Amazon has introduced a new feature to the Kindle Store. Every hour, amazon will provide live updates and present separate ‘Top 100 Bestsellers’ for both paid and free Kindle e-book sales. As of now, Tues 3.28 EST, Stieg Larsson’s The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is to of the paid pile, and Cynthia Ruchti’s…
Adult Hardback Sales Slump 8.1% For January (AAP)
The Association of American Publishers (AAP)has today reported on book sales for the month of January 2010. Overall sales were down 0.7% compared to January 2009, but the most alarming figure is adult hardback, dropping 8.1%. You can find the report here. New York, NY, March 22, 2010—The Association of American Publishers (AAP) reports for…
iUniverse: Best-Sellers or Bottom-Sellers?
iUniverse has today revealed its bestsellers for the month of January. Some time ago (2008), we examined book ranking and what kinds of books sold best when published through some of the larger author solutions services. Here is the top ten for iUniverse for January. I have included the current Amazon ranking as of today.…
Canada’s Top Indie Retailer Files For Bankruptcy Protection
2009 brought an end to independent book retailer Borders UK and its 45 stores. On the eve of 2010, Canadian independent retailer McNally Robinson has filed for bankruptcy protection in the courts. The family-owned business has run bookstores in Canada since 1969 and they still remain hopeful of being allowed to commence financial restructuring to…
The Scores On the Doors Are In For 2009 Book Sales
Nielsen BookScan has correlated their final booksales figures in 2009 (724m units). UK book retailers faired a little better than their US cousins, suffering only a half percent decline, compared to the overall 3% decline. The better than expected figures are strongly attributed to deep discounting from high street retailers like Amazon, Wal-mart and Target…
Are Amazon Doing Porkies For Christmas?
As a follow up from our previous news story on Amazon’s reported Kindle sales over physical sales. Mediabistro/galleycat reports some rather raised and questioning eyebrows across the blogosphere this evening. Are Amazon telling porkies, or eschewing the figures over Christmas? The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
Amazon E-books Outstrip Physical Books For Christmas Sales
According to Amazon.com, their Kindle ebook sales outstripped physical book sales this Christmas. The top Amazon seller was Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue, followed by Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol. The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
Book Sales in Ireland – Eoin Purcell’s Poll
Eoin Purcell is carrying out an interesting poll over on his blog and asks the question, ‘…what people in Ireland THINK about success is in terms of booksales?’ It is certainly a pertinent question not just for Irish authors but authors and publishers operating in any book market or country. As Eoin points out, pair…