Saturday, September 01, 2012

Joplin tornado books faring well in Amazon rankings

Apparently, there is a run on Joplin tornado books on Amazon.com. Last Saturday, the highest ranking book on Amazon was Spirit of Hope: The Year After the Joplin Tornado by John Hacker and me at number 226,587. This week, nine of the 10 books I have been following are ranked higher than last week's number one book, with all landing in the top 151,274 books. (This is out of more than seven million tracked by Amazon.)

This week's rankings are listed below:

1. When the Sirens Were Silent, Mike Smith, 70,690
2. 32 Minutes in May, Joplin Globe, 102,589
3. Joplin 5:41, Kansas City Star 129,069
4. 5:41: Stories from the Joplin Tornado, Randy Turner and John Hacker 130,394
5. Spirit of Hope: The Year After the Joplin Tornado, Randy Turner and John Hacker 146,051
6. 5/22: Stories of Survival, Stories of Faith, Scott Hettinger 146,809
7. Singing Over Me, Danielle Stammer 150,265
8. Joplin Tornado House of Hope, 150,969
9. When the Storm Passes, Julie Jett 151,274
10. Miracle of the Human Spirit, Mark Rohr 1,068,936

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