29 May 2017
For nine decades, the New York Times bestseller lists have been the industry gold standard when it comes to obtaining a seal of approval that will make readers sit up and pay attention. But like most things in the book industry, it's something Amazon has in its sights.
Last week the online retailer launched Amazon Charts, which complements the site's usual hourly updates of bestselling books. The new list combines what's being ordered from them with data obtained from Kindle and Audible users to find out what books are actually being read and listened to.
