Amazon.com has released its "Best of 2009" lists, which include the bestselling, most-wished-for and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in 2009.*
Additionally, the company has launched the Bestsellers Archive, which allows customers to view historical bestsellers in Books, Kindle Books, MP3 Downloads, Movies & TV, Music, Video, Video Games and Video On Demand (for example, books can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/bestsellers/2009/books.
The Bestseller Archive allows you to go back and see a list of bestsellers by year, month, and day. For example, here is the Kindle Bestseller list for March, 2008.
Electronics: Kindle Wireless Reading Device
Books: "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown
Kindle Books: "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown
DVD: "Twilight"
Video On Demand: "Twilight"
Music: "I Dreamed a Dream" by Susan Boyle
MP3 Album: "No Line on the Horizon" by U2
MP3 Song: "I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas
Video Games: Wii
Computers: ASUS Eee PC 1005HA 10.1-Inch Black Netbook
Software: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Most-Wished-For Products of 2009
Electronics: Kindle Wireless Reading Device
Books: "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown
Kindle Books: "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown
DVD: "Star Trek" (Three-Disc +Digital Copy, Blu-ray)
Video On Demand: "Julie & Julia"
Music: "I Dreamed a Dream" by Susan Boyle
MP3 Album: "Ocean Eyes" by Owl City
MP3 Song: "I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas
Video Games: New Super Mario Bros
Computers: ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook
Software: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Most Popular Gift Products of 2009
Electronics: Kindle Wireless Reading Device
Books: "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)
DVD: "Up"
Music: "I Dreamed a Dream" by Susan Boyle
Video Games: Wii
Computers: ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook
Software: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
*Includes data from Jan. 1, 2009 to Dec. 22, 2009.
Source: Amazon.com
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