Alex Michaelides' The Silent Patient (Orion) has surged into the Bookstat e-book number one spot for the week ending 23rd May. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-27 08:53:16 UTC ]
L J Ross' The Shrine, the self-published author's latest DCI Ryan title, has divined straight into the Bookstat e-book number one. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-18 22:56:13 UTC ]
For the week ending 9th May, Sally Rooney’s Normal People punted into the Bookstat e-book number one, climbing one place to leapfrog Andrew Mayne’s The Girl Beneath the Sea. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-16 12:06:19 UTC ]
Congratulations to the winners of the 6th Annual Self-Published E-Book Awards! Grand Prize Steel Hand, Cold Heart by Rachel Menard (rachelmenard.com) Fantasy First Place Willow of Ashes by Ellie Raine (ellieraine.com) Honorable Mentions Fog & Mist: The Canens Chronicles,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2020-05-05 14:08:04 UTC ]
Andrew Mayne's The Girl Beneath the Sea (Thomas & Mercer) has made a splash in the Bookstat e-book top 10, sailing straight into the number one. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-05 09:58:28 UTC ]
In his recent blog, 'Amazon's VAT Windfall', Anthony McGowan expressed concern that the Bezos behemoth had not changed e-book prices following the recent VAT cut, and were set to profit to the tune of millions as a result. He and I have been arguing on Twitter, very politely I might add, about... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-04 21:54:48 UTC ]
From 1 May, bringing forward a plan originally scheduled for the end of the year, the Government has removed VAT from e-books. It was a change lobbied for by many writers, as well as the big publishers. They rallied under the stirring slogan ‘No Tax on Learning’. This is a good thing, surely,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-04 08:40:06 UTC ]
Amazon says it will reduce prices but the Times newspaper subscription will remain the same. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2020-05-01 12:36:31 UTC ]
Publishers are seeing a surge in e-book and audio sales of up to 25% as readers escape the lockdown with feel-good fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 02:30:27 UTC ]
"Paddington" and "Downton Abbey" star Hugh Bonneville is voicing the free audiobook for Nosy Crow's recently released children's e-book about coronavirus. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-20 18:06:43 UTC ]
Orion has acquired the first book from Early Years specialist and playHOORAY! founder Claire Russell, to publish in e-book next week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 07:21:34 UTC ]
Rough Guides is offering a free e-book to customers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-09 05:10:16 UTC ]
For the week ending 4th April, it was all change in the Bookstat e-book top 10, as nine new entries rushed in. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-09 05:02:27 UTC ]
Scottish YA author Claire McFall is releasing an e-book title, Making Turquoise, to raise money for food banks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-08 05:38:55 UTC ]
Sphere is publishing a 99p activity e-book for people in need of "affordable distraction" during the lockdown. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-07 18:30:57 UTC ]
Some Canadian publishers are offering special deals on e-books in a bid to entertain readers and pay authors during the COVID-19 shutdown. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2020-03-23 09:00:00 UTC ]
Despite the fact that so much entertainment content is now digitally delivered, physical books - at least up until this point - have continued to outpace the sales of e-books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-23 01:46:07 UTC ]
Macmillan has abandoned its controversial lending policy on e-books for US libraries in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 05:44:27 UTC ]
“There are times in life when differences should be put aside,” reads a brief memo from Macmillan CEO John Sargent addressed to librarians, authors, illustrators, and agents, revealing that Macmillan will "return to the library e-book pricing model that was in effect on October 31st, 2019." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Eight new titles have flocked into the Bookstat E-Book top 10 for the week ending 7th March, with Daisy Pearce’s The Silence in the number one spot. Of course, Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and the Light also broke into the chart, hitting fourth place with an estimated 20,114 units sold. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-13 05:16:17 UTC ]