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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Random House Group UK to tout authors as speakers

Random House is diversifying into author management with the launch of an international speakers... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Reading Agency to cheer up readers

The Reading Agency is to launch a Mood-boosting Books campaign, teaming up with Vintage and its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo ebook sales increase seven-fold in December

Daily Kobo ebook sales in the UK increased seven times in December as the company revealed one... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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UK titles including Tweet Treats vie for Gourmand awards

The UK has 16 titles making the Gourmand cookery book award shortlists this year, down on 21 in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Bible hogs Norway's bestseller list

A new translation of the Bible has taken the top spot in Norway's bestseller list, selling 75... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK government holds firm on ebook VAT

The UK government has reiterated its view that it cannot bring down value added tax on ebooks... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Mullin returning champion in MPs' must-read list

The third volume of Chris Mullin's memoirs, A Walk-On Part (Profile Books), has been named... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Jobs Bio a Global Hit: International Bestsellers December 2011

A few days after Amazon announced that the Steve Jobs biography was its top-selling book of 2011 (combined print and ebook sales), the book debuted on bestseller charts around the world, including the three countries highlighted this month. Steve Jobs was #3 in France and the Netherlands, and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Report reveals OFT thinking on Amazon/TBD decision

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) rejected publishers' claims that the merger of The Book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US World Book Night titles revealed

World Book Night in the US has appointed Pulitzer Prize-wining journalist Anna Quindlen as its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Nook coming to the UK in 'not too distant future'

US retailer Barnes & Noble's e-reading device range, the Nook, will be available in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Kindle Fire could hit UK in January

Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet is reportedly launching in the UK in January. Know Your... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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W H Smith supports Asda's Kobo move

W H Smith has backed rival retailer Asda's move to join WHS in selling Kobo e-readers. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Asda to sell Kobo e-readers

Asda will begin selling the Kobo wireless e-reader for £67 this Friday (9th December). The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Irish Sports Book of the Year shortlist revealed

Titles on rugby, cycling, horse racing and Gaelic games have been shortlisted for this year... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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LSSI 'revises UK targets'

American library management firm LSSI has retreated from its target of managing 15% of UK public... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Penguin withholds new ebooks from UK library suppliers

Penguin UK is now withholding the supply of its new ebook releases to its library suppliers in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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WHS launches new £169.99 Kobo e-reader

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 23/11/2011 - 08:30 W H Smith has launched a colour WiFi Kobo e-reader, priced £169.99 and with a multimedia touch screen and social media tie-in. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Openmargin Hopes to Be More Than Social E-Reading

Notes in the margins of ebooks could be the next platform for social interaction. At least that's what Amsterdam-based Openmargin is hoping. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2011-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International Bestsellers, November 2011: Literary Novels Hit in Germany, Italy

The top three fiction titles in Germany were all debuts in October, led by In Times of Fading Light, which recently won the 2011 German Book Prize and is set for publication in the U.S. by Graywolf Press in fall 2013. Umberto Eco’s newest book, The Prague Cemetery, which debuted at #3, is newly... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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