Just a few years after the books and provide the performance first emerged as futuristic curiosity, they are fully mainstream now. Even among the avid, book-worshiping, old-school readers that frequent Millions, ebooks are very popular. Looking at the statistics that Amazon provides us, 57% of all the books bought by Millions readers at Amazon after clicking on our links this year were Kindle ebooks. This is up from 48% two years ago and up from 25% five years ago.
The volume in ebook sales seems to be driven in part by promotional pricing that will see prices on books (usually books catalog, but not always) drop below $ 3.00 for days or weeks at a time. Followers of our Twitter feed know that we are adept at finding these deals, usually posting about two a day. Many a great book has been, I caught the above photo this way, and if you are reading more on a device, we highly recommend you follow us on Twitter and look out for these posts as they are a great way to build a deep digital library. We also occasionally post them on Facebook.
For all those readers unwrapping shiny new devices (or looking for new titles to add to an old one), here are some more links to get you going.
For starters, The Millions published a pair of very highly reviewed and very affordable book originals back in 2013. If you haven’t read them yet, we hope you’ll pick up these titles:
The Pioneer Detectives: Did a distant spacecraft prove Einstein and Newton wrong? Konstantin Kakaes ($ 2.99)
They are also available on Apple and other platforms.
Here are some of the most popular ebooks purchased by Millions readers in 2016 (which you’ll see are very similar to our Hall of Fame and most recent top-which take into account books in all formats). Publishers appear to still be having luck pricing books pricing near the magic $ 9.99 number that has been a focus for many in the industry (all prices as of this writing). Occasional promotional pricing, a frequent occurrence in the Kindle store, has likely driven some of these sales as well.
Mr. Splitfoot to Samantha hunt ($ 5.99)
Norwegian by Night to Derek Miller ($ 1.99)
The Sympathizer to Viet Thanh Nguyen ($ 7.02)
An Unnecessary Woman to Man, Alameddine ($ 2.99)
The Sellout Paul Beatty ($ 9.99)
the Innocents and Others to Dana Spiotta ($ 11.99)
Girl Through Glass to Sari Wilson ($ 7.99)
The Past to Tessa Hadley ($ 10.99)
What Belongs to You to Garth Greenwell ($ 9.99)
My Name Is Lucy Burton to Elizabeth Strout ($ 11.99)
Other identify all potentially useful book links:
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Best of 2016
Bestsellers
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And in this fractured ebook landscape, you’ve also got your NookBooks, Google books, Apple ibooks, and the IndieBound reader app that lets you buy ebooks from your favorite book store India. Finally, don’t forget Project Gutenberg is the original purveyor of free ebooks (mostly out-of-copyright classics), and check your local library! Many will allow you to download lots of ebooks for free.
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