I extracted a few more statistics to add to my Final Tally for 2005, for those of you who enjoy this kind of thing.
Here are the number of books I reviewed, broken down by publisher. (I combined the various imprints under the main company.)
Bloomsbury: 1 book reviewed
Carroll & Graf: 1 book reviewed
CDS Books: 1 book reviewed
Dennis McMillan: 1 book reviewed
Five Star: 1 book reviewed
Hard Case Crime: 1 book reviewed
HarperCollins (Avon, HarperCollins, Morrow): 9 books reviewed
Holtzbrinck (Forge, Henry Holt, St. Martin's, St. Martin's Minotaur): 12 books reviewed
Hyperion: 2 books reviewed
Kensington (Kensington, Pinnacle): 2 books reviewed
Mira: 1 book reviewed
Penguin (Dutton, Plume, Putnam, Signet, Viking): 8 books reviewed
Point Blank: 1 book reviewed
Poisoned Pen Press: 2 books reviewed
Random House (Ballantine, Bantam, Broadway, Delacorte, Delta, Doubleday, One World): 17 books reviewed
Scholastic: 1 book reviewed
Simon & Schuster (Scribner, Simon & Schuster): 2 books reviewed
Time Warner Book Group (Little Brown, Mysterious Press, Warner): 6 books reviewed
Random House was the big winner, which isn't a surprise, given that they're the largest. The surprising thing I note from these stats is how few books by Simon & Schuster I reviewed. I think that's mostly because they tend not to send me as many of their books as the other publishers do. (Like I always tell the publicists: if I don't get 'em, I can't review 'em.)
The other statistics I have are the number of books I reviewed, broken-down into different book types:
Hardcovers: 57 books reviewed
Trade paperback originials: 5 books reviewed
Paperback originals: 7 books reviewed
Naturally, most of the books I write about are published in hardcover. But I do try to include worthy paperbacks when I can.
I think that's it for the math. You may now return to your regularly scheduled reading.
