Amazon Charts: One August Night sails into the top

Victoria Hislop's One August Night (Headline) has climbed 15 places to hit the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction number one spot, as its Kindle price dropped to 99p. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-08 02:00:28 UTC ]
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Why is Amazon Trying to Squash Availability of Free Ebooks?

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Amazon's Kindle Gets Exclusive Role In New PTA Family Reading Program

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