Book Circulation Data

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Augie March (Fall 2011)

CountsPerWeekAM

Weekly circulation starting 6 months before launch, ending 12 months after launch

CountsMapAM

Total circulation by branch

Gold Boy, Emerald Girl (Spring 2012)

CountsPerWeekGB

Weekly circulation starting 6 months before launch, ending 12 months after launch

CountsMapGB

Total circulation by branch

Book Thief (Fall 2012)

CountsPerWeekBT

Weekly circulation starting 6 months before launch, ending 12 months after launch

CountsMapBT

Total circulation by branch

Warmth of Other Suns (Fall 2013)

CountsPerWeekWS

Weekly circulation starting 6 months before launch, ending 12 months after launch

CountsMapWS

Total circulation by branch

Comparative

DensityPlotOverTimeBest

Probability density for the different book launches.

Note that the curves show a greater peak for Augie March and Gold Boy, books that didn’t circulate much until they became One Book selections. Warmth of Other Suns and Book Thief were better-known titles and had significant pre-existing circulation prior to the One Book event.

CountsAfterLaunch1

Weekly check outs starting at the launch date.