In Month-to-Month: Simba’s Analysis of Bestseller Trends 2009, the acclaimed monthly Scorecards data from our monthly intelligence publication, Book Publishing Report, is brought together in this briefing to provide an analytical narrative of 2009.

What months saw an increase in the number of fiction titles? What nonfiction did well, and when? The details as well as how and which categories, authors, imprints and titles trended over the course of the year and what was in the lead just can’t be found anywhere else.

Simba senior trade book analyst Michael Norris has been tapped by the New York Times, TIME and USA Today to discuss industry trends and bestseller data for the publishing market. Have this firsthand intelligence at your fingertips to understand buyer habits, the most popular categories in today's market and where the strengths and weaknesses lie for the top imprints in trade book publishing today.