Jeremy Greenfield at Digital Book World reports on the average price patterns
of ebook bestsellers over the past few months.
The other tab is Top 10 and it gathers lists
of ebook bestsellers, as well as ebook related apps and devices.
Content — Digital Book World creates a weekly list
of eBook bestsellers.
Five of the biggest publishers were so worried about the impact of ebooks on their hardcover sales that they risked an antitrust lawsuit in an effort to control the retail price
of ebook bestsellers by linking their prices to the price of hardbacks.
In fact, the average prices
of ebook bestseller lists have shown a fairly consistent downward trend for the past year as more and more titles exit agency price controls and enter the free market.»
It enabled me to compete successfully with the world's most prominent authors, including your own, soaring past them to the very top
of the ebook bestseller lists with my debut thriller.
Not exact matches
At some point Dan and I flew into New York City during a hurricane, got interviewed on The Today Show and The View, and celebrated the release
of A Year
of Biblical Womanhood, which you helped catapult to the New York Times
Bestseller list for
ebooks.
It took only one week for the new dating
ebook 12 Simple Rules to become # 1 «Love and Romance»
bestseller in ClickBank, the word - wide leader in distribution
of digital products.
Elena Petrova is the author
of several popular
eBooks, «Anti-Scam Guide» and «How To Find And Marry A Girl Like Me», both are
bestsellers in ClickBank - the world - wide leader in distribution
of digital products.
As one
of the authors, John Scalzi, pointed out, if the first day
of ebook bundle purchases was counted by the New York Times, all the authors would be on the
bestseller list and this clearly demonstrates the worth
of the format.
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He praised Random House for its library friendly policies and this was seconded by librarian Stephanie Anderson who said that most
of the
bestsellers currently available in
ebook form come from Random House.
The amount
of your credit was determined by (1) how many qualifying
eBooks you purchased during the claims period and (2) if the eligible
eBook was ever a New York Times
Bestseller.
A few million
ebooks later, Smashwords is a widely - respected and highly - profitable company that has launched a number
of authors and has had a surprising number
of titles distributed through their platform reach the
bestseller lists.
But readers were all over those early 99 - cent
ebooks because they were such a bargain, and numerous self - published authors leaped to the tops
of the
bestseller lists.
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But 4
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ebook.
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(I just checked the top ten fiction
bestsellers on Amazon from the last New York Timesbestseller list and indeed all are priced at $ 9.99 in
eBook format, with the exception
of the one title noted by the WSJas not available as an
eBook.)
Because B&N + Amazon represent roughly 90 %
of ebooks sold in the US, pairing those two is a pretty good basis for a
bestseller list (with the weight on Amazon, because they own roughly 70 - 75 %
of sales).
The report also suggests that a ghost - written
eBook which was riddled with errors got to the top
of the
bestseller list for $ 56 (USD$ 86 or AUD$ 116)
The Smashwords Survey found that 7 out
of 10
bestsellers launched as
ebook pre-orders:
Amazon.com Introduces
eBooks Kindle en Español, a Kindle Store with the Largest Selection
of Spanish - Language
Bestsellers Available Anywhere in the U.S.
All 5
of her children's books were # 1 best - sellers, including The Little Rose which was a # 1 Amazon
Bestseller for over 60 weeks, became the # 1 Top - Rated Children's
eBook on Amazon, and was adapted into a stage play.
With tons
of FREE
eBooks and NYT
Bestsellers, BookShout is a top reading app for book lovers!
Some shady recent practices in digital publishing have caused a number
of critics to rail against that concept that an
ebook can be repurposed to further an agenda by artificially driving a title up the
bestseller list through a number
of dishonest practices.
With a price structure that often puts physical and digital editions
of bestsellers within only a few rupees
of each other, there seems to be little rush to buy
ebooks.
Notable success stories include a number
of self - published authors landing their titles onto the prestigious New York Times
bestseller list for
ebook fiction.»
Self - published authors
of genre fiction are a driving force in the
ebook market and so we are looking forward to offering Smashwords» 250,000 titles to all the users
of the txtr platform in 20 countries, alongside
bestsellers from well - known publishers.»
They have the latest
bestsellers, newspapers, magazines and classic
ebooks, a little bit
of something for everyone.
One
of the key issues plaguing an admittedly glutted
ebook market is the need for better searchability, especially for self - published and small press books that don't come with the publicity teams reserved for
bestsellers from the Big Five.
(Many
of the
bestseller lists are still handling
ebooks in somewhat awkward ways.)
Thematic chapters focus on critical policy debates and on key driving forces, notably
ebook bestsellers and pricing strategies across European markets, self - publishing, regulation, piracy, and the expanding activities
of the leading global players such as Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google, and Kobo.
This report indicates that,
of the top 5,000
ebooks in the Nook store, self - published bestselling titles made up more than half
of the
bestsellers.
Companies like Le French Book and Spanish Publishers have made it possible for translations
of contemporary
bestsellers to be published in foreign languages and sold through major
ebook retailers.
Also, to reiterate what some
of the other reviewers have pointed out: if you're looking for an
ebook reader in order to read the latest titles and the current
bestsellers, this is NOT the device for you; you'd be better off with a Kindle, a Sony Reader, or even an iPhone.
Amazon is going into this with the intention
of dominating from the word go: it says that
eBooks Kindle en Español will have the most Spanish - language
bestsellers of any e-bookstore in the U.S., as measured by Nielsen.
By hiring the professionals to take care
of your
eBook or manuscript, you'll have more time to focus on writing your next
bestseller.
More people read
ebooks than other types
of books, and many writers and bloggers dream
of becoming Amazon Kindle
bestsellers.
Limp added that the Kindle family
of eBook readers are close behind Kindle Fire on the Amazon.com
bestseller list.
Google has had its hands in the
ebook cookie jar for a number
of years and just launched their Google
eBooks site, which mainly features
bestsellers and more current books.
When Amazon soon launches their German
eBook Store they will have 650,000 titles, 71
of 100 Spiegel
bestsellers, and over 25,000 German - language titles with thousands
of German classics downloadable for free only on Kindle.
The compilation
of sales numbers to develop the
bestsellers lists will be in four distinct categories: a combined number for digital and print sales
of fiction, digital and print
of non-fiction,
ebook - only fiction, and
ebook - only non-fiction.
When looking at the highest price point that actually sells any type
of volume, $ 14.99 seems to be the ceiling in most cases for
ebook bestsellers.
Beyond the Book, which is Kobos Amazon X-Ray for
eBooks does not work in a huge amount
of titles, such as the new JK Rowling Book, the silkworm and other super
bestsellers, whereas X-Ray does work in these titles.
Which leads to: 2) Looking at a chart like, say, number
of titles in
ebook bestseller list.
This month's comparison is based on the Digital Book World top 25
ebook bestsellers as
of March 21.
Effective immediately, public libraries across the United States can acquire for their collections
ebook editions
of such beloved classic favorites and current
bestsellers as The Great Gatsby, Steve Jobs, Doctor Sleep, Hard Choices, The Flamethrowers, The Light Between Oceans, The Perks
of Being a Wallflower and the Mortal Instruments and Dork Diaries series.
The most preordered book in Audible history (Audible's Most Wanted 2017) had a phenomenal debut across formats, hitting # 1 on the NY Times Hardcover Fiction list, # 1 on the Audible list, # 2 on the NY Times combined print /
ebook bestseller list, # 6 on the Sunday Times
of London hardcover list in the UK, and more
bestseller lists across the globe.
For much
of 2011 his self - published
eBooks - including The
Bestseller, The Basement, Once Bitten and Dreamer's Cat - dominated the UK eBook bestseller lists and sold more than half a milli
Bestseller, The Basement, Once Bitten and Dreamer's Cat - dominated the UK
eBook bestseller lists and sold more than half a milli
bestseller lists and sold more than half a million copies.