Papst smears the competition -- "Capital Murder" leads Sunbury Press bestsellers

HARRISBURG, Pa. - May 12, 2015 - PRLog -- Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for April, 2015. Chris Papst's expose on the financial collapse of Harrisburg, Capital Murder, took the top spot., followed by the Bethel AME church history Along the Bethel Trail.Flying Pants, by Lola James, claimed the third spot.

SUNBURY PRESS - Bestsellers for April, 2015 (by Revenue)
Rank  Last Month  Title  Author  Category
1  23  Capital Murder  Chris Papst  Investigation
2  NEW  Along the Bethel Trail  Friends of Bethel AME  History
3  --  Flying Pants  Lola James  Childrens
4  --  As the Paint Dries  Carrie Wissler-Thomas  History
5  16  Call Sign Dracula  Joe Fair  War Memoir
6  26  Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last  Mike Campbell  History
7  NEW  The B Team  Alan Mindell  Sports Fiction
8  --  Rising Hope  Marie Sontag  Historical Fiction
9  25  The Wolf of Britannia, Part I  Jess Steven Hughes  Historical Fiction
10  24  Jesus the Phoenician  Karim El Koussa  Religious History
11  --  There Is Something About Rough & Ready  Lawrence Knorr et al  History
12  5  Rising Sun Descending  Wade Fowler  Thriller Fiction
13  18  Pit Bulls  Anthony Julian  History
14  NEW  Keystone Tombstones Anthracite Region  Farrell and Farley  Biography
15  NEW  Keystone Tombstones Susquehanna Valley  Farrell and Farley  Biography
16  8  The Complete Story of the Worldwide Invasion of the Orange Orbs  Terry Ray  Paranormal
17  9  The Sign of the Eagle  Jess Steven Hughes  Historical Fiction
18  --  Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania  George Donehoo  History
19  --  Freemasons at Gettysburg  Sheldon Munn  History
20  --  The Wolf of Britannia, Part II  Jess Steven Hughes  Historical Fiction
21  1  H Is for Hershey  Heather Paterno  Childrens
22  12  Winter of the Metal People  Dennis Herrick  Historical Fiction
23  30  That Night at Surigao  M Ernest Marshall  History
24  3  The Fossils of Blackberry Hill  Kenneth Gass  Paleontology
25  --  Bows, Bullets, and Bears  John L. Moore  History
26  --  Pioneers, Prisoners, and Peace Pipes  John L. Moore  History
27  --  Forts, Forests, and Flintlocks  John L. Moore  History
28  --  Cannons, Cattle, and Campfires  John L. Moore  History
29  --  Traders, Travelers, and Tomahawks  John L. Moore  History
30  --  Rivers, Raiders, and Renegades  John L. Moore  History

April has been a historically weak month for Sunbury Press. The company had its 2nd best April ever. YTD Sales are up 77% from last year. Hardcover books have grown to a 36% share of sales. EBooks have now slipped to less than 3.9% of sales. Trade paperbacks remain steady at 54%.

Chris Papst's Capital Murder grabbed the top spot thanks to advance sales and author activity. Along the Bethel Trail, by the Friends of the Bethel AME, was also helped by advance sales. Lola James's childrens book Flying Pants soared to #3 due to author events. Carrie Wissler-Thomas's As the Paint Dries was boosted to #4 by ongoing sales at the Art Association of Harrisburg. Call Sign Dracula, the Vietnam memoir by Joe Fair, continued to chart at #5 thanks to steady sales in bookstores. Mike Campbell's Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, soared to #6, up 20 spots, thanks to ongoing interest in the lost aviatrix. Alan Mindell's new horse racing novel, The B Team, debuted at #7 thanks to support from his reader base. Rising Hope, Marie Sontag's first volume in the Warsaw Rising Trilogy, charted at #8 due to author activities. Jess Steven Hughes nabbed 3 spots: #9 with The Wolf of Britannia Part I, #17 with The Sign of the Eagle, and #20 with The Wolf of Britannia Part II. Hughes benefitted from multiple books at his regular bookstore events. Karim El Koussa's Jesus the Phoenician rose to #10 from combined sales of the paperback, ebook, and hardcover editions. There Is Something about Rough and Ready, by Lawrence Knorr, Steve Troutman, Elaine Moran, Cindy Baum, Christine Hipple, and Jeanne Adams returned to the rankings at #11 thanks to sales in the Rough & Ready area. Wade Fowler's novel Rising Sun Descending slipped to #12 the month after his Sunbury Press Store event. Anthony Julian's ever-present Pit Bulls moved up a few spots to #13 because of ongoing interest in the subject matter. The Joes, Farrell and Farley, grabbed numbers 14 & 15 due to regional interest in with two of their newly-released books: Keystone Tombstones Anthracite Region and Keystone Tombstones Susquehanna Valley. Terry Ray's popular The Complete Story of the Worldwide Invasion of the Orange Orbs stayed on the chart at #16 thanks to ongoing interest in the UFO phenomenom. George Donehoo's classic Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania joined the rankings at #18 due to sales in the up state. Sheldon Munn's Freemasons at Gettysburg climbed to #19 due to orders from Gettysburg retailers in advance of Memorial Day. Heather Paterno's H Is for Hershey slipped to #21 following her event at the Hershey Historical Society. Dennis Herrick maintained #22, slipping 10 spots, with his Winter of the Metal People. The book is popular in New Mexico. Ernie Marshall's That Night at Surigao climbed 7 spots to #23 thanks to interest in the last fight between battleships in WW2. Kenneth Gass's The Fossils of Blackberry Hill preserved #24 thanks to author activities. John L. Moore grabbed the remaining spots #'s 25 to 30 with 6 of the 8 books in his Frontier Pennsylvania Series.

The company released nine new titles during the month of April.

SUNBURY PRESS – New Releases for April, 2015
Charlie Caw  Paul Argentini  YA Fiction
Capital Murder  Chris Papst  Investigation
Keystone Tombstones Philadelphia Region  Farrell and Farley  Biography
Along the Bethel Trail  Friends of Bethel AME  History
The Fossils of Blackberry Hill  Kenneth Gass  Paleontology
Keystone Tombstones Susquehanna Valley  Farrell and Farley  Biography
The B Team  Alan Mindell  Sports Fiction
Keystone Tombstones Anthracite Region  Farrell and Farley  Biography
The Best of Keystone Tombstones  Farrell and Farley  Biography

For a list of Sunbury's best-sellers, please see the Sunbury Press web site:
http://www.sunburypressstore.com/BESTSELLERS_c3.htm
For a complete list of recent and upcoming releases, please see:
http://www.sunburypressstore.com/COMING-SOON_c47.htm