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Publishers’ Scorecard: Week Ending 13 April

last week: link

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Who’s Winning? Well let’s find out, shall we?

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Publishers’ Scorecard
Manga from the Top 500 Volumes and Top 50 Series, by Publisher
for the week ending 13 April 2008

From the Manga Top 500:

  • 801 Media 5
  • ADV 6
  • Aurora Deux 1
  • Berkley 1
  • Broccoli Boysenberry 1
  • CMX/Wildstorm/Minx 2
    • CMX 1
    • Minx 1
  • Collins & Brown 1
  • Dark Horse 16
  • Del Rey 43
  • DMP 12
    • DMP 4
    • DMP June 8
  • Go! Comi 2
  • Graphic Sha 2
  • HarperCollins 9
    • HarperCollins 1
    • Collins Design 1
    • HC/Tokyopop 7*
  • Japan Publications Trading Co. 2
  • Japanime’s Manga University 1
  • Media Blasters 2
  • Netcomics 1
  • Oni Press 1
  • Random House (excluding Del Rey) 2
    • Random House Doubleday Galilee 1
    • Random House Villard 1
  • Seven Seas 6
    • Seven Seas 2
    • Seven Seas Strawberry 4
  • Simon & Schuster 7
  • Tokyopop 118
    • HC/Tokyopop 7*
    • Tokyopop 105
    • Tokyopop Blu 6
  • Tyndale 1
  • Vertical 1
  • Viz 260
    • Viz 41
    • Viz Shojo Beat 72
    • Viz Shonen Jump 100
    • Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 39
    • Viz Signature 4
    • Vizkids 4
  • Yaoi Press 1
  • Yen Press 3

(*yep. counted twice)

From the Top 50 Series:

  • ADV 1
  • Berkley 1
  • Dark Horse 1
  • Del Rey 5
  • Seven Seas Strawberry 1
  • Tokyopop 9
    • HC/Tokyopop 1
    • Tokyopop 8
  • Viz 32
    • Viz 2
    • Viz Shojo Beat 18
    • Viz Shonen Jump 5
    • Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 6
    • Vizkids 1

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Almost makes one wish they were publically traded so we could buy stock in Viz.

See also: The Manga Midlist 500
& of course there’s a commentary post.

Comments

Pingback from comicsnob.com » Manga Top 500: Week Ending 13 April
Time: April 14, 2008, 12:50 am

[…] It all starts with this Top 500: These rankings (and other data from the sources listed below) are then used to compile the Top 50 Series, the Publishers’ Scorecard, and the Manga Midlist 500. Other ways to look at the numbers (along with anything else I think of) end up in the Weekly Sales Commentary Post. […]

Pingback from comicsnob.com » Manga Top 50 Series: Week Ending 13 April
Time: April 14, 2008, 12:51 am

[…] And there’s more: check the Publishers’ Scorecard and Manga Midlist 500, and of course there’s a commentary post […]

Pingback from comicsnob.com » So Maybe It Was a Trick Question
Time: April 14, 2008, 12:58 am

[…] (commentary only tangentially related to the sales rankings and other charts posted this week) […]

Pingback from MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Manga in color, online sales, and NYCC buildup
Time: April 14, 2008, 7:47 pm

[…] Manga by the numbers: Once again, Matt Blind crunches the online sales numbers for manga and comes up with the top 500 manga, top 50 series, publishers’ scorecard, and midlist chart, then discusses the burning literary question of whether light novels are manga. […]

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