on the market vs on the shelves

on the market

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  • single; not in a committed romantic relationship or otherwise unavailable. 

  • Offered for sale. 

  • During a real estate auction: going to be sold at that auction, i.e. the bid has reached the vendor's reserve. 

on the shelves

How often have the words on the market and on the shelves occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )