The
Open eBook Forum, the trade and standards association for the eBook industry, has released its June eBook Bestseller List. While its no New York Times Bestseller List, it is a way to see what folks who choose to read books on there PDAs, smartphones, eBook readers and PCs are buying.
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This Month
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eBook Bestsellers
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Last Month
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Months on List
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1
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The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown Doubleday $9.95
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1
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4
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2
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Song of Susannah [The Dark Tower 6]
Stephen King Simon & Schuster $24.99
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1
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3
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Angels & Demons
Dan Brown PocketBooks $6.99
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3
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4
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4
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I, Robot
Isaac Asimov Spectra $6.99
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1
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5
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The Rule of Four
Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason Dell Publishing $17.95
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5
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2
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6
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Darwin's Radio
Greg Bear
Del Rey $4.99
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14
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2
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7
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My Life
Bill
Clinton Knopf $28.00
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1
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8
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Foundation [Foundation Series Book 1]
Isaac
Asimov Spectra $6.99
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1
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9
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Deception Point
Dan Brown
PocketBooks $6.99
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7
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4
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10
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Slightly Dangerous
Mary Balogh Delacorte $9.95
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1
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11
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Digital Fortress
Dan Brown St. Martin's Press $5.99
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8
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4
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12
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Foundation and Empire
Isaac Asimov Spectra $6.99
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1
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13
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The Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction
Hank Hanegraaff, Paul Maier Tyndale House $4.99
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4
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2
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14
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A Strange Valley
Darrell Bain Double Dragon Publishing $5.99
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1
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15
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Darwin's Children
Greg Bear
Del Rey $4.99
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21
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2
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16
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She Comes First
Ian Kerner
HarperCollins $22.95
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16
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2
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17
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Weapons of Choice
John Birmingham Ballantine Books $9.95
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1
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18
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Dead Lines
Greg Bear Ballantine Books $9.95
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1
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19
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Electronic Pocket Oxford English Dictionary and
Thesaurus
Oxford University
Press $19.95
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9
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3
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20
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh
Edition
Merriam-Webster
$14.98
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26
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4
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21
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Shadow Divers
Robert
Kurson Random House $9.95
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1
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22
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The Diary of the Rose
Ursula K. Le Guin Fictionwise.com $0.99
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1
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23
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The Narrows
Michael
Connelly Little, Brown & Company $16.95
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6
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2
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24
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Second Foundation [Foundation Series Book 3]
Isaac Asimov Spectra $6.99
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1
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25
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Star Trek: A Time to Love
Greenberger, Robert PocketBooks $5.99
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1
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26
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The Scrolls of the Ancients
Robert Newcomb Ballantine Books $9.95
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1
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27
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Holy Bible, New International
Version
International Bible Society Zondervan $14.99
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1
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28
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
David Sedaris Little, Brown $16.95
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1
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29
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Beyond Belief
Elaine Pagels Vintage $9.95
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1
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30
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The Purpose Driven Life
Rick Warren Zondervan Publishing House $15.99
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28
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4
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The Open eBook Forum recently reported that eBooks sold for the first quarter 2004 were up 46% and eBook revenues were up 28% over the same quarter in 2003. A total of 421,955 eBooks were sold during the first quarter compared to 288,440 units during the same period last year. In terms of revenues, $3,233,220 in sales were logged by retailers, a 28% increase over the same period in 2003 during which time retailers reported $2,516,469 on sales of eBooks.
eBooks are doing so well that even palmOne, which lost its eBook store, Palm Digital Media when it split with PalmSource, is now opening a new eBook storefront. Ironically, the storefront is being provided by PowerByHand, which bought Palm Digital Media from PalmSource, rechristening it eReader.com.
