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Book Bestseller Lists in Germany
If you are a USA Today or New York Times bestselling author, you probably state that on the cover of your book, or at least in the blurb. Publishing houses in Germany do the same when they acquire books from bestselling authors in English. The fact that a book has been a bestseller in its […]
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Amazon Publishing Titles Now Available in German Bookstores
Amazon Publishing Germany, the German publishing branch of Amazon, has been established in 2012. Offering only translated titles by AmazonCrossing at first, there are now 4 imprints that publish original German works as well (about 800 titles available): Edition M (Mystery & Thriller) Tinte & Feder (contemporary and historical fiction) Montlake Romance 47North (Science Fiction […]
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Tolino Select – New Ebook Subscription Service by Tolino: 4 out of 40
The Tolino Alliance, Germany’s biggest Amazon competitor (with about 50% of the book market share) has just announced the release of their new ebook subscription service: Tolino Select. Most indie authors know about KDP Select: When you enroll your ebook there, you enter it into Amazon’s ebook subscription model Kindle Unlimited. In exchange, you pledge […]
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Takeaways from the German Self-Publishing-Day 2017
On June 10, I spent a day in Hamburg with around 200 German authors and publishing professionals to connect and learn about the newest developments in German selfpublishing, so I thought I’d share my takeaways with you. The variety of topics during that day reflected the maturation of the German selfpublishing scene. There was a […]
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Development of the German Book and Ebook Market from 2005 to 2015
In June 2016, the German Publishers and Booksellers Association presented new numbers for the growth of the book and ebook market in Germany in 2015 and the previous years. I wanted to share some of them with you. It’s all taken from their presentation, which is freely available on their website (in German). The Physical […]
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The Physical Book Market in Germany – How to Reach German Bookstores and Libraries
Most independent authors focus on ebooks first, especially when they branch out to translations and publishing in foreign countries. But thanks to Print on Demand services, creating print books has become easy and affordable as well. A while ago, I received a question from an author about how to address the market for physical books […]
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Popular Amazon Categories in 2016 – Or What Do Germans Like to Read?
I’ve recently updated my Amazon Category Cheat Sheet (that you can download by signing up here) to see if there were any changes since last year to the category system, and to get an overview for which genres sell well in 2016 in Germany. Whether you’re just figuring out what to write or already have […]
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The Audiobook Market in Germany
Should you produce a German audiobook once you had your book translated? Well, I can’t give you an answer to that question. I can merely give you some numbers about the audiobook market in Germany as it is right now: In 2013, the overall market share of audiobooks of the total book market was below […]
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Selfpublishing in Germany – Increased Acceptance and Professionalism in 2016 Study
When I was at the Leipzig Book Fair the other week (17-20 March 2016), I felt that selfpublishing has truly ‘arrived’ in Germany. A large area was dedicated to selfpublishing with Amazon, BoD (Books on Demand), Tolino, Epubli, etc. being represented, as well as a full program of informative talks for selfpublished authors and those […]
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David VanDyke’s Experiences with German Translations
David VanDyke is a successful US-American author of Military SciFi and Postapocalyptic Thrillers who has decided to have his bestselling “Plague Wars” Series translated to German. He started publishing the first three books of the series in October 2015 (here’s an account of the launch), and since then has added two more books to that […]
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