WSJ Reporting Top Ebook Sales

Connected world reporting:
With this week’s launch of the Kindle Fire, there’s no question the tablet and ereader markets continue to gain momentum. Add with Amazon’s recent launch of the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library—a service that allows Kindle owners to borrow books for free if they have an Amazon Prime membership—and it is pretty evident ereading is here to stay.
Perhaps nothing is more telling than the fact the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has now added digital book sales to its weekly Nielsen BookScan best-selling list. As of the end of last month, ebook sales now appear weekly as part of WSJ Weekend, the paper’s weekend edition, in print and on WSJ.com.
To compile the data, Nielsen is having all major ebook retailers contribute information for four new charts that include self-published digital releases, children’s books, and perennials. The combined print and ebook charts for fiction and nonfiction, and ebook-only charts for fiction and nonfiction will also include books priced at $0.99 and above.

According to Jonathan Stolper, vice president and general manager of Nielsen BookScan, the expanded list reflects what consumers are truly buying and reading and “will most definitely advance the industry’s understanding of ebook best sellers.”
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