The Digital Book World E-Book Best-Seller list tracks e-book sales ranking and price data across six major e-book retailers with the goal of providing the most accurate picture of which e-books are most often purchased by consumers and at what price point. The full methodology is available here.
Self-published authors made a big comeback on the Digital Book World E-book Best-Seller list this week, led by H.M. Ward’s “Damaged 2,” the follow-up to her highly successful “Damaged,” which hit No. 1 on this list within weeks of its release.
1. “Inferno: A Novel (Robert Langdon)” by Dan Brown; Random House; $12.99
2, “Damaged 2” by H.M. Ward; Self-published; $3.99
3. “Second Honeymoon” by James Patterson and Howard Roughan; Hachette; $7.49
4. “And the Mountains Echoed: A Novel” by Khaled Hosseini; Penguin; $11.99
5. “Entwined with You (Crossfire Trilogy Series #3)” by Sylvia Day; Penguin; $9.99
6. “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War” by Max Brooks; Random House; $9.99
7. “Divergent” by Veronica Roth; HarperCollins; $4.99
8. “Bad Monkey” by Carl Hiaasen; Random House; $12.99
9. “The Heist: A Novel” by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg; Random House; $12.99
10. “The Hit (Will Robie)” by David Baldacci; Hachette; $7.49
See the complete list of this week’s top-25 e-book best sellers at Digital Book World.
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