Top Ten List - Woohoo!!

Sorry it's taken me so long to get this up but here's the top ten list for the month of August (and remember, these numbers represent the demand for your book from retailers last week, not necessarily those that sold through to an end consumer.) I'll start updating the list weekly/bi-weekly.

1. The Christmas Stone by Liz Carlston
   
2. The Carpenter's Miracle by Judd Parkin
   
3. 101 Gourmet Cookies for Everyone by Wendy Paul
   
4. The Fourth Gift by J. Tucker Davis
   
5. The Great Plan of Happiness by David Bowman
   
6. 65 Signs Talk on CD by David Ridges
   
7. 101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes by Wendy Paul
   
8. It's Good to Be Alive by Jack Rushton
   
9. The Zucchini Houdini by Brenda Stanley
   
10. Luck of the Draw by Rachael Renee Anderson

Top 10 List--A Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On!

Well, there's some new players on the scene, and they're shaking up the Top 10. For those of you who aren't familiar with Wendy Paul, she's going to want to dominate this list through Christmas, so feel free to compete with her and keep her humble *winks at Wendy*

Without further ado, here they are (and remember, these numbers represent the demand for your book from retailers last week, not necessarily those that sold through to an end consumer):

#1- 101 Gourmet Cookies for Everyone, by Wendy Paul

#2- 65 Signs talk on CD, by David J. Ridges

#3- 101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes, by Wendy Paul

#4- It's Good to be Alive, by Jack Rushton

#5- Luck of the Draw, by Rachael Renee Anderson

#6- Shattered Silence, by Melissa Moore & M. Bridget Cook

#7- Zucchini Houdini, by Brenda Stanley

#8- MEG, by Steve Alten

#9- Reluctant Soldier, Reluctant Saint, by Tom Roulstone

#10- Defensive Tactics, by Steve Westover

Worth Checking Out...

First off, the Top 10 sellers this first week of August:

#1- Shattered Silence, by Melissa Moore & M. Bridget Cook
#2- Luck of the Draw, by Rachael Renee Anderson
#3- Zucchini Houdini, by Brenda Stanley
#4- Reluctant Soldier, Reluctant Saint, by Tom Roulstone
#5- Welcome to Stalk Lake City, by Sheralyn Pratt
#6- He Knows You, by Jill Lash
#7- Lipstick Wars, by Christine Thackeray
#8- The Divine Virtues, by Richard Rife
#9- Defensive Tactics, by Steve Westover
#10- Doctrine & Covenants Made Easier #1, by David J. Ridges

Also, author Brenda Stanley (Zucchini Houdini) sent this my way this week, and I think nearly all of you would be interested in checking it out, so I'm posting it here:

I wanted to let you know about our brand-new website, Squeaky Clean
Reads (www.squeakycleanreads.com). It's a website where readers can
rate and review books in the areas of violence, profanity, sexual
content, mature theme, age group, and more! Readers can also leave
"content reviews" which are reviews about any objectionable content that
a book may contain. You can see an example review page here:

http://www.squeakycleanreads.com/goose-girl-review.html

Most importantly, though, our site has a "Squeaky Clean Booklist".
Books that are added to this list meet strict content criteria, and are
voted onto the list by readers. These are books that are truly "clean reads".

There are millions of readers searching every day for good, wholesome
literature, and we ahve hundreds of readers coming to our website every
day to get reviews and recommendations for books that they or their
teens should read.

Your book, "Zucchini Houdini", has come to our attention, and were are
interested in your book! Even though your book is a cookbook, we would
love to review it as we feel your book fits wonderfully with our
readers.

We just wanted to contact you and let you know that we are always
looking for clean books to give away. If you feel like your book would
be considered a "clean read", and you are ever interested in giving away
a few copies of your book, please feel free to contact us! We will send
you our give-a-way information (we preview every book being considered
for a giveaway, and giveaway books must be approved).

Giveaway books are featured on our homepage, facebook page, blog, Book
Blogs (which is a national organization of book bloggers), and our
bi-monthly newsletter--giving your book as much exposure as possible.
One or two week giveaway books are also permanently added to our website
for review, and are added to our "sponsored books" widget (this widget
is placed on the top 12 performing pages of our website). We have three
giveaway options:

1. 24 hour quickfire giveaway on our Facebook page (1 book minimum)

2. One week publicized giveaway on our Website (2-4 books)

3. Two week publicized giveaway on our Website (5 book minimum)

We hope you will take a few moments to look around our website, and if
you like what you see, we hope to hear from you! We can also send you
our detailed giveaway guidelines if you are interested. Thank you!

Last Week's Top 10

Speaking of Prudence Bice, I don't think it surpises anyone after last week's blog that she takes our #1 slot for the week. The rest are as follows, though:

#1- The Widower's Wife, by Prudence Bice
#2- City of Angels, by Sheralyn Pratt
#3- Shattered Silence, by Melissa Moore & M. Bridget Cook
#4- Zucchini Houdini, by Brenda Stanley
#5- The Old Testament Made Easier, Pt 3
#6- Becoming Kate, by Dixie Owens
#7- 33 Habits of a Really Good Man, by Yvonne Swinson
#8- The Biblical Roots of Mormonism, by Eric Shuster & Chuck Sale
#9- The Hoarders, by Jean Stringam
#10- The Road Show, by Braden Bell

Great work!

This Week's Top 10

Hello All!

There are a lot of busy, busy authors out there. Some say that summer time is a dragging time for the publishing industry, but you all are proving them wrong. Below is the Top 10 books for this week:

#1- Circle of Souls, by Preetham Grandhi
#2- The Hoarders, by Jean Stringam
#3- The Widower's Wife, by Prudence Bice
#4- Old Testament Made Easier V3, by David Ridges
#5- MEG, by Steve Alten
#6- Becoming Kate, by Dixie Owens
#7- City of Angels, by Sheralyn Pratt
#8- The Road Show, by Braden Bell
#9- The Mark, by M.R. Bunderson
#10- Mormons Under the Microscope, by Ed Lauritsen

Great job!!

Top 10 Report is Back!!!

Due to popular demand, the Top 10 report is making a comeback. So for those of you who lobbied to bring it back, your voices were heard, and here you are!

Month-to-date, here are the Top 10 selling Cedar Fort titles:

#1-Circle of Souls (mm)
#2-The Hoarders
#3-The Widower's Wife
#4-MEG
#5-City of Angels
#6-Mormons under the Microscope
#7-The Mark
#8-The Road Show
#9-Flecks of Gold
#10-100-Day Pantry

Year-to-Date Bestselling Titles are:

#1-Agent Bishop
#2-Mother's Daze
#3-Old Testament Made Easier, Part 2
#4-Old Testament Made Easier, Part 1
#5-Circle of Souls (mm)
#6-Old Testament Made Easier, Part 3
#7-65 Signs of the Times
#8-MEG
#9-101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes
#10-Joy in Your Garden

This will be updated weekly, so be sure to check in!!

Top 10

If you didn't check the blog below, scroll on down. Otherwise, here's the last Top 10 list for 2009:

#1- Agent Bishop
#2- 65 Signs of the Times
#3- Old Testament Made Easier, Part 1
#4- 101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes
#5- Shattered Silence
#6- Old Testament Made Easier, Part 2
#7- Hashbrown Winters and the Mashimoto Madness
#8- Ready Resource for relief Society
#9-Prophets Game
#10-MEG

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Top 10 and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Can you believe it? The holidays are here! Where did the time go? Wasn't it just summer?

Congratualtions on the hundreds fo signings you collectively pulled off in the past few weeks. It can be exhausting to promote during the holidays (as some of you discovered), but to do so is well worth it when it means your book will wrapped with care and placed under a Christmas tree for some lucky recipient.

I hope that the holidays treat you well and are filled with good times and love. All indicators point to 2010 being a phenomenal year so rest up! You'll want to hit the new year at full speed!

As for the Top 10 of this week, I'm waiting for some of you to bust a move and give the ones hogging the top a run for their money. (Although the ones at the top ARE working it! There is every reason for them to be successful!)

All the best to you!

Cedar Fort Top 10 for 12-21-09

#1- Agent Bishop
#2- 65 Signs of the Times
#3- 101 Gourmet Cupcakes
#4- Old Testament Made Easier, Part 1
#5- Shattered Silence
#6- Hashbrown Winters and the Mahimoto Madness
#7- Ready Resource for Relief Society
#8- Prophets Game
#9- Old Testament Made Easier, Part 2
#10- Centsible Meals

Top 10 and AWESOME Poster Sale!

Hello All! So I'm excited to tell you all that after some serious wheeling and dealing, I have a brand new deal for you on Brandsaw. As you may have noticed already, you can get 10 posters for $11, which is a good deal but I wanted better for you! Many of you are first-time authors looking for name and product recognition, and to get that people need to SEE you. This means your book should be visible anywhere and everywhere! Know anyone with a store or business who would let you put a poster up? Is there a community board where you shop that needs some color? Doing a signing and don't want to blink at handing over a few signs? Need to re-wallpaper?

I have your solution! I am so happy to announce that you can now get 50 12X18 posters (100# stock) for $35. That's $0.70 each so that you can always have a poster ready for any event or opportunity... or so you can volunteer to redecorate your community's bus stops... whatever works for you.

Just follow the usual link to: www.brandsawonline.com/cfi and enjoy!!!

As for the Top 10, here they are:

#1- Agent Bishop
#2- 65 Signs of the Times
#3- Old Testament Made Easier, Part 1
#4- OldTestament Made Easier, Part 2
#5- Shattered Silence
#6- 101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes
#7- Old Testament Made Easier, Part 3
#8- Ready Resource for Relief Society
#9- Hashbrown Winters and the Mashimoto Madness
#10- Centsible Meals

Congrats!!!

Top 10

I delayed this because I wanted to announce something cool... now I'm just 2 days late in posting the list and still waiting for the good news to be official. Sowwy.

The deck was really shuffled this week on the Top 10. Enjoy!

#1- Shattered Silence
#2- Agent Bishop
#3- Ready Resource 2010
#4- Hashbrown Winters and the Mashimoto Madness
#5- FHE Adventures set
#6- Simply Singing Time
#7- Old Testament Made Easier
#8- 65 Signs of the Times
#9- 101 Gourmet Cupcakes
#10- Great are the Words of Isaiah
(#11-Ball's in Her Court--Go, Heather!)

It's that time again: Top 10

Tomorrow is December... Can you believe it? We're almost into 2010.

Siet az ido, which is Hungarian for "Times flies."

Before I jump into the Top 10 I just thought I'd point out that Heather Justesen, author of "The Ball's in Her Court" is doing sweet, daily giveaways on her site if you want to check out her blog at heatherjustesen.blogspot.com.

But without further ado, here is the last list for November bestsellers:

#1- Agent Bishop (this book ain't going nowhere)
#2- 101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes
#3- Tiny Talks, V. 10
#4- MEG
#5- 65 Signs of the Times
#6- Santa Maybe
#7- I Know My Savior Lives, set
#8- Shattered Silence
#9- Old Testament Made easier, Part 1
#10- Stand as an Example, calendar

Top 10... and Great Author Book Trailers!

In conjunction with this week's Top 10, I would like highlight some great author Book Trailers. Malcolm Leal launched his for his book "Faith Among Shadows" and I think you all will love it! Another great trailer is for "Santa's Secret." Feel free to watch both for great ideas on how to make your own videos more fun!

As for the Top 10 List, here it is:

#1- Agent Bishop
#2- 101 Gourmet Cupcakes
#3- 65 Signs of the Times
#4- Tiny Talks 10
#5- Book of Mormon Made Easier, Part 1
#6- I Know My Savior Lives, set
#7- Santa Maybe
#8- Old Testament Made Easier, Part 1
#9- MEG
#10- Stand As An Example calendar

This week's Top 10

How time does fly! It's time for the Top 10 again. Remember all authors, that this list represents corporate-buyer demand for your book. Authors with new titles, seasonal titles, strong word-of-mouth, events or active promotion show up quickly on this list which is why I publish it... as an indicator to authors actively promoting to see if their efforts are translating into immediate demand. Also, if your book is new, you can see buyer faith in your book and move to support it! If your new book is on the list the first few weeks and then drops off you know it's not selling through even though buyers had faith in the product and packaging, which means your approach to finding your audience is likely off target and could use some adjusting.

Agent Bishop is the perfect example of a book that CFI has orders for week after week due to author efforts. Mike McPheters knows his model and is relentless in working it.

If you are actively promoting and not visible on the Top 10 it is possible that your messaging hasn't taken hold yet. No need to panic. All this list means is that there are a few authors above you who have found a good rhythm and approach for their book. They're in their zone, which doesn't mean your not going to find yours. Wendy Paul went from not even being in the Top 20 two weeks ago to #1 last week and this week she's still up there. So can you pop up that fast when your efforts start synergizing into results.

That said, here's this week's list. A big welcome to all the new faces!

#1- 101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes
#2- Agent Bishop
#3- 65 Signs of the Times
#4- Santa Maybe
#5- Meg
#6- I Know My Savior Lives set
#7- Old Testament Made Easier, Part 1
#8- Book of Mormon Made Easier, Part 1
#9- Tiny Talks
#10- Nephi in the Promised Land

The Cedar Fort Top 10... There's a Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On!

Things are ALL shook up this week, which means some authors out there are starting to bust some moves! Good for them!

Remember, this list represents store demand for your books. The Christmas season is coming and stores are stocking the books they know will sell through. Now is the PERFECT time to show stores how you can make them money :)

But without further preamble, here are last week's best sellers!

#1- 101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes, Wendy Paul
#2- Agent Bishop, Mike McPheters
#3- Book of Mormon Made Easier Part 1, David Ridges
#4- The Legend of the Star, Stacey Gooch-Anderson
#5- 65 Signs of the Times, David Ridges
#6- The Ball's in Her Court, Heather Justesen
#7- Twelve Days of Christmas, Encore!, Betty Van Orden
#8- Santa, Maybe, Aubrey Mace
#9- Old Testament Made Easier, Part 1, David Ridges
#10- Old Testament Made Easier, Part 2, David Ridges

Top 10 List for 10/19/09

Welcome to the first Cedar Fort Top 10 List. This list (which will be updated weekly) represents the orders from stores, not consumer sales, and are representative of the level of demand authors are creating for their books.

Interestingly, only 3 of the books on the list were released this month. The rest are older, the oldest being---wait for it-- 3 YEARS OLD and FICTION on top of that! Hat's off to Shannon Guymon!

All that said, here's the list:

#1- Agent Bishop
#2- 65 Signs of the Times
#3- Twelve Days of Christmas Encore!
#4- Adventures of Hashbrown Winters
#5- Shattered Silence
#6- Book of Mormon Made Easier Pt.1
#7- Twelve Days of Christmas
#8- Old Testament Puzzle Book
#9- Soul Searching
#10- Alvor

CONGRATS to this week's top 10! And remember, the numbers change dramatically each week, so check in next Monday to see if your marketing efforts are moving books from storage to store fronts!