Kobo has released its sales numbers for the holiday season, posting record highs. There was ten-fold increase in new customers from the company's pre-holiday period, and the total number of registered users nearly doubled from six weeks prior. There was a 500% increase in e-gifting from November to December, and gifting of e-books was up over 200% compared to the same time last year. During the period, customers in over 150 countries downloaded e-books.
Here are the bestsellers from all the markets Kobo saw downloads this season:
Canada
1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
2. The Litigators by John Grisham
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
United States
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
3. Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson
United Kingdom
1. The Unremarkable Heart by Karin Slaughter (on sale for £0.49)
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
3. Saving Rachel by John Locke
Australia
1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2. Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
3. The Unremarkable Heart by Karin Slaughter (on sale for £0.49 or ~$0.64 AUD)
Germany
1. Ausgelöscht by Cody Mcfadyen
2. Herzstoß by Joy Fielding (Canadian author; title published as Now You See Her in English)
3. Der Beobachter by Charlotte Link
France
1. La délicatesse by David Foenkinos
2. La verticale du fou by Fabio M. Mitchelli
3. Le théorème de Roarchack by Etienne Johann
Rest of World
1. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
2. Locked On by Tom Clancy
3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
