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.
It’s official: Over the next month, readers will be able to get some of the hottest new releases for less than they’d pay for a 12-inch sandwich at Subway.
For instance, Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch” (No. 16, Hachette) is now just $2.99*, and it’s part of Amazon’s “12 Days of Deals in Books.” Other top-rated books are also just as inexpensive.
Meanwhile, prices of best-selling e-books have scarcely ever been lower. The top four e-books on this week’s best-seller list are all priced below $4.00 (and all from “Big Five” publishers). There are only five ebooks in the top 25 priced over $10.00 and none in the $8.00 to $9.99 price range. As a result, the average price of a bestselling e-book is now $6.04.
Look for the bestseller list to stay at or near this level for the next month.
*“The Goldfinch” is $7.99 on the DBW list currently because the list is based on last week’s prices. Next week, it will be listed at $2.99 — or lower, should any bookseller decide to discount it below $2.99.
“Hunger Games” Resurgence
For the first time in 2013, all three “Hunger Games” titles are on the e-book bestseller list — and not at their lowest prices. The trilogy is likely being buoyed by the release of the second film in a planned trilogy, Catching Fire. Also on the list, however, is the whole trilogy, available for $12.99, which is a bargain compared to how its been priced other times.
E-book best-sellers from the week ending 12/1:
1. “Sycamore Row”, John Grisham, Penguin Random House, $3.29
2. “Divergent” (“Divergent” Series), Veronica Roth, HarperCollins, $3.99
3. “The Book Thief”, Markus Zusak, Penguin Random House, $2.49
4. “Allegiant”, Veronica Roth, HarperColins, $3.49
5. “Takedown Twenty: A Stephanie Plum Novel”, Janet Evanovich, Penguin Random House, $6.99
6. “Cross My Heart” (Alex Cross), James Patterson, Hachette, $10.99
7. “Insugent” (“Divergent” Series), Veronica Roth, HarperCollins, $6.99
8. “Mockingjay” (“The Hunger Games” Series), Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $6.99
9. “King and Maxwell” (“King & Maxwell”), David Baldacci, Hachette, $11.99
10. “Catching Fire” (“The Hunger Games” Series), Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $6.17
See the complete list of this week’s top 25 ebook bestsellers at Digital Book World.
Jeremy Greenfield is responsible for managing all editorial content on DigitalBookWorld.com, including the DBW Expert Publishing Blog, the Digital Book Wire and editorial email and social media communications. Prior to joining Digital Book World in October 2011, Jeremy spent three years as a careers editor at FINS.com. Jeremy lives and works in New York City and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
