Towers of Midnight with another strong week, holding the number one spot with hardcover sales. A Game of Thrones continues to see strong Kindle sales for the holiday season.
by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
by Kathryne Kennedy
Towers of Midnight reaches week 18 in the top 5, with 13 of those weeks in first place. Breaking Dawn and A Game of Thrones swap places, but all 5 books from last week maintain presence this week.
by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
by Stephanie MeyerThe hardcovers of Towers of Midnight, Breaking Dawn, and World War Z continue to sell well for the holidays, but back in the mix are the Kindle versions of A Game of Thrones and Breaking Dawn. Looks like a few people may be getting iPads from Santa this year.
by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson by Stephanie MeyerTowers of Midnight continues to place first, while World War Z makes a return for the holidays. Breaking Dawn, Side Jobs and Vampire Moon round out the top 5, but the real story here is that during the busiest online shopping weekend of the year, hardcover books have replace what has been overwhelmingly a majority of digital books that have been ranking in Amazon’s top 5 for the past year. This speaks to the notion that when purchasing something for ourselves, we tend to not purchase the upper tier, but when giving a gift, we want to give the best quality gift possible.
by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
by Jim Butcher
by J.R. RainTowers of Midnight holds strong in first place, with A Game of Thrones making a triumphant return via the Kindle store, likely in anticipation of the HBO series. Vampire books continue to round out the top 5.
by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson by J.R. Rain by George R. R. Martin
by J.R. Rain by Stephanie MeyerRobert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson hold first place, with Side Jobs by Jim Butcher making a first appearance in the 2nd slot. Charlaine Harris bumps her share of the top 5 back up to 40% with both Dead in the Family and Dead and Gone making the cut, and Breaking Dawn rounds out the top 5 for the week. Worth noting just outside the top 5, is A Game of Thrones, (Kindle), which while written in 1996, is seeing a resurgence in digital format.
by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson by Jim Butcher
by Charlaine Harris
by Charlaine Harris by Stephanie MeyerThe battle for the top 5 fantasy bestsellers on Amazon continues, as Towers of Midnight enjoys week 4 in first place, with Dead in the Family, The Way of Kings, and Breaking Dawn all making returns this week. Conversation in the Cathedral appears in the top 5 for the first time.
by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
by Mario Vargas by Charlaine Harris
by Brandon Sanderson by Stephanie MeyerAlas, Brandon Sanderson’s solo work drops off the top five this week, and his remaining co-authored novel, Towers of Midnight, is placed in a No Mercy sandwich. So goes the battle for fantasy fiction.
by Sherrilyn Kenyon by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
by Sherrilyn Kenyon by Charlaine Harris by Stephanie MeyerIt only lasted a week, but boy was it sweet. Although Tolkien and Brooks drop off the Amazon top 5 list this week, we get another fantastic offering: Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings is released, and fills 2 of the top 5 slots with both the hardcover and Kindle editions, giving Sanderson 60% majority holdings of the top 5. Sweet.
I should mention that I’ll be making the distinction between Kindle, hardcover, and any other versions going forward, since they are separate items and should be accounted for as such. And there’s no better way to kick it off than with a double dose of Sanderson goodness.
by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson by Brandon Sanderson by Charlaine Harris by Stephanie Meyer
by Brandon SandersonAmazon’s top 5 fantasy bestsellers, August 28, 2010: The Return of the Awesome? For the first time in recent memory, the top 5 fantasy bestsellers on amazon.com are not dominated by vampire/teen novels! And it only took the king, the Elvis of fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien to dethrone the fad. Not a bad trio to round out the top three really, with Towers of Midnight holding strong, and Terry Brooks’ latest Shannara novel (Kindle version) rounding out the top 3. I’m so happy I’m not sure what to do with myself now.
by J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
by Terry Brooks
by Charlaine Harris
by Stephanie Meyer
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