Michael Jackson is topping the charts again — this time, a new list of the most sought-after (but unavailable) books on Amazon.com.
Did anyone else receive the below e-mail Wednesday night from Amazon, at amazonservices-emailer@amazon.com?
The subject was “Amazon.com Top Out-Of-Stock Products Report,” something I’ve never seen or heard of before. I am guessing that Amazon Pro-Merchants are receiving it, but it seemed to have come out of the blue. Looks like something eBay would have done in its prime. It’s a list of out-of-print books, mostly technical tomes.
Another mystery: For the first three books on this list, I walked through listing the ASIN in “New” condition but didn’t see a “Buyer’s Waiting” flag. Has Amazon disabled this feature? If these are the books in the most demand, where are the waiting buyers? And the prices?
As usual, I was able to download a 90-day Buyers Waiting report here. However, when I tried to list one of the ASINs in the report (0126272603), Amazon’s page reported “no current offers.” Hmm.
Here’s the entire text, I’ve added hyperlinks and the picture:
We regularly review the products our customers look for on our website. The products listed below are some of the top products in the Books category that customers were interested in during the last month, but are currently unable to purchase because there was no available inventory on our website as of 07-29-2009. Although inventory levels can change quickly from the many sellers on our website, we wanted to let you know about this customer interest.
ASIN, Title
1. 0312923503 , My Family, the Jacksons3. 0716700298 , Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment
4. 0020063105 , Of Blood and Hope
5. 072169358X , Anatomy in Diagnostic Imaging
6. 0768907039 , Master Court Officer Exam 9e (Arco Civil Service Test Tutor)
7. 1579479006 , AMA Physician ICD-9-CM 2008, Volumes 1 and 2 – Compact Edition
8. 1570035172 , Understanding David Foster Wallace (Understanding Contemporary American Literature)
9. B000J0NAYY , Cop Without a Badge the Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher
12. 1932613137 , PE Sample Questions and Solutions: Mechanical Engineering (Book)
13. 1599716283 , Complete Exercises
14. 0323006582 , Nuclear Medicine Case Review
15. B001IVY2CC , Dutch 3: The Finale By: Kwame Teague (Teri Woods) (Dutch III: The Finale By: Kwame Teague (Teri Woods), Dutch I, II, III)
16. 1557997802 , Paper Tube Zoo
17. 0982080700 , Get Better Sound
18. 1440414831 , Millionaire REO Real Estate Agent: The Secret of REO’s, BPO’s, and Short Sales
19. 0966835239 , The Handbook of Rife Frequency Healing: Holistic technology for cancer and other diseases
20. 0131732889 , World Civilizations: The Global Experience, Ap Edition
21. 1593953518 , 3845 – Puppy in Squares Lock and Key Diary
22. B0018TVEAW , Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume One
23. 0789317605 , Lunar: A Glow-in-the-Dark Calendar for the 2009 Lunar Year
24. 0910608709 , Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index
25. 1552977536 , The Flooring Handbook: The Complete Guide to Choosing and Installing Floors
26. 0898867614 , 75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits
27. B001ESQSTO , Human
28. 0899576877 , Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible: New American Standard Bible : Unlocking the Riches of God’s Word
29. 0618916296 , The Americans
30. 0147
503205 , The Complete Greeks and Romans (Penguin Classics Complete Collections)31. 088685203X , TOEFL Test Preparation Kit (Book, CD-ROM, and 4 Audio CDs)
32. B001SASEDG , Sports Illustrated Superbowl XLIII Commemorative Pittsburgh Steelers, 2009
33. 1589944631 , Talisman: The Magical Quest Game; Upgrade Pack
34. 1886433100 , Vitamins and Minerals from A to Z With Ethno-Consciousness
35. 0375426051 , Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, Deluxe Edition (Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (Deluxe))
36. 1596871172 , The UV Advantage: The Medical Breakthrough That Shows How to Harness the Power of the Sun for Your Health
37. 0935702962 , Quantitative Seismology
38. 0721604838 , Sabiston Textbook of Surgery Board Review
39. B000QRYCTW , 101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Fill-In Licks (Book and CD) (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)
40. 1550223151 , The Hellmouths of Bewdley
41. 0794505635 , German (Flashcards) (German Edition)
42. B001RAXE8W , Fallout 3: Vault Dweller’s Survival Guide
43. 0545127254 , Geronimo Stilton Set, Books 1-32 (Lost Treasure of the Emerald Isle; The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid; Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House; I’m Too Fond of My Fur!; Four Mice Deep in the Jungle; Paws Off,
44. B002CQYMR2 , The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition (Game Guide) (Includes Mouse Pad, Poster and In-Game Pattern)
45. 0439867789 , A to Z Mysteries Complete 26-Book Set (The Absent Author, The Bald Bandit, The Canary Caper, The Deadly Dungeon, The Empty Envelope, The Falcon’s Feathers, The Goose’s Gold, The Haunted Hotel, The Inv
46. 1933492155 , Lift Off: Air Vehicle Sketches and Renderings from the Drawthrough Collection
47. 0313284245 , 100 Key Documents in American Democracy
48. B002673JXU , Fast Track to Free Money Cd! Debt Cures
49. 1846169550 , Dark Fire (David Rain)
50. 0967279704 , Lemegeton – The Complete Lesser Key of Solomon
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5 Comments
What's really odd is that I got the same email from Amazon, but with different titles! Mine didn't have a buyer waiting flag either for the title I checked, and there was one copy available. – Anne
I received the list also, and I think it was about the same, maybe exactly the same, titles. I also don't remember ever having seen it before. I didn't pay too much attention because it just seemed bulky to me to have to keep track of specific titles when scouting–not the way I generally work.
Thanks for the great detective work, though, and for giving me something new to wonder about! Susan
I like this list. You never know what might pop up in a sale. I guess that is what keeps booksellers interested sometimes. I get surprised sometimes when I am looking up a book – in a good way. I will definitely be looking at this list again. Thanks for posting it.
HI Steve, this is totally off topic. I figured you'd know this off the top of your head. For my Amazon Associates I make few Kindle sales. I just sold a Kindle book for $9.99 and the report says 0% commissions so income is $0 for that.
I can't find the policy for kindle. I'm 99% sure I'm in the performance fee structure.
Ideas?
Thanks.
that’s not the only Michael Jackson book in demand:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097497790X