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Top 24 Best-Selling Books in Self-Publishing for 2012

Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, today announced its top twenty-four best-selling titles for 2012 based on an analysis of sales by Ingram Book Wholesalers and Outskirts Press Direct via www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore.

In alphabetical order, the top twenty-four best-selling books in self publishing during 2012 were:

 

Congratulations to our best-selling authors for 2012!

How can you get your book on the bestseller list? While we can’t make any guarantees on sales success, many of our most successful authors invest time and money in marketing themselves and their book. Some of our most popular services are the Personal Marketing Assistant, Book Video and Virtual Book Tour. There are many other options available for you to market and sell your book. Put together a promotion strategy for your self-published book and you could be on this list. Visit us today to see how we can help.

All of these books (and other Outskirts Press titles) are available from all major online retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powells, Books A Million, and others, plus conveniently from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore for discounts ranging from 10% – 55%.

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Top 10 Best-Selling Books in Self-Publishing for December 2012

Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, is pleased to announce its top ten best-selling titles for December 2012, according to combined data from Ingram Book Wholesalers and Outskirts Press Direct via http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore. These authors have likely created a solid book marketing strategy and put it into motion either by themselves or with the help of a Personal Marketing Assistant.

In alphabetical order, the top ten best-selling books in self publishing during the month of December 2012 were:










Congratulations to our best-selling authors for the month of December 2012!

How can you get your book on the bestseller list? While we can’t make any guarantees on sales success, many of our most successful authors invest time and money in marketing themselves and their book. Authors who are needing a bit of a marketing boost often turn to a Personal Marketing Assistant for help.

All of these books (and other Outskirts Press titles) are available from all major online retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powells, Books A Million, and others, plus conveniently from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore for discounts ranging from 10% – 55%.

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Top 10 Best Selling Books in Self-Publishing for April 2011

Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, today announced its top ten best selling titles for April 2011 according to combined data from Ingram Book Wholesalers and Outskirts Press Direct via http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore. These authors have likely created a solid book promotion strategy and put it into motion either by themselves or with the help of a Personal Marketing Assistant.

In alphabetical order, the top ten best selling books in self publishing during the month of April 2011 were:

Congratulations to our best selling authors for the month of April 2011!

How can you get your book on the bestseller list? While we can’t make any guarantees on sales success, many of our most successful authors invest time and money in marketing themselves and their book. Some of our most popular services are the Personal Marketing Assistant, Virtual Book Tour, and Custom Press Release/PR Publicist.

All these books, and other Outskirts Press titles, are available from all major online retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powells, Books A Million, and others, plus conveniently from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at http://outskirtspress.com/bookstore for discounts ranging from 10% – 55%.

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What are “bestselling books” and “bestselling authors”

According to Wikipedia, a “bestseller” is defined as “a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade figures and published by newspapers, magazines, or bookstore chains.”

Nearly every major newspaper, bookstore and publisher have their own bestseller lists for the purposes of marketing and advertising. In fact, Wikipedia goes on to state: “In everyday use, the term bestseller is not usually associated with a specified level of sales, and may be used very loosely indeed in publisher’s publicity…Lists simply give the highest-selling titles in the category over the stated period.”

Every month, Outskirts Press compiles its own Top 10 best seller list.  This list publicizes the top ten bestselling books published by Outskirts Press within the given month. Naturally, this list is quite different from a New York Times Best Seller list or an Amazon Best Seller list, since the New York Times list tracks national and independent bookstore figures while Amazon tracks all its internet book sales from among its 6 million-plus book database.  

Since the number of books that must be sold in order to qualify for different lists varies so greatly, it is often not enough to simply call a book a “bestseller” or to refer to an author as a “bestseller.”  This is why most bestselling claims include the name of the list. For example:  “The #1 New York Times Bestseller” or “The #1 Amazon.com Bestseller.”

That said, appearing on any bestseller list is impressive in its own right, as it demonstrates a quantitative value to the number of books sold in relation to every other book that was tracked for that time period. For the New York Times, that is the total number of books available at national and independent bookstores; for Amazon, it it some 6 million-plus books; and for Outskirts Press, it is the total number of books we have published. 

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Top 10 Bestselling Self-Published Books in August

 

The reports are in. Below, in alphabetical order, are our top 10 bestselling self-published books for the month of August, 2008. Congratulations! All that marketing effort is paying off!

 

The Bills are Due

by Rob Thompson

The Complete Guide to Day Trading

by Markus Heitkoetter

EverWing

by MJ Grothoff

The Exclusive Layguide

by Michael Antonio

How to be a Super Hot Woman

by Mandy Simons and Emily J. Terry

Meat Smoking and Smokehouse Design

by Stanley Marianski, Adam Marianski, and Robert Marianski

Not Manifesting? This Book is for You!

by Kathleen Mackenzie

Sell Your Book on Amazon

by Brent Sampson

Uncommon Emotions

by Lynn Galli

Voices for Change

Edited by: Donna Stringer, Barbara Grant, Karen DeNinno & Shanah Walters

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