Hi Friend,
It is no secret that Amazon's Jeff Bezos, alongside literally every executive in the streaming space, wants to get his hands on the next Game of Thrones.
Amazon gambled big, and it appears to be paying off:
Prime Video's adaptation of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time fantasy saga was the top debut of 2021 for Amazon and among their top 5 biggest openings ever.
And they have another giant fantasy series scheduled to hit TV screens this September: a show based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, set thousands of years before the story we know.
Amazon spent $250 million just to get the rights (!) and then committed another $250 million for the first couple of seasons.
Netflix also continues to invest successfully in its fantasy projects. Their recently launched Season 2 of The Witcher has already joined the streamer's most-viewed TV shows of all time list, amassing 462.5 million hours of view-time.
Now combine all this with the overall success of escapist literature during the pandemic.
The result? - The Epic Fantasy bestseller list on Kindle saw a 58% improvement in sales rank performance over the last twelve months.
Of course, we seized the opportunity to look at what sells best these days. Here it is:
This new report examines market segments, sales development, top authors, top publishers, "Virtual Top 100" bestseller list, top categories, keywords, leading cover art, high-selling genre clichés, Kindle Unlimited vs. Non-KU performance, and more.
Get ahead of the game and be among the first to get your copy:
This report is not only for epic fantasy fans. Big trends tend to cross genre boundaries. We can already see such impact on the growth of fantasy romance.
Yours sincerely,
Alex
K-lytics.com | e-book market intelligence for success
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