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.
BookNet Canada’s 2016 Snapshot: Nonfiction Lags Fiction
Statistics from BookNet Canada reveal the best-selling books of 2016, along with a stable Canadian book market and growing online book sales.
In London, a Revamped Specsavers Award Honors UK Bestsellers
Million-copy-selling bestsellers get Platinum status in the UK’s new edition of the Specsavers-sponsored award, market performances verified by Nielsen.
Germany’s Bestselling Books of 2016: Fiction and Nonfiction
From crime fiction to medical advice with a sense of humor, both well-known authors and new voices were among the bestselling books in Germany last year.
Hot Books for the Holidays in Paris: Love Letters to a Mistress
Selling well in France, controversial François Mitterand books, love letters for the former president’s mistress, are on offer to international publishers.
‘Bourne and I Have Bonded’: Author Eric van Lustbader
‘Bond was, and is, pure escapism. Bourne reflects the world around him,’ says author Eric van Lustbader, who is at work on the 11th Jason Bourne novel.
‘Wallpaper the Country With Books’: Mexico’s Gandhi Bookstores
One of the nation’s largest, Mexico’s bookstore chain named for Mahatma Gandhi increasingly depends on non-book sales to stay ahead, according to the company’s marketing manager.
Manilla: New Home for International Fiction
Ullstein and Bonnier UK are launching a new digital imprint called Manilla that will publish English ebook editions of bestselling German fiction.
French Readers Put Arab Authors on the Bestseller List
After years of writing about radicalization and terrorism in the Middle East, Arab authors are now in the spotlight in France as readers try to understand the recent Paris attacks.
Germany’s Bestselling Novels of 2015
The bestselling novels in Germany in 2015 were diverse, from children’s to crime, new voices to established authors, with plenty of translations in the mix.