Media Control Releases German E-book Bestseller List

In German Buch News by Siobhan O'Leary

By Siobhan O’Leary

International market research firm Media Control has released its first German bestseller list for e-books. The most downloaded titles for July 2010 were:

  1. Andreas Franz: Letale Dosis (Droemer) [Lethal Dose]
  2. Tommy Jaud: Hummeldumm (S. Fischer) [Bumble Dumb]
  3. Kate Morton: Der verborgene Garten (Diana Verlag) [The Hidden Garden]
  4. Stieg Larsson: Vergebung (Heyne) [The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest]
  5. Sebastian Fitzek: Der Augensammler (Droemer) [The Eye Collector]

Media Control plans to release the list on a monthly basis starting in October, when it will also release more details about the reporting method.

About the Author

Siobhan O'Leary

Siobhan O’Leary is a literary agent, translator and writer based in Berlin. She previously worked in the Foreign Rights department of the Crown Publishing Group (Random House) and at the publishing consulting firm Market Partners International.