The Internet Book Database Blog

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Her newest thriller, The Last Spymaster is now available. If you order this book now and send Gayle Lynds a receipt, you may win a signed paperback of any of her past novels. For more details and to enter to be a character in her next book, visit the Gayle Lynds website.

Here are the Top 20 search terms that led here so far this month

1. indian authors
2. books by indian authors
3. jack du brul
4. movies based on books
5. bestsellers by sidney sheldon
6. robert ludlum books
7. robert langdon
8. merry gentry
9. agaton sax
10. giada de laurentiis pictures
11. list of mary higgins clark books
12. books by erich segal
13. robert ludlum
14. rachael ray’s open house cookbook
15. book database
16. doorman wears dolce
17. a river sutra summary
18. indian author
19. indian authors books
20. richard george adams

Also, parchayi.net has slowly moved up in Alexa rankings, with the one week average sitting well above 100,000. Just a reminder, Parchayi.net users get to keep the affiliate income from their reviews.

Check out the new updated Indian Authors and Cookbooks sections.

Siddharth
Stats: 53587 Books, 9680 Authors, 149513 ISBNs, 13512 book descriptions, 131 Users, 5267 books on user lists

My webhosting account was temporarily disabled for excessive traffic causing too many connections to the database. However, things are now back to normal. Also many pages on the site should now be much faster thanks to new optimized queries. I’m hoping to make the site even faster by optimizing the database access on across the board.

The 2005 list of bestselling fiction in the US (based on the list by Publishers Weekly) has been posted.
The 2005 list of bestselling non-fiction in the US will be updated soon.

The gaps in older lists will be filled in the coming weeks.

Siddharth
Stats: 52989 Books, 9600 Authors, 147476 ISBNs, 13346 book descriptions, 127 Users, 4525 books on user lists

If you find errors or omissions in your listings, please email listbooks@ibookdb.net with additions/corrections. If possible, you may include a link to your official website, a biography and a picture. I will post those on your page too.

Thank You!

If you are an author or publisher and wan’t a book featured, send me a signed copy of the book. Currently, I feature each book for half a month.

If you would like to feature an author, send me 5 signed books by that author (or all books with a minimum of three if the author hasn’t yet written five books). Currently I feature each author for a month.

More Information and Availability

Parchayi.net has been in Alexa’s Top 100,000 websites for over a week now and I’m hoping the ranking will improve as both Google and Yahoo list more and more pages.

Last week, a new feature was added that lets you browse your bookshelf by the first character in Author’s Lastnames. Check it out in the ’My Lists’ section.

You can get Google Toolbar buttons for Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Ebay and Parchayi.net on the Search Tools page.

Top Search Terms for the Month of April:

1. indian authors (191)
2. jack du brul (51)
3. books by indian authors (50)
4. lurlene mcdaniel kickeroo the soccer playing kangaroo (42)
5. covert one (38)
6. robert ludlum books (35)
7. tami hoag books (31)
8. miriam susan (28)
9. list of john grisham books (26)
10. meredith gentry (20)

Siddharth
Stats: 9473 Authors, 52021 Books, 172922 ISBNs, 12883 Book Descriptions, 106 Users, 3059 books on user lists