Think Big (HarperCollins), Donald Trump and Bill Zanker’s self-help book filled with personal stories from the authors’ rise to the top of their fields, is first on the highest new entries chart. The classic edition of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games (Scholastic) is at the top of the fastest movers chart, several weeks before the cinema release of The Hunger Games movie and before the tie-in edition is released on 8 February. This is followed by Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John le Carre, Hachette), which is obviously receiving a boost from the film adaptation currenly showing in cinemas. Cabin Fever: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney, Puffin) is back at the top of the bestsellers chart followed by Private Games (James Patterson, Century) in second, and Believing the Lie (Elizabeth George, Hachette) again in third place on the bestsellers chart–Weekly Book Newsletter.
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Bestsellers this week
Bestsellers this week
A man is serving a life sentence for a murder he did not commit. Private investigator Paige Holden witnesses the execution of the man’s fiancé, the woman having handed the investigator evidence that proves his innocence. In No One Left to Tell (Karen Rose, Hachette), first on the highest new entries chart, PI Holden embarks on a mission to avenge the murdered woman and to set the innocent man free. Private Games (James Patterson, Century) is top of the bestsellers chart and in second place on the fastest movers chart, while Cabin Fever: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney, Puffin), down a spot from last week, is in second place on the bestsellers chart. Believing the Lie (Elizabeth George, Hachette) is third on the bestsellers chart and, for the second week in a row, first on the fastest movers chart–Weekly Book Newsletter.
Bestselling ebooks Christmas 2011
If you’re looking for information on ebook sales in Australia, stats can be pretty hard to come by. While Nielsen BookScan charts the bestselling books in Australia each week, they are yet to break out ebook sales, and individual retailers are reluctant to share sales data. However, these ebook charts from bookshops Pages & Pages, Avid Reader and Readings, released during the Christmas period, show a diverse range of bestsellers, including many that have appeared in bestseller charts for print books over the past few months. These charts give a sense of the type of customer that enjoys buying from each particular bookshop.
Collins Booksellers recently began using Kobo for ebooks, which is also used by the Borders and Angus & Robertson websites. The Kobo chart shows the ebooks that Australian readers purchased during Christmas.
The charts by Apple and Google represent some of the ebook sales after Christmas in Australia, but are continually updated (on a daily or weekly basis). They give an indication of what books are currently popular.
| Pages & Pages Booksellers, Sydney (Christmas) Ebook provider: ReadCloud
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Avid Reader Bookshop, Brisbane (Christmas) Ebook provider: Booki.sh
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Readings Books, Melbourne (Christmas) Ebook provider: Booki.sh
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Kobo (Christmas)
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Apple iTunes (mid-January)
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Google ebooks (mid-January)
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Bestsellers this week
The nephew of Bernard Fairclough, a wealthy and influential business magnate, has died and Inspector Thomas Lynley is sent in undercover to investigate. The official cause of death is ruled as an accidental drowning but when Lynley and his friends start digging, it becomes clear that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and possible motives for murder. Believing the Lie (Elizabeth George, Hachette), the latest in the Lynley detective series, is top of the fastest movers chart followed by James Patterson’s crime novel set during the 2012 Olympics, Private Games (Century). Jeff Kinney‘s Cabin Fever: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Puffin) is again at the top of the bestsellers chart, followed by Private Games . Lisa Niemi Swayze’s book Worth Fighting for (Simon & Schuster), describing her husband Patrick’s battle with pancreatic cancer, is top of the highest new entries chart–Weekly Book Newsletter.
Bestsellers this week
In the lead up to the 2012 Olympics in London, a key member of the Games’ organising committee is ruthlessly murdered. The London branch of renowned investigation agency Private is called in to investigate and, as the most talented athletes in the world gather together, it soon becomes clear that the killer is on a mission to end the Games forever. James Patterson’s Private Games (Century) is top of the highest new entries chart this week followed by Tami Hoag’s Down the Darkest Road (Hachette). Jeff Kinney‘s Cabin Fever: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Puffin), featuring 13-year-old Greg Heffley who is trapped indoors with his family during a blizzard, is still number one on the bestsellers chart followed again by Inheritance (Christopher Paolini, Doubleday). Topping the fastest movers chart are NAPLAN-style Tests (Pascal Press)–Weekly Book Newsletter.
Bestsellers this week
Kay Scarpetta is on a mission to get to the bottom of the murder of her former deputy chief Jack Fielding. While following a lead at a women’s prison, she uncovers links in a series of other seemingly unrelated murders, which in turn point to a potential international terrorism conspiracy. Red Mist (Hachette), Patricia Cornwell’s 19th novel in the Scarpetta series, is top of the fastest movers chart this week followed by Guinness World Records 2012 (Guinness World Records). In the lead up to the festive season, the top five bestselling books are Cabin Fever: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney, Puffin), still in first place, followed by Inheritance (Christopher Paolini, Doubleday) in second and The Opal Desert (Di Morrissey, Macmillan) in third. Donna Hay’s Simple Dinners (HarperCollins) is fourth on the chart, followed by Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs (Hachette) in fifth place.The Scottish Prisoner (Diana Gabaldon, Hachette) is at the top of the highest new entries chart–Weekly Book Newsletter.
Bestsellers this week
The Heffley family is trapped indoors during a blizzard but when the snow melts, 13-year-old Greg is going to have to face the music after an incident at school. Cabin Fever: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney, Puffin) is the sixth book in the ‘Wimpy Kid’ series and is top of the bestsellers chart this week. Down a spot from last week are Inheritance (Christopher Paolini, Doubleday) in second place, and The Opal Desert (Di Morrissey, Macmillan) in third on the bestsellers chart. The paperback (Puffin) and hardback (Viking) versions of Jeff Kinney’s Cabin Fever: Diary of a Wimpy Kid are in first and second place respectively on the highest new entries chart. Topping the fastest movers chart this week is Eamonn Duff’s book on the Schapelle Corby case, Sins of the Father (A&U), followed by Donna Hay’s cookbook Simple Dinners (HarperCollins)–Weekly Book Newsletter.
Bestsellers this week
Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves (Macmillan), Matthew Reilly’s latest novel featuring marine captain Shane Schofield, is at the top of the bestsellers chart for the third week in a row. The Opal Desert (Di Morrissey, Macmillan), a story about three women from different generations with unresolved issues in their lives who meet in the fictitious NSW town of Opal Lake, is second on the bestsellers chart and top of the highest new entries chart (See our Fancy Goods interview with Di Morrissey here). Judy Nunn’s Tiger Men (William Heinemann) has moved to the top of the fastest movers chart followed by Snuff (Doubleday), Terry Pratchett’s 29th Discworld novel–Weekly Book Newsletter.
Bestsellers this week
Julian Barnes’ short novel, The Sense of an Ending (Jonathan Cape), winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, is at the top of the fastest movers chart this week followed by Nicholas Sparks’ 16th novel, The Best of Me (Hachette). Judy Nunn’s Tiger Men (William Heinemann), a story about three families who lived through Tasmania’s golden era and witnessed the birth of the Commonwealth of Australia, is at the top of the highest new entries chart followed by Snuff, Terry Pratchett’s latest Discworld novel (Doubleday). Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves (Macmillan), Matthew Reilly’s most recent installment in the Scarecrow action thriller series, is again at the top of the bestsellers chart (see our Fancy Goods review and interview), followed by The Affair (Lee Child, Bantam) in second and Lola’s Secret (Monica McInerney, Michael Joseph) in third–Weekly Book Newsletter.
Bestsellers this week
A top-secret base known only as ‘Dragon Island’ houses a weapon of mass destruction. When the island is hijacked, and the weapon is re-activated by a brutal terrorist force calling itself the ‘Army of Thieves’, marine captain Shane Schofield is called on to save the world. Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves (Matthew Reilly, Macmillan), the latest installment in the Scarecrow action thriller series, is at the top of the bestsellers chart. (See our Fancy Goods review and interview.) Second on the bestsellers chart is The Affair (Lee Child, Bantam) followed by Lola’s Secret (Monica McInerney, Michael Joseph). Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves also tops the highest new entries chart, while at the top of the fastest movers chart is Pierre Dukan’s diet guide The Dukan Diet (Hachette)–Weekly Book Newsletter.
