a number of bundles? More than Orthodoxy that's been given away for free? That's amazing!
I've been planning to write a post pleading with people to raise to $50, but now that hardly even seems meaningful. I doubt I could reach enough to make a difference.
No, wait. Way down, around place 50 or so, I find the Vulgate Dictionary. That's in Scholar's. Scholar's is your 4th bestselling resource. Anything in there's got to have sold more than the Catholic Encyclopedia. Unless it was added very recently, which it wasn't. And the Douay-Rheims, even further down, is in even more base packages.
Conclusion: that list doesn't show "all time orders". It only shows orders purchased that particular way.
Btw, how is the Talmud Catholic?
I've been planning to write a post pleading with people to raise to $50
Still a good idea
Way down, around place 50 or so, I find the Vulgate Dictionary. That's in Scholar's. Scholar's is your 4th bestselling resource. Anything in there's got to have sold more than the Catholic Encyclopedia. Unless it was added very recently, which it wasn't. And the Douay-Rheims, even further down, is in even more base packages.
Excellent observations
Do you mean ... that particular day? However way you slice, it still doesn't provide a satisfactory explanation for the Encyclopedia's honorable rank, since it's been sitting there for quite sometime while its progress chart not reflecting much activity.
Conclusion: that list doesn't show "all time orders". It only shows orders purchased that particular way. Do you mean ... that particular day?
Do you mean ... that particular day?
No, I mean that e g the D-R figure can only include D-R's that are sold separately, not the ones sold as part of a package.
However way you slice, it still doesn't provide a satisfactory explanation for the Encyclopedia's honorable rank, since it's been sitting there for quite sometime while its progress chart not reflecting much activity.
Oh, I'm sure it's got lots of orders. It's a big resource which probably needs to be typed and which has a huge number of links to tag, and a very low current price to pay for it, so I can see why each new order doesn't make much difference. Add to that the fact that they keep producing new Catholic resources, thus increasing the number of links to tag, and it's hardly surprising if the production costs increases as fast as the order sum, keeping the graph at a stand still.
fgh ... yes, the Samaritan one is quite attractive. Of course the Samaritan vs Massoretic Torah in english (hardback) got delayed again (Eerdmans). Who knows which will appear first. In A-company you can line the two up in hebrew but that's next year for me. Patience.
The calculation is based on SKU, not based on resource. So you're right: a book's inclusion in a collection doesn't count as a sale for that book.
Thanks for the confirmation.
It is now at about 35% and it is number two on the CP bestselling list. Interesting definition of 'bestselling'.
George Wesley Buchanan Collection At number 21 is the highest closing CP on the list [Bidding closes 6/21/2013 at noon]
English Bible Collection (27 vols.) is number four at 38%
Mormon Studies Collection (45 vols.) is number twelve at 18%
Please check the algorithm that marks 'bestseller' for CP
[[Or does it count all orders that were ever placed including ones now canceled and / or changed]]
[[Or if these are truly your "BESTSELLING" titles maybe you should just put them into production]]
Interesting definition of 'bestselling'.
The one thing in common about all the works at the top of the list is that
David, bestselling is calculated based on the total number of orders for the SKU. Before a product ships, we proleptically count active bids and pre-orders as orders. Since CPs typically have very low price points, the total number of bids/orders is very high.
Think of bestselling in terms of the total number of people who have purchased (or plan to purchase) a particular product.
Thanks for checking. [but it is still at 35%]
