A few interesting tidbits from a cursory look at the Kindle Store Movers and Shakers List this morning: Kindle Store Bestsellers: Movers & Shakers (This highly volatile hour-by-hour list shows the titles from the top 400 Kindle store bestsellers that have experienced the greatest percentage jump in sales rankings during the past 24 hours. For instance, a title that has jumped from #7 to #2 will show a 250% climb).

First, now that the Kindle Store bestseller list has been divided into “paid” and “free,” we notice that titles moving from “free” to “paid” status, like this one, are counted as if entering the “paid” list for the first time, which almost inevitably would move them for the first 24 hours to the very highest levels of the Movers and Shakers List.

1. Ranking has gone up in the past 24 hours Sales Rank in Kindle Store: 13 (previously unranked)

Every Thought Captive: Battling the Toxic Beliefs That Separate Us from the Life We Crave by Jerusha Clark (Author) 4.7 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews) Auto-delivered wirelessly Kindle Price: $7.99

Next, we see that a swell of media buzz for Edgar finalist Olen Steinhauer, including a couple of New York Times mentions, has vaulted his titles into prized territory in the Kindle Store.

3. Ranking has gone up in the past 24 hours 311% Sales Rank in Kindle Store: 54 (was 222 yesterday)

The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer (Author) 4.0 out of 5 stars (148 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion Auto-delivered wirelessly Kindle Price: $9.99

5. Ranking has gone up in the past 24 hours 230% Sales Rank in Kindle Store: 40 (was 132 yesterday)

The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer (Author) 4.4 out of 5 stars (21 customer reviews) Auto-delivered wirelessly Kindle Price: $12.99

Tess Gerritsen and her publisher, Random House’s Ballantine Books, know how to work it in the Kindle Store. Her 2001 bestseller The Surgeon has risen from the operating table due to its hitting the value-proposition sweet spot with a $1.99 of the complete novel with bonus material, and naturally those sales have brought even more profitable sales of the novel’s 2008 sequel, The Apprentice, at $6.39, which represents a logically 20% discount from the available mass market paperback edition. This isn’t rocket science, but it’s worth noting that Gerritsen’s royalties are soaring precisely because Random House has left the pricing or discounting of these Kindle editions to Amazon.

7. Ranking has gone up in the past 24 hours 128% Sales Rank in Kindle Store: 216 (was 494 yesterday)				The Apprentice: A Novel by Tess Gerritsen (Author) 3.9 out of 5 stars (89 customer reviews) Auto-delivered wirelessly Kindle Price: $6.39

Nothing brilliant to say about the next two titles, except they appear to be part of reader’s continuing  embrace of brown-paper bag material in the Kindle Store. What, I shouldn’t notice this on the very day when Kindle Nation Daily has been passed in the Kindle Blogs sales rankings by, er, the Sexy Stories blog?

13. Ranking has gone up in the past 24 hours 63% Sales Rank in Kindle Store: 238 (was 388 yesterday)		Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella’s Story by J.R. Ward (Author) 4.7 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews) | 17 customer discussions Auto-delivered wirelessly Kindle Price: $3.19
14. Ranking has gone up in the past 24 hours 62% Sales Rank in Kindle Store: 179 (was 290 yesterday)		Three for Me? by R. G. Alexander (Author) 4.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) Auto-delivered wirelessly Kindle Price: $2.18

But that’s not the only good news for readers! There are increasing signs that the Kindle Store’s shelves are swelling more and more each day with quality backlist reads at fair prices. Many of these titles come from Penguin, which is in a great position for backlist sales through the Kindle, even if it is continuing to withhold its new releases.

16. Ranking has gone up in the past 24 hours 59% Sales Rank in Kindle Store: 309 (was 493 yesterday)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Author) 4.5 out of 5 stars (895 customer reviews) | 11 customer discussions Auto-delivered wirelessly Kindle Price: $6.39

20. Ranking has gone up in the past 24 hours 50% Sales Rank in Kindle Store: 272 (was 409 yesterday)

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Author) 4.3 out of 5 stars (658 customer reviews) Auto-delivered wirelessly Kindle Price: $3.95