Michael Jackson tops Amazon's 'Top Out-Of-Stock Products Report'

Michael Jackson is topping the charts again -- this time, a new list of the most sought-after (but unavailable) books on Amazon.com.

Did anyone else receive the below e-mail Wednesday night from Amazon, at amazonservices-emailer@amazon.com?

The subject was "Amazon.com Top Out-Of-Stock Products Report," something I've never seen or heard of before. I am guessing that Amazon Pro-Merchants are receiving it, but it seemed to have come out of the blue. Looks like something eBay would have done in its prime. It's a list of out-of-print books, mostly technical tomes.

Another mystery: For the first three books on this list, I walked through listing the ASIN in "New" condition but didn't see a "Buyer's Waiting" flag. Has Amazon disabled this feature? If these are the books in the most demand, where are the waiting buyers? And the prices?


As usual, I was able to download a 90-day Buyers Waiting report here. However, when I tried to list one of the ASINs in the report (0126272603), Amazon's page reported "no current offers." Hmm.

Here's the entire text, I've added hyperlinks and the picture:

We regularly review the products our customers look for on our website. The products listed below are some of the top products in the Books category that customers were interested in during the last month, but are currently unable to purchase because there was no available inventory on our website as of 07-29-2009. Although inventory levels can change quickly from the many sellers on our website, we wanted to let you know about this customer interest.

ASIN, Title
1. 0312923503 , My Family, the Jacksons

2. 0976889196 , Thriller 25th Anniversary: The Book, Celebrating the Biggest Selling Album of All Time

3. 0716700298 , Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment


4. 0020063105 , Of Blood and Hope


5. 072169358X , Anatomy in Diagnostic Imaging


6. 0768907039 , Master Court Officer Exam 9e (Arco Civil Service Test Tutor)


7. 1579479006 , AMA Physician ICD-9-CM 2008, Volumes 1 and 2 - Compact Edition


8. 1570035172 , Understanding David Foster Wallace (Understanding Contemporary American Literature)


9. B000J0NAYY , Cop Without a Badge the Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher


10. 0007230133 , Leviathan


11. 0615263836 , Eat For Health Mind and Body Makeover With Eat Right America Food Scoring Guide (Three Book Set)


12. 1932613137 , PE Sample Questions and Solutions: Mechanical Engineering (Book)


13. 1599716283 , Complete Exercises


14. 0323006582 , Nuclear Medicine Case Review


15. B001IVY2CC , Dutch 3: The Finale By: Kwame Teague (Teri Woods) (Dutch III: The Finale By: Kwame Teague (Teri Woods), Dutch I, II, III)


16. 1557997802 , Paper Tube Zoo


17. 0982080700 , Get Better Sound


18. 1440414831 , Millionaire REO Real Estate Agent: The Secret of REO's, BPO's, and Short Sales


19. 0966835239 , The Handbook of Rife Frequency Healing: Holistic technology for cancer and other diseases


20. 0131732889 , World Civilizations: The Global Experience, Ap Edition


21. 1593953518 , 3845 - Puppy in Squares Lock and Key Diary


22. B0018TVEAW , Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume One


23. 0789317605 , Lunar: A Glow-in-the-Dark Calendar for the 2009 Lunar Year


24. 0910608709 , Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index


25. 1552977536 , The Flooring Handbook: The Complete Guide to Choosing and Installing Floors


26. 0898867614 , 75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits


27. B001ESQSTO , Human


28. 0899576877 , Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible: New American Standard Bible : Unlocking the Riches of God's Word


29. 0618916296 , The Americans


30. 0147503205 , The Complete Greeks and Romans (Penguin Classics Complete Collections)


31. 088685203X , TOEFL Test Preparation Kit (Book, CD-ROM, and 4 Audio CDs)


32. B001SASEDG , Sports Illustrated Superbowl XLIII Commemorative Pittsburgh Steelers, 2009


33. 1589944631 , Talisman: The Magical Quest Game; Upgrade Pack


34. 1886433100 , Vitamins and Minerals from A to Z With Ethno-Consciousness


35. 0375426051 , Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Deluxe Edition (Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (Deluxe))


36. 1596871172 , The UV Advantage: The Medical Breakthrough That Shows How to Harness the Power of the Sun for Your Health


37. 0935702962 , Quantitative Seismology


38. 0721604838 , Sabiston Textbook of Surgery Board Review


39. B000QRYCTW , 101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Fill-In Licks (Book and CD) (Red Dog Music Books Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Series)


40. 1550223151 , The Hellmouths of Bewdley


41. 0794505635 , German (Flashcards) (German Edition)


42. B001RAXE8W , Fallout 3: Vault Dweller's Survival Guide


43. 0545127254 , Geronimo Stilton Set, Books 1-32 (Lost Treasure of the Emerald Isle; The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid; Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House; I'm Too Fond of My Fur!; Four Mice Deep in the Jungle; Paws Off,


44. B002CQYMR2 , The Sims 3 Collector's Edition (Game Guide) (Includes Mouse Pad, Poster and In-Game Pattern)


45. 0439867789 , A to Z Mysteries Complete 26-Book Set (The Absent Author, The Bald Bandit, The Canary Caper, The Deadly Dungeon, The Empty Envelope, The Falcon's Feathers, The Goose's Gold, The Haunted Hotel, The Inv


46. 1933492155 , Lift Off: Air Vehicle Sketches and Renderings from the Drawthrough Collection


47. 0313284245 , 100 Key Documents in American Democracy


48. B002673JXU , Fast Track to Free Money Cd! Debt Cures


49. 1846169550 , Dark Fire (David Rain)


50. 0967279704 , Lemegeton - The Complete Lesser Key of Solomon


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