The day after S&S joined HarperCollins and Hachette in implementing new e-book agreements with e-tailers, a mixture of titles, both with agency and non-agency prices populate Amazon's top selling e-books in the Kindle store. The most notable titles in Amazon's top 10 on December 11 are three Hachette titles priced lower since the "new e-book agreements" were announced for the publisher: The Forgotten by David Baldacci is #3, The Black Box by Michael Connelly is #5, and Merry Christmas, Alex Cross by James Patterson is #8. The Baldacci and Patterson books are $11.04 and the Connelly is $12.74. Three Random House titles were also in the top 10, priced at $12.99 each, the most expensive e-books of the bunch. The complete top 10 is:
1. The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski ($2.99; J.A. Redmerski)
2. Stop the Wedding by Stephanie Bond ($0.99; NeedtoRead Books)
3. The Forgotten by David Baldacci ($11.04; Grand Central)
4. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn ($12.99; Crown)
5. The Black Box by Michael Connelly ($12.74; Little, Brown)
6. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien ($6.41; HMH)
7. The Racketeer by John Grisham ($12.99; Doubleday)
8. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross by James Patterson ($11.04; Little, Brown)
9. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich ($12.99; Bantam)
10. Persona Non Grata by Ruth Downie ($7.19; Bloomsbury)
