As most people who keep their eyes and ears open in the publishing business know by now, the New York Times is soon rolling out its ebook bestseller list.
The only catch, of course, is not all ebooks will be on it. It will be skewed as Publishers Lunch points out primarily toward larger publishers' books. (What a surprise -- not!) And the self-published will not be included. (Well, no sh*t.) Thus, significant bestselling authors, such as indie author Amanda Hocking will be conspicuously absent, despite the fact that she estimates she's sold at least half a million downloads of her ebooks. I mean, what kind of bestseller list leaves an author like that off, anyway?
Anyhow, take a look at this article in Publishing Trends, because it'll give you an idea of the big picture when it comes to the development of all these ebook bestseller lists. Because there's more than one of them. (The New York Times doesn't corner the market on these things, you know.)
And, BTW, do check out the link at the very bottom of the article. The one with Publishing Trend's own ebook bestseller list. Guess who's on it? ;)
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