The retailer feeds its Amazon Charts with consumer data on what’s being read and listened to (in digital) and what’s being sold on a weekly basis.
How to Buy a Top Spot on the New York Times Bestseller List
Carolyn Kellogg reports in the Los Angeles Times about how ResultSource Inc. was able, through clever machinations, to generate a #1 New York Times bestseller.
German E-books Get ‘Proof of Life’ as Bestseller Lists Launch
In Germany e-books represent just 5.4% of book revenue, but the segment is growing and should get a boost from the country’s first e-book bestseller lists.
Brazilian Bestseller List May 2011
The bestselling title in Brazil is still Ágape by Marcelo Rossi, published by Globo Livros. Mr. Rossi is a celebrity priest in Brazil.
Lack of E-books on UK Bestseller List Causes Problems
In a convincing post at The Bookseller, Scott Pack, publisher of The Friday Project, an imprint of HarperCollins, notes that the lack of e-book sales integration into the UK bestseller lists cases a “whole host of problems,” not the least of which is that it might undermine a books ability to hit the list. Until recently, e-book sales in the …
E-book Bestseller Lists from New York Times Coming in 2011
By Hannah Johnson The New York Times announced yesterday that it will begin publishing e-book bestseller lists for fiction and nonfiction titles early next year. The Times created and verified its e-book tracking system over a period of two years, says Janet Elder, the editor of news surveys and election analysis. Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus said the addition of …
What Germany is Reading This Week
By Hannah Johnson Gathered from Boersenblatt.net, here are the top ten fiction and nonfiction hardcover bestsellers in Germany this week. Top 10 Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers in Germany (Oct 28 – Nov 3) (From Boersenblatt.net) Ken Follett: Sturz der Titanen German Publisher: Bastei Luebbe (Translated from English) Original: Fall of Giants, published by Dutton Adult Elizabeth George: Wer dem Tode geweiht …
When Will We Have E-book Bestseller Lists?
Op-ed by Tim Coronel (This story originally appeared in the Publishing Perspectives show daily at the Frankfurt Book Fair on 8 October 2010. Download the complete show daily here or click on the image to view the online version.) For all the data we are collecting about the book industry, there is one crucial piece of the puzzle we don’t …
The Bible vs. Mao: A “Best Guess” of the Top 25 Bestselling Books of All Time
• Inspired by the Huffington Post‘s attempt to list the top 15 bestselling books of all time, we offer a humble revision, expanding the list to 25 total. • The Bible and Quotations from Chairman Mao still vie for the top spot, with more than 6 billion published copies each. By Noel L. Griese In the September the Huffington Post published an …
Have We Missed Any Top-25 Bestseller Candidates?
By Edward Nawotka Today’s lead story offers Noel L. Griese’s “best guess” as to the top 25 bestselling books of all time. Of course, it’s doubtful anyone can compile a completely accurate list of the top sellers of all time, given the notoriously unreliable nature of book sales statistics. It’s even more difficult when trying to include titles that originate overseas …
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