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Ebooks Finally Included On the NYT BestSeller List

Posted by timothy on from the say-hank-have-you-see-the-intern's-kindle? dept.

destinyland writes "The New York Times' site just published their first best-seller list which includes ebooks. 'To give the fullest and most accurate possible snapshot of what books are being read at a given moment you have to include as many different formats as possible,' a book editor explained in November, 'and e-books have really grown, there's no question about it.' Interestingly, the rankings of the top 7 best-selling ebooks are unchanged if you also include their print sales."

2 of 32 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Harry Potter... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yep, here it is:

    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E0DD1730F937A15755C0A9669C8B63

  2. Wouldn't it make more sense? by Dcnjoe60 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wouldn't it make more sense to only use the combined figures? If the goal of the best seller list is to show what people are purchasing (buying a book doesn't mean it's actually being read), then why still have separate print and non-print lists?