Kobo e-book sales increase seven-fold in December

Daily Kobo e-book sales in the UK increased seven times in December as the company revealed one of its top three downloaded books was self-published. The Canadian e-bookseller said The Unremarkable Heart by Karin Slaughter (Cornerstone) was its top-selling title in December driven by a low sale price of 0.49. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Quercus) sold the second most Kobo books, most likely due to a simultaneous film release of the story, and the third biggest selling UK Kobo book in December was Saving Rachela self-published title by John Locke, who also became the