New Kindle million-sellers: Baldacci, Hocking & Stephenie Meyer

Nov. 11, 2011 11:09 AM PT

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This week, David Baldacci, Amanda Hocking and Stephenie Meyer joined the Amazon.com Kindle e-book million-seller club. Hocking is the second self-published author to do so. Meyer — who was one of the first five authors to reach half a million — has caught up to the other four.

Stieg Larsson, author of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ and its sequels was the first author to sell a million e-books. He was followed by James Patterson, Nora Roberts, Charlaine Harris, Lee Child, Suzanne Collins and Michael Connelly. Then self-published author John Locke became the first to sell a million Kindle e-books without the backing of a major publisher. Kathryn Stockett has published only one book, ‘The Help,’ and is the only author to sell 1 million Kindle copies of a single title. Janet Evanovich and George R.R. Martin are also Kindle million-sellers.

Counting the new trio of authors announced this week, 14 writers have sold at least 1 million Kindle e-books each. Judging by the New York Times’ e-book bestseller list — which includes other vendors in in addition to Amazon — perennial bestsellers John Grisham and Nicholas Sparks might be expected to join the Kindle bestseller ranks soon.

George R.R. Martin joins Kindle million-seller club

Kathryn Stockett and Janet Evanovich become Kindle million-sellers

Independent author John Locke sells 1 million Kindle e-books, but at what cost?

— Carolyn Kellogg

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Carolyn Kellogg

Carolyn Kellogg is a prize-winning writer who served as Books editor of the Los Angeles Times for three years. She joined the L.A. Times in 2010 as staff writer in Books and left in 2018. In 2019, she was a judge of the National Book Award in Nonfiction. Prior to coming to The Times, Kellogg was editor of LAist.com and the web editor of the public radio show Marketplace. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in English from the University of Southern California.