The new Fifty Shades Darker trailer has just set a new record for most views in a single day. According to Deadline it has garnered 114 million views within the first 24 hours, beating the previous record set by The Force Awakens, which had a staggering 112 million views. The movie is going to debut in February and there is high expectations that the sequel will generate … [Read more...] about Fifty Shades Darker Sets Record for Most Views In One Day
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Fifty Shades Darker: From Christian’s Point Of View Revealed
E.L. James is retelling the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy from Christians point of view. Her second title Fifty Shades Darker: From Christian’s Point Of View comes out in 2017 and there is an official excerpt of the upcoming title on Facebook. 50 Shades Darker the movie is currently in post-production and tentatively set for release in February 2017. There will be a ton of media … [Read more...] about Fifty Shades Darker: From Christian’s Point Of View Revealed
These Are The Most Well-Read Cities In America
Amazon has just released their annual list of the Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities across the U.S., just in time for summer reading season. The ranking is determined by a compilation of sales data from cities with more than 500,000 residents on a per capita basis and includes purchases of all books, magazines and newspapers in both Kindle and print format from April 2015 to April … [Read more...] about These Are The Most Well-Read Cities In America
Google Play Books for Publishers is Closed Forever
Google Play Books experienced a massive piracy problem last year and many unscrupulous individuals were uploading other peoples e-books and making a ton of money. You could buy Fifty Shades of Grey, the whole Harry Potter oeuvre and some work by that Game of Thrones guy, George R.R. Martin for only a few dollars each, while the legitimate version cost a heck of a lot more. It … [Read more...] about Google Play Books for Publishers is Closed Forever
Penguin Random House Reports 25% of Revenue is from e-Books
Penguin Random House has just reported a 23.7% increase in operating EBITDA in 2015 over 2014 and an 11.8% rise in revenue. The company also reported that they generated over €3.32 billion in book sales. How much of this revenue stemmed from e-books? Sadly, the publisher did not break down the numbers but did admit that they accounted for 25% of their global revenue. One of … [Read more...] about Penguin Random House Reports 25% of Revenue is from e-Books
Books have increased in length by over 25% in the last 15 years
Books have gradually increased in size and length by over 25% in the last 15 years. Major publishers are spending more money than ever before securing lucrative book contracts and bidding on international rights. They have a tendency to buy longer books - as a "value" thing, an attempt to justify the price tags on new hardcover books to readers. People are more likely to … [Read more...] about Books have increased in length by over 25% in the last 15 years
Amazon Announces the Bestselling Books of 2015
Amazon has finally announced their bestselling books of 2015 list for Canada and the United States. This comes at a time where people are starting to do their holiday shopping and inevitably there is going to be lots of books bought for people. The 2015 top 20 best-selling books overall on Amazon.com are: 1. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 2. Grey: Fifty Shades of … [Read more...] about Amazon Announces the Bestselling Books of 2015
Kobo provides insights on Canadian e-Book habits
Kobo is one of the largest companies in the world that are invested in the e-book space. Every year they produce data which analyzes the the reading habits of Canadians. One of the key takeaways from this years report is that the true north strong and free read more than almost every other market in the world. With over 13 billion pages turned globally in 2015, eBooks remain … [Read more...] about Kobo provides insights on Canadian e-Book habits
Barnes and Noble Black Friday e-Reader and e-book deals
Barnes and Noble has just announced their plans for Black Friday and what e-readers and tablets they are going to be discounting. This is in addition to the news Good e-Reader broke a few weeks ago about the bookseller offering autographed books for the second time in company history. Starting November 26th you can purchase the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK, which … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Black Friday e-Reader and e-book deals
Go Set a Watchman Breaks Sales Records at B&N
Barnes and Noble has announced that the new Harper Lee title Go Set a Watchman has set a one day sales record for the number of copies sold at US chain. The last book to have this much hype surrounding it was Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, which held the previous sales record in 2009. Barnes & Noble executive Mary Amicucci predicts that "Watchman" will be the top seller … [Read more...] about Go Set a Watchman Breaks Sales Records at B&N
EL James Grey Sells 1.1 Million Copies in 4 Days
E.L. James has just released a new book that is entitled Grey. It retells the original 50 Shades of Grey from the prospective of Christian Grey and it looks to be a smash for the book selling industry. The title has sold over 1.1 million copies in the first four days. Vintage Books has confirmed that 1.1 million copies of Grey have been sold in audiobook, e-book and print in … [Read more...] about EL James Grey Sells 1.1 Million Copies in 4 Days
New 50 Shades of Grey Manuscript Stolen
The brand new 50 Shades of Grey title is due out in less than a week and and has skyrocketed to the number one position on Amazon. The book is focuses on Christian Grey and the tale is told from his prospective. But it turns out that one reader couldn’t wait until 18 June to get their hands on it: the Daily Mail reports that a manuscript was found to be missing yesterday, and … [Read more...] about New 50 Shades of Grey Manuscript Stolen
Wool Screenplay Gets Rewritten by Nicole Perlman
Hugh Howey's self-published e-book WOOL is hunting around for a director and is being produced Ridley Scott and Steve Zaillian. In order to make the screenplay more appealing to a solid director, “Guardians of the Galaxy” scribe Nicole Perlman is going to rewrite the script. “Wool” has quickly become a poster child for the self-publishing movement. The book sold over … [Read more...] about Wool Screenplay Gets Rewritten by Nicole Perlman
EL James To Release 50 Shades Book from Christian Grey’s Prospective
The first book in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy was released in March 2012 and by the end of 2014 it had sold over 140 million copies. Bookstores all over North America and the United Kingdom all reported dramatic profits with each new installment of the book. Even University and College bookstores jumped into the fray, pushing textbooks out of the way and setting up kinky … [Read more...] about EL James To Release 50 Shades Book from Christian Grey’s Prospective