The Washington Post revised their bestseller lists, previously based solely on Bookscan print sales data, to incorporate data from their cousins at Amazon. Adding the etailer’s ebook sales gives the lists an extra dimension that brings them closer to lists from the New York Times, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Unfortunately, however, the Post has also infected itself with Amazon’s ebook borrowing statistics, tilting their results towards the limited universe of titles included in Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading. Additionally, the Post has “syndicated” the Amazon Charts Most Read list, and is introducing a new, local Most Read […]
