Yet, after 18 months of strong sales on Amazon, it has sold fewer copies than the paperback did.

But sales fell 12 percent in May from a year earlier, the first significant drop after months of growing sales.

The car went on sale in 2011, but the first six months of sales disappointed.

Still, some economists noted that if there were additional months of particularly poor sales the situation could hurt the nation's economy.

After months of sales that were all over the board, some themes within sectors also appeared.

That followed five consecutive months of rising sales from May through September.

Maybe the next 3 months of sales may reflect that as the Samsung phone just got released a month ago, right?

Monsanto said that in the first six months of sales, it received 95 reports from farmers who were having problems.

This was almost certainly the case at Talbots, which reported a 14.8 percent gain after months of very weak sales.

After six months of sales the books had only grossed about US$1200.