New Thriller Sells More eBooks Than Hardcovers

Weeks after Amazon.com said that it is now selling more electronic books than hardcovers, a leading book publisher said one of its prominent new titles is generating greater e-book unit sales than hardcover unit sales during its first week on sale.

Barney says to share is to care but must it be my iPhone?

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Author laments disappointing Apple iBooks sales compared to Amazon Kindle

Joe Konrath, a best-selling thriller author claims sales of his books on Amazon's Kindle easily outsell Apple's iBooks iTunes Store by 60 to 1. In a 12 month period, the author sold over 35,000 self-published ebooks on Amazon Kindle.

Günter Grass writes final autobiography

German Nobel laureate says new book, a paean to the Brothers Grimm, will 'mark the end of my autobiographical writings' Günter Grass, the Nobel prize-winning author of acclaimed memoirs Peeling the Onion and The Box, has revealed that his new book will be his last venture into autobiography. Grass, 82, has just published a new book in Germany. Grimms Wörter: Eine Liebeserklärung (Grimms' Words ...

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