iBooks Bestsellers: Hawkins's 'Water' Stays Strong

Readers keep Paula Hawkins's 'Into the Water' swimming along at the top of the iBooks bestseller list, while Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' drops to #5. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Look at a Year of Bestsellers

No one would have been able to predict at the start of 2012 that a BDSM erotic romantic trilogy—Fifty Shades—would set new records for book sales and change/spice up what women worldwide would admit to be reading, many for the first time. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Analyzing 2012′s Bestselling Books and Ebooks in the US and UK

Trade magazines Publishers Weekly and The Bookseller have put out new lists analyzing the bestselling books of 2012. No surprise, but E.L. James dominated. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie bookstores report strong sales for 2012

Sales at independent bookstores rose almost 8 percent during the year, according to data from about 500 stores. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Names Dominated Bestsellers in 2012

Parsing through the top 10 bestsellers of 2012 in a number of major publishing categories reads like a usual suspects list, as a small number of authors filled a large number of spots. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published authors on Kindle bestseller list

Amazon has revealed that 15% of its bestselling Kindle books in the UK last year were written by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bestselling Books of 2012

Half of the top 20 bestselling books of 2012 in print were either Fifty Shades titles or Hunger Games titles, and only one book not written by E.L. James or Suzanne Collins—Jeff Kinney’s latest Wimpy Kid title—cracked the one-million-copies-sold mark for the year, according to Nielsen BookScan,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Gone Girl' Flynn stays at W&N

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired two new novels by Gillian Flynn, author of bestselling... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling ebook of 2012: 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

If you bought a copy of "Fifty Shades of Grey" for your e-reader, you are not alone -- not by a long shot. If you bought a copy of "Fifty Shades of Grey" for your e-reader, you are not alone -- not by a long shot. E.L. James' sexy novel about innocent college student Anastasia Steele and her... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doris Kearns Goodwin on her bestselling books and the movie adaptation of 'Lincoln'

Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about her book 'Team of Rivals,' and what it was like to see her work come to life in Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strong start to German Christmas boosted by Hitler title

Christmas sales are picking up in Germany, with double-digit sales growth for the second week... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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High street demand strong for e-readers

Retailers are reporting strong customer demand for their newly available e-readers, boosting... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wimpy Kid tops charts in strong week for booksellers

Jeff Kinney's seventh Diary of a Wimpy Kid novel, The Third Wheel (Puffin), has become one of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker strong on Educational Writers’ Award shortlist

The shortlist for the 2012 Educational Writers’ Award has been announced today (19th... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Author Goes Beyond Textbooks

When iBooks Author, Apple’s multimedia ebook authoring tool, was unveiled in January, it was hailed for how easy it is to use and its ability to create rich, multimedia, and interactive educational content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DC Comics brings a veritable justice league of titles to Kindle, iBooks and Nook Stores

Not that there's been any lack of ways to get Batman or Supes on your chosen tablet, between Comixology and the devoted DC app, but if you happened to need on more, the publisher announced today that it will be bringing its entire line to three prominent e-bookstores. Justice League, Batman,... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC uses iBooks Author for Hobbit film ebooks

HarperCollins is capitalising on the forthcoming release of the first Hobbit film by putting out... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Strong quarter' for HC despite NewsCorp losses

HarperCollins UK has reported a strong quarter to end September 2012, despite a 48% fall in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC puts Paddington on iBooks

HarperCollins is releasing 50 of its most successful picture books for tablets for the first time... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strong showing for FutureBook Innovation awards

Penguin, HarperCollins, Profile, Bardowl and The History Press have been shortlisted for a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple's iBooks App Gets a Refresh

Apple announced on Tuesday a new version of its iBooks application, the iOS-based software which allows mobile users to read books on their tablets and smartphones. Version 3.0 of the new app comes with a continuous scrolling feature, fuller integration with Apple's iCloud, Facebook and Twitter... Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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