Kobo reveals its UK bestsellers and 'most read'

Romance is the main genre which Kobo platform users in the UK read all the way to the end, an inaugural Kobo Book Report on e-reading trends in the UK has found. Kobo has revealed both its top purchases, and which books readers actually completed. It found that romance was the most thoroughly read genre on the Kobo platform in 2014, with 62% of ebook downloads read right through to the end, followed closely by crime and thriller novels (61%), and fantasy (60%). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Ultimate Fall 2024 Reading List

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Freedom to Read Advocates Look to Expand Efforts Beyond the Courtroom

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In new memoir, Bob McDonald reveals he was sexually abused as a child

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