Self-Published Authors Take Two of Top Five Spots as Prices Edge up for Ebook Best-Sellers
The top three books on our ebook best-seller list stayed the same this week — one from Hachette, one from Random House and one from a self-published author, in that order. In past weeks, book No. 4 has typically been from a big-six publishing house. This week it’s a self-published title, making two of the top for best-selling ebooks from last week self-published titles.
Wait for Me by Elisabeth Naughton went on sale in Dec. of 2011 but surged into the top 100 Kindle best-sellers a few weeks ago, likely due at least in part to a price drop to $0.99 from $3.99. The ebook is only available on Kindle. CORRECTION: Wait for me is available at multiple ebook retailers.
Despite the prominent rise of such a low-priced title, the average price of a book on our list ticked up for the first time since Oct. to $8.30 from an all-time low of $7.66 last week. The increase takes the average price of an ebook best-seller to its highest point in calendar 2013.
Several lower-priced books, like Paula Brackston Witch’s Daughter (Macmillan, $2.99) and Liz Murray’s Breaking Night (Hyperion, $1.99) have dropped off the list and have been replaced by titles like Dan Brown’s Inferno (Random House, $14.99) and James Patterson’s Private Berlin (Hachette, $10.90).
See the rest of the the best-seller lists for the week ending Jan. 26:
– Digital Book World Best-Selling Ebooks Priced $10.00 and Above
– Digital Book World Best-Selling Ebooks Priced $8.00 – $9.99
– Digital Book World Best-Selling Ebooks Priced $3.00 – $7.99
– Digital Book World Best-Selling Ebooks Priced $0.00 – $2.99
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| Rank* | Title | Author | Publisher | Price** | Change |
| 1 (1) | Safe Haven | Nicholas Sparks | Hachette | $ 6.64 | – |
| 2 (2) | Gone Girl: A Novel | Gillian Flynn | Random House | $ 12.99 | – |
| 3 (3) | Someone to Love | Addison Moore | Self-published | $ 0.99 | – |
| 4 (n/a) | Wait For Me | Elisabeth Naughton | Self-published | $ 0.99 | New |
| 5 (4) | The Forgotten | David Baldacci | Hachette | $ 9.20 | -1 |
| 6 (n/a) | Private Berlin | James Patterson; Mark Sullivan | Hachette | $ 10.90 | New |
| 7 (12) | Beautiful Creatures (Beautiful Creatures Series #1) | Kami Garcia; Margaret Stohl | Hachette | $ 6.99 | +5 |
| 8 (6) | Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three Of The Fifty Shades Trilogy | E. L. James | Random House | $ 9.99 | -2 |
| 9 (7) | Fifty Shades Darker: Book Two Of The Fifty Shades Trilogy | E. L. James | Random House | $ 9.99 | -2 |
| 10 (5) | Fifty Shades Of Grey: Book One Of The Fifty Shades Trilogy | E. L. James | Random House | $ 9.99 | -5 |
| 11 (8) | Catching Fire (The Hunger Games Trilogy – Book 2) | Suzanne Collins | Scholastic | $ 5.99 | -3 |
| 12 (9) | Mockingjay (The Hunger Games Trilogy – Book 3) | Suzanne Collins | Scholastic | $ 5.99 | -3 |
| 13 (11) | The Racketeer | John Grisham | Random House | $ 12.99 | -2 |
| 14 (13) | The Black Box (A Harry Bosch Novel) | Michael Connelly | Hachette | $ 7.50 | -1 |
| 15 (n/a) | Crazy Little Thing | Tracy Brogan | Amazon | $ 3.99 | New |
| 16 (19) | The Fifth Assassin | Brad Meltzer | Hachette | $ 12.74 | +3 |
| 17 (17) | Witch’s Daughter | Paula Brackston | Macmillan | $ 2.99 | – |
| 18 (14) | Private London | James Patterson; Mark Pearson | Hachette | $ 8.28 | -4 |
| 19 (n/a) | Beautiful Darkness (Beautiful Creatures) | Kami Garcia; Margaret Stohl | Hachette | $ 6.99 | New |
| 20 (21) | Reflected in You: A Crossfire Novel | Sylvia Day | Penguin | $ 9.99 | +1 |
| 21 (10) | The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games Trilogy – Book 1) | Suzanne Collins | Scholastic | $ 5.00 | -11 |
| 22 (22) | Bared to You: A Crossfire Novel | Sylvia Day | Penguin | $ 9.99 | – |
| 23 (24) | Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel | Janet Evanovich | Random House | $ 12.99 | +1 |
| 24 (23) | Life of Pi | Yann Martel | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | $ 8.63 | -1 |
| 25 (n/a) | Inferno: A Novel | Dan Brown | Random House | $ 14.99 | New |
* Previous week’s list rank in parentheses.
** Price reflects minimum price across all retailers throughout the week. Price may vary between retailers and may change throughout the week. Contact Iobyte Solutions for more information on e-book pricing.
Methodology available here.
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