SUBMITTED BY Fred Hill
January 6, 2006 — The king of the box office for 2005 was also the king of eBooks.
NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/04/2006 -- The International Digital Publishing Forum (www.idpf.org) released its annual industry list of top selling eBooks today. The list reflects the great diversity of eBook titles reaching the reading public. Dan Brown dominated the list with "The Da Vinci Code," "Angels & Demons" and "Digital Fortress" in the top 5. The honors for bestselling eBook of 2005, however, went to George Lucas' screenplay for "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith." Michael Crichton's "State of Fear" rounded out the top 5 best selling digital books.
In addition to popular fiction blockbusters from major publishers are a variety of titles particular to the electronic book marketplace. Interesting additions to the list include a dictionary and thesaurus, the Holy Bible, romance, and titles from independent publishers like Rosetta Books and Fictionwise.com.
"Never have we seen such diversity in our annual eBook bestseller list. Bestselling romance titles, independently published eBooks and reference combined with the electronic versions of the major print hits of '05 show that eBooks are coming into the mainstream of the reading public," said Nick Bogaty, Executive Director of the International Digital Publishing Forum.
The top 30 best selling eBooks of 2005 were:
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith by George Lucas (Del Rey, $7.99)
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $14.95)
- Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (Pocket Books, $6.99)
- State of Fear by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins, $7.99)
- Digital Fortress by Dan Brown (St. Martin's Press, $5.99)
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