As reported Friday, this weekend the WSJ launched their own ebook bestseller lists, managed by Nielsen BookScan. The inaugural groups–featuring lists of 10 slots each for fiction and nonfiction ebooks, and two combined any-format print and ebook lists–look pretty much like the same data pool already reflected in bestseller tabulations from USA Today and the New York Times. The one notable variant so far is Tom Standage’s A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 6 GLASSES, on the list thanks to being featured as the $1.99 Kindle Daily Deal on October 21. That boost was good enough to make it No. […]
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eNews: WSJ Adds eBook Bestseller List, Compiled By Nielsen; Amazon in Talks for Kindle in China; and More
Starting tomorrow, the WSJ’s Weekend edition will feature their own ebook bestseller lists. Like the NYT lists, the Journal will present both ebook-only lists for fiction and nonfiction, as well as combined print and ebook lists in both categories. All titles are eligible–self-published, children’s, backlist, etc.–as long as they have a minimum price of 99 cents or higher. Nielsen BookScan is aggregating the data for the WSJ, drawing on what the release calls “all major retailers,” said to include Amazon, Nook, iBookstore, Sony and Google eBooks among others. Like the other WSJ charts, the new lists will be positional only, […]
Making the List? We Keeping Checking (More than Twice)
Here is the latest in the shifting landscape of ebook bestseller lists. We noticed on the most recent NYT fiction ebook list that two self-published books were counted again, for the second consecutive week: Nancy C. Johnson’s HER LAST LETTER (No. 13) and Victorine Lieske’s NOT WHAT SHE SEEMS (No. 23). Spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha said that “the appearance of those books on the ebook best seller list means that multiple channels reported those titles with sales numbers that were among their best sellers.” It all became clearer when we checked again today and saw that the newspaper’s own declaration […]
People, Awards, and More
At Rizzoli, Susan Masry has been promoted to international sales manager, overseeing sales to Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Latin America,,the Middle East, and South Africa, as well as Rizzoli’s domestic export accounts. Media and intellectual property lawyer Kevin Goering has joined Norwick & Schad, which has been renamed Norwick, Schad & Goering. In their third week of listing ebook bestsellers, the NYT has purged that self-published title we identified last week and–like USA Today–allowed Lisa Gardner’s 99-cent ebook to rise to No 1. (and No. 2 on the combined list). The LA Times announced nominees for its annual book prizes […]
In Second Week, Self-Published Novel Sneaks Onto NYT eBook Bestseller List
Though the stated policy for the New York Times new ebook bestseller lists indicates they will not count self-published books, in the second week of the new charts a self-published author has slipped through. Nancy Johnson’s HER LAST LETTER, a 99-cent ebook, appears at position No. 31 on the “also selling” roster for fiction ebooks. The title was issued by Johnson’s own Penwyck Publishing, and is the company’s only title. As Johnson writes at Amazon: “After I wrote my first novel, I was able to find a great New York literary agent, and I was thrilled. At the time, I […]
Hocking to Make the List: Three Times
When USA Today told us in our Monday report that they were “keeping a very close eye on the rapidly developing e-book marketplace” and “actively discussing how [their] list ought to evolve to reflect changes in publishing,” they really meant it. In advance of tomorrow’s new bestseller list for the week ending February 6, the paper writes today that self-epublished sensation Amanda Hocking will have three of her YA paranormals appear on the list for the first time–all among the top 50 titles. This comes as the NYT ebooks bestseller list debuts for the public with an exclusion for self-published […]