And, if you're up on things, I probably don't have to inform you of a recent letter from some of
the top big name authors requesting letters be sent to Amazon's Jeff Bezos in order to save authors and writing and literature and to let Hachette get its way.
Not exact matches
Are there any
top sellers that don't have
big -
name authors or publishers?
Also, while dinosaurs, some of the
big six may survive if they gut their marketing departments (or spin these off as add agencies focused on
top 10
authors only), define more standard T&C s (which they will get away with with their new
authors, whereas the
big names who could negotiate a better deal will anyway be hiring editors by the hour and publishing direct on amazon etc) and change business model to promote not
authors (who are fundamentally un-ownable now you can easily self or amazon publish) but rather their own editorial abilities.
The small handful of
Big Five
authors with
Top - 100 UK ebooks who were also selling well in the US were
names that would surprise no one: Robert Galbraith, Lee Child, E L James, Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Andy Weir, Jojo Moyes, and Paula Hawkins.
Big ugly banner on
top crowded with
author name, clever quote AND tagline — and no keywords.