Bookstat, an industry data service that tracks online book sales, has launched its own monthly bestseller lists, available via LinkedIn. There are two top-20 lists per month, one for ebooks and one for digital audio. For June 2023, two self-published authors made the list: Catharina Maura and Emily Rath.
Bookstat also looked back at the last 12 months of sales and posted bestseller lists that include indie authors Lucy Score, David Goggins, Caroline Peckham, Freida McFadden, and Meghan Quinn.
Those unfamiliar with Bookstat may recall Author Earnings, a very early incarnation of the service that was launched in partnership with indie author Hugh Howey; it became Bookstat in 2018. Bookstat was purchased in August 2022 by Podium.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
