Cozy Mystery Weekly Newsletter

NEW THIS WEEK

This week there were 29 new books in the Top 100 (see them), and 21 new authors in the Top 100 (see them).

The median book (book #50) was at Best Sellers Rank 3970 in the Kindle Store, increased less than 5% from last week. Half the books in the Top 100 were between ranks 2327 and 5007.

Trending topic tags this week were MagicTheme (▼6), SupernaturalTheme (▼6), HolidaySetting (▲5) and PoliceCharacter (▼4)
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Frequent words in titles for the new books this week were murder(16), witch(6), books(6) and paranormal(5).

Based on the 30-day average, an estimated 144 titles were published in Mystery: Cozy this week.

HOT TOPICS

Top Tropes this week were Fake Relationship(1) and Instalove(1)

Top Characters this week were Police(33), Detective(31) and Witch(20)

Top Settings this week were Holiday(17), Small town(9) and School/Academy(5)

Top Themes this week were Crime(80), Magic(27) and Supernatural(26)

See all the topic tags here.
Click on a tag to filter the dashboard by that tag, or click the link above to see a table of all the tags.

TITLES TO WATCH

The Titles To Watch section is a new feature highlighting books in the Top 100; they may be preorders or brand-new this week and already charting, or by popular authors with other books in the Top 100. Even if they're not your comp titles, you may wish to be aware of their content, blurbs and marketing. 

The K Team (K Team Novels Book 1) David Rosenfelt First consecutive week in the Top 100 and first book in a series AnimalsThemePoliceCharacter

Poppy Harmon Investigates (A Desert Flowers Mystery Book 1) Lee Hollis First consecutive week in the Top 100 and first book in a series DetectiveCharacterCrimeThemePoliceCharacter

Miracles, Mysteries, and Memories (Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery Book 36) Kathi Daley Released this week and by an author with 4 books in the Top 100 DetectiveCharacterSchool/AcademySetting

COVERS

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Click on the images above (on desktop) or pinch (on mobile) to zoom in. Covers are sorted by similarity^?. The 'color board' shows the dominant colors from each cover in a palette based on their impact.

TOP 100 ANALYSIS

Overview

The full path on the Kindle Store for Mystery: Cozy is Kindle eBooks > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Cozy. See the Top 100 page, the Whole Category page, the Last 30 Days page and the Preorders page.

• There were 6 standalone books, and 94 books which were in 68 unique series.
  
• There were 82 books in KU, and 18 wide.
  
• There were 18 books published by an imprint of a major traditional publisher, and 82 books estimated to be independent or self-published.
  
• There were 66 separate authors in the Top 100.  See the number of books by each author.
  

Best Sellers Rank How old are the titles and what are their ranks? 39 books are up to 30 days old. See them in a table, or show them at Amazon. 24 books are between 1 month and 6 months old. See them in a table, or show them at Amazon. 37 books are over 6 months old. See them in a table, or show them at Amazon.

Time in the Charts How long has each title been in the Top 100? 56 books have been in the Top 100 for 1-4 weeks. See them in a table, or show them at Amazon. 16 books have been in the Top 100 for 5-8 weeks. See them in a table, or show them at Amazon. 26 books have been in the Top 100 for 9-12 weeks. See them in a table, or show them at Amazon. See the list of books by weeks in the chart. See the list of authors by weeks in the chart.

Price Breakdown How many books are at each price point? 29 books are 2.99 or less. See them. 48 books are between 2.99 and 4.99. See them. 21 books are more than 4.99. See them. Or see all the books sorted by price. For more detail on the prices of specific books, click the 'Open the Dashboard' button above. You can sort and filter the Dashboard by price and KU status.

BLURBS AND TITLES

Popular Words

Popular words in titles this week were murder(16), witch(6), books(6) and paranormal(5)

Popular words in blurbs^? this month were life(37), murder(37), new(32) and dead(30). See the whole list.

Word Frequency in Blurbs

Blurb Structure

Blurbs had a median of 16 sentences across 5 paragraphs.  Text analysis^? of the blurbs in the bestselling 100 suggests:

• 93 were written in third-person (see them)
  
• 7 were written in first-person (see them)
  
• 0 of the first-person blurbs had more than one point of view.
  

To learn more about blurbs, click the 'Download Blurbs' button below, and get them all in a single PDF.

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All the best,

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