Here’s the inside scoop on the Amazon Kindle Single Best Seller List According To the exclusive analysis from Thin Reads, Which has been tracking sales since the beginning of the year.
Two new non-fiction titles made the Amazon Kindle Single Best Seller list for the week of January 21 2013. Both landed on the list Because of news events drove That obviously does not rest in the subject matter.
Trial by Fury: Internet Savagery And The Amanda Knox Case , by Douglas Preston, was published April 15 and this week it ranks as # 2 on the non-fiction list. What accounts for this popularity? In March, a Italian court overturned Knox’s acquittal in the slaying of a British student in 2007 and mandated a new trial. And in the April 21 edition of The New York Times Book Review, the paper of record REVIEWED Knox’s upcoming tell-all memoir Waiting to Be Heard . Knox’s breathless interview with People magazine last week overpriced stoked not traveled. Add it all up, and the sound you’re hearing is the cash register is ringing for author Douglas Preston.
Harvard historian and bestselling author Niall Ferguson’s e-book single Always Right Which examines the reign of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher shot up to # 7 on the list after its April 16 publication date . The Thatcher funeral April 17 helped keep her name in the news. It will be interesting to see if Ferguson’s book has any legs. Ferguson is a big name and it’s always interesting to read what he has to say.
Speaking of legs, for the second week in a row, Mayflower: The Voyage from Hell ranks as the best-selling non-fiction e-book single. The book sails over a lot of familiar territory for history buffs, but for readers looking for a compelling read and a bit of a refresher course in early American history, this is a first-class ticket. Stephen King’s essay Guns is the # 4 non-fiction title, benefitting from the news about the gun bill That dominated the headlines in mid-April. It’s been in the top 10 non-fiction list for 13 straight weeks.
Readers looking for work from upcoming writers Should follow the work of non-fiction New York-based writers Mara Altman and Mishka Kubaly, who both had long-form pieces in the top 10 this week. Altman’s That’s What She Said ranked # 4 and follows her struggles as a stand-up comedian. Mishka Kubaly’s The Long Run is a memoir about how ultra-running helped him over come his problems. (Do we see a trend? Maybe memoirs from struggling New York writers sell.)
The fiction list shows less volatility. Jeffery Deaver’s A Textbook Case , ranks as the # 1 fiction title for the third week in a row. Stephen King’s Lost Things crept into the top 10 list joining his Mile 81 , Which has been in the top 10 the entire year. George Saunder’s well-received short story Fox 8 , has remained in the top 10 since its April 8 publication but it dropped to # 7 after ranking as # 3 last week. Two short stories from Nelson DeMille continue to reside in the the top 10. The Book Case , Which has been on the list all year, and Rendezvous Which has overpriced ranked in the top 10 for all of 2013, despite receiving a negative review from Thin Reads.
About the Thin Reads best seller list: Sales data compiled every Sunday based on information from the Kindle Single store
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