AustLit

'Nielsen BookScan is the international sales data monitoring and analysis service for the English-language book industry worldwide.

'Nielsen BookScan was established in May 2002 by combining the BookTrack business in the UK, the BookScan business in the US and the BookTrack/AC Nielsen joint venture in Australia. The change is part of a move to standardise the UK, Australian and US book sales products allowing for future global integration of book sales data.

'Nielsen BookScan in Australia collects total transactional data at the point of sale directly from tills and despatch systems of all the major book retailers. It is the world's first continuous retail sales monitoring service for books. In a typical week BookScan Australia collects over 60,000 different titles representing more than $14 million from over 1000 retailers who form the Australia Panel 3 ... panel.'

Australia Panel 3 includes the bookchains Dymocks, Angus & Robertson, Collins Booksellers, Borders, ABC bookshops, Uni Coop stores, ACBA (trade sales), Book City and Kinokuniya. It also includes seven discount department stores, and selected independent and specialist booksellers.

Source: http://www.nielsenbookscan.com.au/about.htm
Sighted: 24/07/2006