Top 100 Indie Authors for June + 67 Authors to Watch

Posted on June 18, 2012 by meaghangray

Deep into the heat of June, you may find something missing from your life. Well, the wait is over :) . This month’s Top Indie Authors post has finally arrived (based on May sales).

Our sincerest thanks goes out to every indie author out there making things better for readers and authors. You keep writing and we’ll keep reading.

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TOP 100 AUTHORS LIST (with Sales/Estimated Sales)

1. Tracey Garvis-Graves – 146,170

2. CJ Lyons

3. Karen McQuestion Estimated – 100,409

4. Barbara Freethy

5. Bella Andre – At least 77,802

6. Antoinette Stockenberg – 62,519

7. Hugh Howey – 54,643

8. Jamie McGuire

9. Aaron Patterson Estimated – 39,897

10. Andrew E. Kaufman – 36,108

11. J.R. Rain Estimated – 34,286

12. J.A. Konrath Estimated – 31,434

13. Kristen Ashley

14. Rebecca Forster – 27,455

15. Kathleen Brooks

16. Marie Force – Approximately 25,000

17. Gemma Halliday Estimated – 21,483

18. Blake Crouch Estimated – 20,491

19. Jon F. Merz – Around 20,018

20. Addison Moore

21. Lawrence Kelter – 16,458

22. Cheryl Bolen – About 16,000

23. H.P. Mallory – About 16,000

24. T.R. Ragan – About 15,500

25. Colleen Hoover

26. Denise Grover Swank

27. Michele Scott/A.K. Alexander

28. Heather Killough-Walden Estimated – 14,198

29. Jana DeLeon – 13,340

30. LJ Sellers

31. John Locke – 13,175

32. Lisa Mondello

33. Liliana Hart

34. Michael Prescott – 12,434

35. J Carson Black Estimated – 12,431

36. Alexa Grace – 12,337

37. Shadonna Richards – Over 12,000

38. Amber Lynn Natusch

39. Stephanie Rowe – 10,700

40. Patricia Ryan/P.B. Ryan – 10,633

41. Carolyn McCray – 10,510

42. Ruth Cardello – Over 10,000

43. Michael Wallace – 10,075

44. Mark Tufo

45. Jinx Jamison – 9,842

46. Beverley Kendall – 9,800

47. Shayne Parkinson

48. Dannika Dark

49. Aphrodite Hunt/Artemis Hunt – 9,720

50. Terri Reid – 9,579

51. Alexis Harrington – 8,804

52. Connie Suttle – 8,768

53. Russell Blake – 8711

54. James Somers Estimated – 8525

55. Brett Battles

56. Kristie Cook – About 8,500

57. Joseph Nassise Estimated – 8,463

58. RJ Parker – 8,200

59. Joan Hall Hovey

60. Eve Langlais – 7,764

61. Sibel Hodge

62. Joel Goldman – 7,666

63. Mainak Dhar Estimated – 7068

64. Tori Scott Estimated – 6,975

65. Ryk Brown Estimated – 6,944

66. Joseph Lallo – Approximately 6,800

67. Debra Holland Estimated – 6,572

68. Diane Capri

69. Catherine Bybee

70. Elle Casey – 6,300

71. Sarah Woodbury – 6,300

72. Carol Davis Luce Estimated – 5,797

73. Doug Farren – 5,520

74. Lacey Weatherford Estimated – 5,425

75. Barbara Samuel – More than 5,160

76. Deanna Chase – 5,120

77. Lizzy Ford – 5,090

78. Michele Sinclair Estimated – 4,929

79. Anthony DeCosmo Estimated – 4,898

80. Nick Russell Estimated – 4,836

81. Dee Ernst – 4,769

82. Dani Amore Estimated – 4,681

83. Rose Pressey – 4,561

84. Mel Comley Estimated – 4,557

85. Claire Ridgway – 4,516

86. Linda Welch Estimated – 4,495

87. Jason Letts- 4,329

88. Imogen Rose Estimated – 4,309

89. N Gemini Sasson – 4,200

90. Aiden James – 4,115

91. Elena Greene Estimated – 4,092

92. Scott Nicholson

93. Allan Guthrie – 3,979

94. Robert Burton Robinson Estimated – 3,875

95. H.T. Night Estimated – 3,875

96. Lorhainne Eckhart

97. Tom Schreck Estimated – 3,720

98. Andrew Peterson Estimated- 3,720

99. Susan Hatler

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Genre List – New authors at the bottom of each category

Note: Sorting authors by genre is not easily done — they tend to weave so seamlessly between romance and thriller and paranormal and young adult. Here is our attempt to define the undefinable.

Romance

Thrillers & Mysteries

Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror

Various Genres (Fiction) including Adventure

Non Fiction

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1. Tracey Garvis-Graves

May 2012 Sales – 146,170

Featured Book
On the Island. Current Price: $5.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Deserted Island. Rated 4.5 stars on 1,155 reviews. 334 pages.

Tracey’s book On the Island has its foreign rights sold in Hungary, Indonesia, France, Portugal, Brazil, UK, and Italy. Even more exciting, it has its film rights optioned by MGM.

For more, see Tracey Garvis-Graves’s website.

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2. CJ Lyons

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Blood Stained: A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller (Volume 2). Current Price: $2.31. Genre: Thriller, Police Procedural, Suspense. Rated 4.5 stars on 86 reviews. 296 pages.

Both of CJ’s Lucy Guardino FBI Thrillers have been in the Kindle Top 40, hitting #1 and #2 in varying categories.

For more, see CJ Lyons’s website

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3. Karen McQuestion

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 100,409

Featured Book
The Long Way Home. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Drama. Rated 4.5 stars on 111 reviews. 337 pages.

For more, see Karen McQuestion’s website.

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4. Barbara Freethy

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Just A Wish Away (Wish Series). Current Price: $3.90. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Series. Rated 4.5 stars on 9 reviews. 224 pages.

Barbara’s Just a Wish Away has been in the Top 100 at B&N since it’s release in the beginning of May.

For more, see Barbara Freethy’s website.

Quick Note from Switch: Her books continue to do well in both stores. Indie authors can learn a lot from Barbara Freethy’s covers, pricing strategies, and from the number of books she has available.

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5. Bella Andre

May 2012 Sales – At least 77,802

Featured Book
IF YOU WERE MINE (The Sullivans #5). Current Price: $4.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Women’s Fiction. Rated 5 stars on 26 reviews. 192 pages.

Bella’s IF YOU WERE MINE was #111 on the USA Today bestseller list this month. The novel was released on May 24th and became a bestseller and other retailers within one day.

For more, see Bella Andre’s website.

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6. Antoinette Stockenberg

May 2012 Sales – 62,519

Featured Book
SAFE HARBOR. Current price $2.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Women’s Fiction, Beach Book. Rated 4.5 stars on 8 reviews. 339 pages.

A MONTH AT THE SHORE has been in the top 20 on the NOOK top 100 list since April 15. A CHARMED PLACE has been in the top 50 on the NOOK top 100 list since March 1.

Antoinette’s next book, SAND CASTLES, will be released mid-June — another summer read.

For more, see Antoinette Stockenberg’s website.

Quick Note from Switch: If you haven’t been reading Antoinette Stockenberg, you really should. She picks really pretty covers and her books are rated highly and she really dominates the Nook Store Charts.

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7. Hugh Howey

May 2012 Sales – 54,643

Featured Book
Wool Omnibus Edition (Wool 1 – 5). Current Price: $5.99. Genre: Science Fiction, High Tech, Adventure. Rated 5 stars on 1,058 reviews. 550 pages.

The WOOL OMNIBUS has been in the Amazon top 100 for the past three months.

For more, see Hugh Howey’s website.

Quick Note: Someone left a comment saying Hugh Howey’s ‘Wool’ was optioned for film. Also heard buzz about the book elsewhere. For $1 it’s not a bad choice – read the book now before a movie project gets approved and the book gets bought out by Publishers and ‘edited’ to $7.99.

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8. Jamie McGuire

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Beautiful Disaster. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Dysfunctional, College. Rated 4.5 stars on 944 reviews. 446 pages.

Beautiful Disaster has been topping the charts at #19 on Amazon, #19 on New York Times best seller list, #2 Best selling Indie book, and #68 on USA Today’s best seller list.

For more, see Jamie McGuire’s website.

Switch’s Quick Note: This really has one of the absolute prettiest covers I’ve ever seen.

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9. Aaron Patterson

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 39,897

Featured Book
Airel (The Airel Saga, Book 1) with Chris White. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Romantic Fantasy, Series, Young Adult. Rated 4 stars on 88 reviews. 392 pages.

For more, see Aaron Patterson’s blog.

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10. Andrew E. Kaufman

May 2012 Sales – 36,108

Featured Book
The Lion, the Lamb, the Hunted: A Psychological Thriller. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Suspense. Rated 4.5 stars on 193 reviews. 263 pages.

The Lion, the Lamb, the Hunted is nearing 100 days in the top 100. Both it and While the Savage Sleeps simultaneously sat at number one for their genres.

For more, see Andrew E. Kaufman’s website.

Quick Note: 100 days in the Top 100 is incredibly tough to do. Hats off to an indie author for doing it. It’s quite surprising to me to see it at $2.99 and still doing so well. There seems to be a growing number of indie authors who are managing to pull off $2.99.

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11. J.R. Rain

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 34,286

Featured Book
Vampires. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Gothic Fantasy, Vampires. Rated 5 stars on 78 reviews. 512 pages.

For more, see J.R. Rain’s website

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12. J.A. Konrath

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 31,434

Featured Book
Endurance (A Novel of Terror). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Horror, Thriller, Suspense. Rated 4 stars on 198 reviews. 338 pages.

For more, see J.A. Konrath’s website.

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13. Kristen Ashley

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Motorcycle Man. Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Erotic, Bad Boy Hero. Rated 4.5 stars on 30 reviews. 727 kb in size, or about 365 pages.

For more, see Kristen Ashley’s website.

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14. Rebecca Forster

May 2012 Sales – 27,455

Featured Book
Beyond Malice. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Thriller, Legal. Rated 4 stars on 16 reviews. 256 pages.

For more, see Rebecca Forster’s website.

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15. Kathleen Brooks

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Bluegrass State of Mind. Current Price: $0. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Suspense. Rated 4 stars on 117 reviews. 237 pages.

Kathleen Brooks has sold over 110,000 books in four months!

For more, see Kathleen Brooks’s website.

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16. Marie Force

May 2012 Sales – Approximately 25,000

Featured Book
Hoping for Love (McCarthys of Gansett Island, Book 5). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Series. Rated 4.5 stars on 28 reviews. 294 pages.

For more, see Marie Force’s website.

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17. Gemma Halliday

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 21,483

Featured Book
Social Suicide (Deadly Cool). Current Price: $7.99. Genre: Mystery, Humor, Young Adult. Rated 4 stars on 16 reviews. 288 pages.

For more, see Gemma Halliday’s website.

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18. Blake Crouch

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 20,491

Featured Book
Eerie. Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Horror, Ghosts, Mystery, Suspense. Rated 4.5 stars on 11 reviews. 284 pages.

For more, see Blake Crouch’s website.

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19. Jon F. Merz

Mary 2012 Sales – Around 20,018

Featured Book
The Ninja Apprentice: The Lost Scrolls of Fudo Shin. Current Price: $7.99. Genre: Children’s Literature, Boys, Adventure. Rated 5 stars on 7 reviews. 272 pages.

After attempting the route of traditional New York City publishing for a year and a half, Jon published The Ninja Apprentice himself. In the weeks following, he’s sold over one thousand copies and has received lots of reviews. Some schools have even picked up the novel for their summer reading lists. Jon will be speaking at several schools in September.

For more, see Jon F. Merz’s website.

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20. Addison Moore

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
ETHEREAL (Celestra Series Book 1). Current Price: $0. Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance, Angel. Rated 4 stars on 143 reviews. 191 pages.

The film rights for Addison’s Celestra Series have been sold to 20th Century Fox.

Switch’s Quick Note: Great reviews in both Kindle and Nook stores. It’s surprising to me to see the number of indie authors that are selling film rights for their novels. And guess what – they get one hundred percent of that money. Not 25% or 15% of it. All of it. I wonder if any indie authors are asking for net points and gross points.

For more, see Addison Moore’s website.

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21. Lawrence Kelter

May 2012 Sales – 16,458

Featured Book
Palindrome (The Palindrome Trilogy). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Mystery, Crime, Los Angeles, Noir. Rated 5 stars on 4 reviews. 332 kb in size, or about 165 pages.

For more, see Lawrence Kelter’s website.

Switch’s Quick Note: This is yet another author who is strong in both stores. It seems to me to be connected – doing well in one store, sooner or later, translates into the other store.

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22. Cheryl Bolen

May 2012 Sales – About 16,000

Featured Book
With His Lady’s Assistance (Humorous Regency Romance Mystery). Current Price: $3.85. Genre: Historical Romance, Regency, Humor. Rated 4.5 stars on 13 reviews. 245 pages.

Cheryl’s one year anniversary as a self-published author just passed. She started with a backlist of five books and has expanded to sixteen titles.

For more, see Cheryl Bolen’s website.

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23. H.P. Mallory

May 2012 Sales – About 16,000

Featured Book
Wuthering Frights (Dulcie O’Neil). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Romantic Fantasy, Humor. Rated 5 stars on 90 reviews. 172 pages.

H.P. Mallory hit the B&N bestseller list this month, coming close to the Amazon list, as well.

For more, see H.P. Mallory’s website.

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24. T.R. Ragan

May 2012 Sales – About 15,500

Featured Book
Dead Weight (The Lizzy Gardner Series). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Romantic Suspense, Thriller, FBI. Rated 4.5 stars on 32 reviews. 296 pages.

For more, see T.R. Ragan’s website.

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25. Colleen Hoover

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Slammed. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Drama, United States. Rated 5 stars on 231 reviews. 314 pages.

For more, see Colleen Hoover’s website.

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26. Denise Grover Swank

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Chosen (The Chosen #1). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Paranormal Romance, Thriller, Mystery, Action. Rated 4.5 stars on 108 reviews. 366 pages.

In May, Denise reached 100,000 in sales in less than 11 months since the release of her first book. Also, she was named as a top self-published author in science fiction and fantasy in an article by by i09.com.

For more, see Denise Grover Swank’s website.

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27. Michele Scott/A.K. Alexander

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
The Cartel. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Drama, Romance, Erotic. Rated 4.5 stars on 11 reviews. 394 pages.

For more, see Michele Scott’s website.

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28. Heather Killough-Walden

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 14,198

Featured Book
The Phantom King (The Kings). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Fantasy. Rated 5 stars on 65 reviews. 205 pages.

For more, see Heather Killough-Walden’s website.

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29. Jana DeLeon

May 2012 Sales – 13,340

Featured Book
Trouble in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law Mystery/Romance Series). Current Price: $0. Genre: Mystery, Women Sleuths, Contemporary Romance, Thriller. Rated 4 stars on 79 reviews. 321 pages.

For more, see Jana DeLeon’s website.

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30. LJ Sellers

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Dying for Justice. Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Mystery, Cold Case, Detective, Thriller. Rated 5 stars on 47 reviews. 312 pages.

LJ has recently signed an eleven book deal with Amazon. Eventually, they will publish all of her titles under the Thomas & Mercer imprint.

For more, see LJ Sellers’s website.

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31. John Locke

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 13,175

Featured Book
Callie’s Last Dance (a Donovan Creed Novel). Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Thriller, Action & Adventure, Suspense. Unrated. 359 kb in size, or about 180 pages.

For more, see John Locke’s website.

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32. Lisa Mondello

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
The More I See (Book 3 – Texas Hearts) (Contemporary Romance). Current Price: $3.49. Genre: Western, Contemporary Romance. Rated 4.5 stars on 4 reviews. 192 pages.

The My Texas Heart series is a continuous best seller, having sold 20,000 copies in less than four months.

For more, see Lisa Mondello’s blog.

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33. Liliana Hart

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
CADE: A MacKenzie Novel. Current Price: $3.85. Genre: Thriller, Spy Stories, Tales of Intrigue, Romantic Suspense. Rated 4.5 stars on 8 reviews. 217 pages.

WHISKEY SOUR (Book 2 of Addison Holmes Series) releases on 6/19/2012.

For more, see Liliana Hart’s website.

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34. Michael Prescott

May 2012 Sales – 12,434

Featured Book
Final Sins. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Thriller, Suspense. Rated 4.5 stars on 15 reviews. 384 pages.

Michael has sold audio rights to ten of his books to Audible.com.

For more, see Michael Prescott’s website.

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35. J Carson Black

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 12,431

Featured Book
Icon. Current Price: $4.99. Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Spy Stories, Tales of Intrigue. Rated 3.5 stars on 20 reviews. 349 pages.

For more, see J Carson Black’s website.

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36. Alexa Grace

May 2012 Sales – 12,337

Featured Book
Deadly Offerings. Current Price: $1.11. Genre: Romantic Suspense, Adventure. Rated 4 stars on 30 reviews. 301 pages.

Deadly Offerings got an amazing review from RT Book Reviews in their July issue out now. “With riveting suspense and commanding characters, this is one addicting, must-have summer read.” 4.5 stars out of 5.

For more, see Alexa Grace’s website.

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37. Shadonna Richards

May 2012 Sales – Over 12,000

Featured Book
The Bride Series (5 Bestselling Novels in 1 Volume). Current Price: $4.99. Genre: Humor, Contemporary Romance. Rated 3.5 stars on 6 reviews. 346 pages.

Shadonna has sold over 82,000 copies in the past nine months. Her first novel, An Unexpected Bride (Book 1 in the Bride Series) peaked at #1 in Humor and #23 Overall in Kindle store. Shadonna currently has 9 titles available. All 7 romance titles are currently in the Top 50 Bestselling Romance Anthologies.

For more, see Shadonna Richards’s blog.

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38. Amber Lynn Natusch

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
CAGED (The Caged Series). Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Contemporary Fantasy, Romance, Thriller, Humor. Rated stars on 11 reviews. 311 pages.

Caged has been in the Contemporary Fantasy Bestsellers top 20 since January 31, 2012. Haunted and Framed both debuted in the same top 20 and have remained there ever since.

For more, see Amber Lynn Natusch’s website.

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39. Stephanie Rowe

May 2012 Sales – 10,700

Featured Book
Darkness Surrendered (Primal Heat Trilogy #3) (Order of the Blade). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Romantic Fantasy, Family, Erotic. Rated 4.5 stars on 8 reviews. 331 pages.

Stephanie’s sales have skyrocketed this past month, going from 3,800 in April to 10,700 in May.

For more, see Stephanie Rowe’s website.

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40. Patricia Ryan/P.B. Ryan

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 10,633

Featured Book
Still Life With Murder (Nell Sweeney Mystery Series, Book 1). Current Price: $0. Genre: Historical Mystery, Cozy, Boston. Rated 4.5 stars on 94 reviews. 324 pages.

For more, see Patricia Ryan’s website.

Quick Note: Definitely an author to watch. Based on reviews I’d expect a Top 10 appearance sometime this year.

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41. Carolyn McCray

May 2012 Sales – 10,510

Featured Book
30 Pieces of Silver: An Extremely Controversial Historical Thriller. Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Technothriller, Action, Adventure. Rated 3.5 stars on 453 reviews. 441 pages.

For more, see Carolyn McCray’s website.

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42. Ruth Cardello

May 2012 Sales – Over 10,000

Featured Book
Maid for the Billionaire (Book 1) (Legacy Collection). Current Price: $0. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Family Saga. Rated 4.5 stars on 287 reviews. 221 pages.

All of Ruth’s 10,000+ sales are from one book, For Love or Legacy. The third in the series will be released in mid-July.

For more, see Ruth Cardello’s website.

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43. Michael Wallace

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 10,075

Featured Book
A Triple Thriller Fest with Gordon Ryan & Philip Chen. Current Price: $5.03. Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, High Tech. Rated 4.5 stars on 16 reviews. 886 pages.

For more, see Michael Wallace’s website.

Quick Note: 44 authors who sold 10,000 or more books in May 2012. That’s just incredible. And we’re at the very beginning of the real ebook revolution – the one that connects authors with readers and cuts out all the middle-men.

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44. Mark Tufo

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Zombie Fallout. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Horror, Zombie Apocalypse, Suspense. Rated 4.5 stars on 211 reviews. 308 pages.

Zombie Fallout has stayed on Amazon’s Top 100 in the Horror category since being published.

For more, see Mark Tufo’s website.

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45. Jinx Jamison

May 2012 Sales – 9,842

Featured Book
Seducing Sarah. Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Erotica, Multicultural, Romance. Rated 4 stars on 23 reviews. 115 pages.

On Amazon, Seducing Sarah was #1 in Erotica for about 2 weeks and in the top 5 Erotica for the past month. Taken by the Boss was in the Top 50 of Erotica all month.

For more, see Jinx Jamison’s blog.

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46. Beverley Kendall

May 2012 Sales – 9,800

Featured Book
An Heir of Deception (The Elusive Lords). Current Price: $4.94. Genre: Historical Romance, Regency, Series. Rated 4.5 stars on 33 reviews. 324 pages.

For more, see Beverly Kendall’s website.

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47. Shayne Parkinson

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Sentence of Marriage (Promises to Keep). Current Price: $0. Genre: Historical, Family Saga, New Zealand. Rated 4 stars on 84 reviews. 344 pages.

For more, see Shayne Parkinson’s website.

Quick Note: This author is very strong in the Nook Store. Very strong reviews.

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48. Dannika Dark

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Twist (Mageri Series: Book 2). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Contemporary Fantasy, Romance, Adventure. Rated 4.5 stars on 71 reviews. 281 pages.

For more, see Dannika Dark’s blog.

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49. Aphrodite Hunt/Artemis Hunt

May 2012 Sales – 9,720

Featured Book
Mysterious Desire. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Erotic Romance, Billionaire. Rated 5 stars on 1 review. 53 pages.

For more, see Hunt’s Smashwords.

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50. Terri Reid

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 9,579

Featured Book
Natural Reaction – A Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery (Book 6). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Mystery, Women Sleuths, Paranormal. Rated 4.5 stars on 30 reviews. 203 pages.

For more, see Terri Reid’s website.

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51. Alexis Harrington

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 8,804

Featured Book
Enchanted. Current Price: $1.99. Genre: Historical Romance, Western, Adventure. Rated 3.5 stars on 4 reviews. 77 pages.

For more, see Alexis Harrington’s website.

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52. Connie Suttle

May 2012 Sales – 8,768

Featured Book
Target (Legend of the Ir’Indicti #3). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Paranormal Thriller, Fantasy. Rated 5 stars on 8 reviews. 375 kb in size, or about 185 pages.

Connie has passed a total of 115,000 sales in only eleven months.

For more, see Connie Suttle’s website.

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53. Russell Blake

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 8,711

Featured Book
Return of the Assassin (Assassin Series #3). Current Price: $4.98. Genre: Thriller, Action, Adventure. Rated 5 stars on 7 reviews. 236 pages.

For more, see Russell Blake’s website.

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54. James Somers

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 8,525

Featured Book
The Shadow Walker (Serpent Kings Saga #3 Epilogue) (The Serpent Kings Saga #3). Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Epic Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult. Unrated. 96 pages.

For more, see James Somers’s blog.

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55. Brett Battles

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
The Destroyed (A Jonathan Quinn Novel). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Thriller, Spy Stories, Tales of Intrigue. Rated 5 stars on 19 reviews. 299 pages.

For more, see Brett Battles’s website.

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56. Kristie Cook

May 2012 Sales – About 8,500

Featured Book
Promise (Soul Savers). Current Price: $0. Genre: Contemporary Fantasy, Demons, Angels. Rated 4 stars on 118 reviews. 369 pages.

For more, see Kristie Cook’s website.

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57. Joseph Nassise

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 8,463

Featured Book
By the Blood of Heroes: The Great Undead War: Book I. Current Price: $0.78. Genre: Alternate History, Fantasy. Rated 4.5 stars on 9 reviews. 352 pages.

For more, see Joseph Nassise’s website.

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58. RJ Parker

May 2012 Sales – 8,200

Featured Book
HARD CASE Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Men’s Adventure, Martial Arts. Rated 5 stars on 4 reviews. 553 kb in size, or about 275 pages.

Hard Case is the first book to be published under RJ Parker Publishing. On May 25, Top Cases of The FBI was released in audio format and reached #19 in the Top 100 on Audible.

For more, see RJ Parker’s website.

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59. Joan Hall Hovey

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Featured Book
The Abduction of Mary Rose. Current Price: $0. Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Stalker. Rated 4.5 stars on 57 reviews. 242 pages.

Joan’s second novel, Nowhere to Hide won the EPPIE award for best thriller.

For more, see Joan Hall Hovey’s website.

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60. Eve Langlais

May 2012 Sales – 7,764

Featured Book
A Demon And His Witch. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Humor, Romance, Paranormal. Rated 5 stars on 6 reviews. 158 pages.

For more, see Eve Langlais’s website.

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61. Sibel Hodge

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Featured Book
The Baby Trap. Current Price: $3.84. Genre: Humor, IVF, Pregnancy. Rated 4.5 stars on 19 reviews. 258 pages.

For more, see Sibel Hodge’s website.

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62. Joel Goldman

May 2012 Sales – 7,666

Featured Book
The Last Witness (Lou Mason Thrillers). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Thriller, Legal, Hard-Boiled, Mystery. Rated 4.5 stars on 27 reviews. 320 pages.

For more, see Joel Goldman’s website.

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63. Mainak Dhar

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 7,068

Featured Book
Through The Killing Glass: Alice in Deadland Book II. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror. Rated 4.5 stars on 11 reviews. 184 pages.

For more, see Mainak Dhar’s website.

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64. Tori Scott

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 6,975

Featured Book
Blue Moon Over Texas (Lone Star Cowboys). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Cowboy, Western, Romance. Rated 5 stars on 5 reviews. 303 kb in size, or about 150 pages.

For more, see Tori Scott’s blog.

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65. Ryk Brown

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 6,944

Featured Book
Ep.#3 – “The Legend of Corinair” (The Frontiers Saga). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Science Fiction, High Tech, Adventure. Rated 4.5 stars on 54 reviews. 209 pages.

For more, see Ryk Brown’s Goodreads.

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66. Joseph Lallo

May 2012 Sales – Approximately 6,800

Featured Book
Bypass Gemini. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Epic Fantasy, Young Adult, Magic. Rated 5 stars on 5 reviews. 250 pages.

The Book of Deacon and its two sequels are currently in the process of being translated into Bulgarian for a paperback release in that region.

For more, see Joseph Lallo’s website.

Switch’s Quick Note: Another author who should be making a Top 10 Appearance sometime this year. Really very very good and the reviews are just glowing.

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67. Debra Holland

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 6,572

Featured Book
Stormy Montana Sky (Montana Sky Series). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Historical Romance, Western. Rated 5 stars on 10 reviews. 246 pages.

For more, see Debra Holland’s website.

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68. Diane Capri

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Featured Book
Fatal Distraction. Current Price: $5.99. Genre: Legal, Thriller, Suspense. Rated 5 stars on 11 reviews. 265 pages.

Don’t Know Jack and Jack in a Box are selling well. Both rank in the top 10 in their categories on Amazon. Diane is preparing paperback versions to be available through Create Space in time for ThrillerFest July 10.

For more, see Diane Capri’s website.

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69. Catherine Bybee

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Featured Book
Married by Monday (Weekday Brides). Current Price: $3.02. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Women’s Fiction, Humor. Rated 5 stars on 14 reviews. 294 pages.

Married by Monday was released at the end of May and is already nearly in the Top 100 at B&N.

For more, see Catherine Bybee’s website.

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70. Elle Casey

May 2012 Sales – 6,300

Featured Book
Wrecked. Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Humor. Rated 4.5 stars on 64 reviews. 272 pages.

Elle Casey has a four book foreign rights for Brazil in the works for her War of the Fae Series. Her sales have been climbing like crazy (a 152% increase over April in May).

For more, see Elle Casey’s website.

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71. Sarah Woodbury

May 2012 Sales – 6,300

Featured Book
Daughter of Time: A Time Travel Romance (The After Cilmeri Series). Current Price: $0. Genre: Time Travel, Romance, Historical, Fantasy. Rated 4 stars on 67 reviews. 352 pages.

For more, see Sarah Woodbury’s website.

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72. Carol Davis Luce

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 5,797

Featured Book
For Better, For Worse. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Paranormal, Women’s Fiction. Rated 4 stars on 1 review. 21 pages.

For more, see Carol Davis Luce’s website.

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73. Doug Farren

May 2012 Sales – 5,520

Featured Book
Galactic Alliance (Book 1) – Translight!. Current Price: $2.97. Genre: Technothriller, War, Science Fiction. Rated 4 stars on 36 reviews. 402 pages.

Doug has a new book coming out soon, When Ships Mutiny. He will be at the 2012 Launch Pad Workshop in Laramie Wyoming; a NASA sponsored astronomy course for writers.

For more, see Doug Farren’s website.

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74. Lacey Weatherford

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 5,425

Featured Book
Chasing Nikki (Chasing Nikki #1). Current Price: $3.00. Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Romance. Rated 4.5 stars on 63 reviews. 336 pages.

For more, see Lacey Weatherford’s website.

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75. Barbara Samuel

May 2012 Sales – More than 5,160

Featured Book
In the Midnight Rain with Ruth Wind. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Family, Love. Rated 4.5 stars on 49 reviews. 420 pages.

In the Midnight Rain was a RITA finalist.

For more, see Barbara Samuel’s website.

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76. Deanna Chase

May 2012 Sales – 5,120

Featured Book
The Jade Calhoun Series, Book 1 and 2. Current Price: $6.00. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Suspense. Rated 5 stars on 8 reviews. 446 pages.

In three months, Deanna has sold 11,000 books.

For more, see Deanna Chase’s website.

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77. Lizzy Ford

May 2012 Sales – 5,090

Featured Book
Rebel Heart. Current Price: $2.31. Genre: Romance, Adventure, Futuristic. Rated 5 stars on 4 reviews. 256 pages.

Rebel Heart is Lizzy’s twelfth book to be released in sixteen months. This year, she has already surpassed her total 2011 sales.

For more, see Lizzy Ford’s website.

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78. Michele Sinclair

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 4,929

Featured Book
Woman Made for Pleasure. Current Price: $4.94. Genre: Historical Romance. Unreleased (AUGUST 7). 352 pages.

Michele has placed second in two national writing contests in the past couple of months.

For more see Michele Sinclair’s website.

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79. Anthony DeCosmo

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 4,898

Featured Book
Beyond Armageddon V: Fusion. Current Price: $1.99. Genre: Science Fiction, Military, Adventure. Rated 5 stars on 30 reviews. 461 pages.

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80. Nick Russell

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 4,836

Featured Book
Big Lake Lynching. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Murder. Rated 5 stars on 47 reviews. 271 pages.

For more, see Nick Russell’s Goodreads.

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81. Dee Ernst

May 2012 Sales – 4,769

Featured Book
Better Off Without Him (Romantic Comedy). Current Price: $4.99. Genre: Humor, Romance, Chick Lit. Rated 4.5 stars on 74 reviews. 264 pages.

For more, see Dee Ernst’s Facebook.

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82. Dani Amore

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 4,681

Featured Book
Death By Sarcasm. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Mystery, Hard-Boiled, Crime. Rated 3 stars on 107 reviews. 170 pages.

For more, see Dani Amore’s website.

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83. Rose Pressey

May 2012 Sales – 4,561

Featured Book
Murder at Honeysuckle Hotel (Trash to Treasure Crafting Mystery). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Women Sleuths, Mystery, Cozy. Rated 4.5 stars on 14 reviews. 167 pages.

For more, see Rose Pressey’s website.

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84. Mel Comley

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 4,557

Featured Book
Foul Justice (Justice Series (Book four)). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Mystery, Hard-Boiled, Crime, Drama. Rated 5 stars on 6 reviews. 330 kb in size, or about 165 pages.

For more, see Mel Comley’s blog.

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85. Claire Ridgway

May 2012 Sales – 4,516

Featured Book
The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Historical, England, Anne Boleyn. Rated 4.5 stars on 25 reviews. 264 pages.

Claire did a 2 day KDP select free promotion for The Fall of Anne Boleyn. It saw over 26,000 downloads and got her to No. 2 on the Top 100 Amazon US Free Kindle Store, and No. 4 in the UK.

For more, see Claire Ridgway’s website.

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86. Linda Welch

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 4,495

Featured Book
Demon on a Distant Shore, Whisperings book five (Whisperings Paranormal Mystery). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Paranormal Mystery, Urban Fantasy. Rated 5 stars on 1 review. 218 pages.

For more, see Linda Welch’s website.

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87. Jason Letts

May 2012 Sales – 4,329

Featured Book
Suspense, Spencer Nye Trilogy #1. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Future. Rated 4.5 stars on 13 reviews. 227 pages.

Jason surpassed 50,000 sales early in May.

For more, see Jason Letts’s blog.

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88. Imogen Rose

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 4,309

Featured Book
INITIATION (Bonfire Academy Book One) (Bonfire Chronicles). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Paranormal, Vampire, Romance. Rated 4.5 stars on 32 reviews. 418 pages.

For more, see Imogen Rose’s website

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89. N Gemini Sasson

May 2012 Sales – 4,200

Featured Book
Isabeau, A Novel of Queen Isabella and Sir Roger Mortimer. Current Price: $2.97. Genre: Historical, Biography, British. Rated 4.5 stars on 20 reviews. 423 pags.

For more, see N Gemini Sasson’s website.

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90. Aiden James

May 2012 Sales – 4,115

Featured Books
Reign of Coins (The Judas Chronicles #2). Current Price: $4.95. Genre: Historical Fantasy, Men’s Adventure. Rated 4.5 stars on 17 reviews. 211 pages.

Reign of Coins has been Aiden’s biggest seller so far. It has been up 2,628 on Amazon’s paid list and made it into the top 20 for Historical Fantasy and Men’s Adventure. Twelve of his books made it into the top sixty for at least one genre during the month of May.

For more, see Aiden James’s website.

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91. Elena Greene

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 4,092

Featured Book
The Wedding Wager. Current Price: $1.19. Genre: Historical Romance, Regency. Rated 4 stars on 13 reviews. 73 pages.

For more, see Elena Greene’s website.

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92. Scott Nicholson

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Featured Book
Liquid Fear. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Horror, Thriller, Suspense. Rated 3.5 stars on 161 reviews. 281 pages.

Scott hit the German Kindle Top 100 again this month, marking the fourth time.

For more, see Scott Nicholson’s website.

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93. Allan Guthrie

May 2012 Sales – 3,979

Featured Book
Kiss Her Goodbye. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Murder Mystery, Suspense, Crime, Drama. Rated 3.5 stars on 15 reviews. 233 pages.

Since December 2012, Allan has sold 72,000 self-published ebooks.

For more see Allan Guthrie’s website.

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94. Robert Burton Robinson

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 3,875

Featured Book
Ginger Dead House (Ginger Lightley Short Novel Mystery Series: Vol. 2). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Mystery, Women Sleuths. Rated 4 stars on 5 reviews. 160 pages.

For more, see Robert Burton Robinson’s website.

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95. H.T. Night

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 3,875

Featured Book
One Love (Vampire Love Story Book #5). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Contemporary Fantasy, Vampires, Romance. Rated 5 stars on 23 reviews. 181 pages.

For more, see H.T. Night’s website.

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96. Lorhainne Eckhart

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Featured Book
The Forgotten Child. Price: $1.84. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Western. Rated 3.5 stats on 23 reviews. 216 pages.

For more, see Lorhainne Eckhart’s website.

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97. Tom Schreck

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 3,720

Featured Book
The Vegas Knockout. Current Price: $7.99. Genre: Mystery, Hard-Boiled, Action, Crime, Drama. Rated 4.5 stars on 31 reviews. 291 pages.

For more, see Tom Schreck’s blog.

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98. Andrew Peterson

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 3,720

Featured Book
Forced to Kill (Nathan McBride Series). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Thriller, Spy Stories, Tales of Intrigue, Action, Adventure. Rated 4.5 stars on 37 reviews. 288 pages.

For more, see Andrew Peterson’s website.

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99. Susan Hatler

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 3,689

Featured Book
My Last Blind Date. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit. Rated 3.5 stars on 64 reviews. 40 pages.

For more, see Susan Hatler’s website

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Authors To Watch

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1. John O’Brien

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Featured Book
A New World: Taken. Current Price: $5.01. Genre: Horror, Apocalypse, Thriller. Rated stars on 51 reviews. 246 pages.

The fifth book of John’s series, A New World: Awakening, should be out sometime this month.

For more, see John O’Brien’s website.

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2. Minx Malone

May 2012 Sales – 3,595

Featured Book
Teasing Trent – An Erotic Romance.. Current Price: $1.11. Genre: Erotic, Romance. Rated 4 stars on 13 reviews. 69 pages.

Teasing Trent was in the Top 10 for Erotica all of May.

For more, see Minx Malone’s website.

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3. M.H. Sargent

May 2012 Sales – 3,388

Featured Book
Seven Days From Sunday (An MP-5 CIA Thriller, Book 1). Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Thriller, Spy Stories, Tales of Intrigue, Action, Adventure. Rated 4.5 stars on 57 reviews. 317 pages.

For more, see M.H. Sargent’s Facebook.

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4. Lauren Royal

May 2012 Sales – 3,355

Featured Book
Violet (Flower Trilogy, Book 1). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Historical Romance, Series. Rated 5 stars on 3 reviews. 337 pages.

On B&N in May, Violet was in the Top 100 store-wide and the Top 10 in Historical Romance. On Apple, four of Lauren’s books hit the Top 100 Historical Romance lists in the US, Australia, Belgium, France, and Ireland.

For more, see Lauren Royal’s website.

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5. Suzan Tisdale

May 2012 Sales – 3,324

Featured Book
Laiden’s Daughter. Current Price: $1.99. Genre: Historical Romance, Scotland. Rated 4.5 stars on 53 reviews. 227 pages.

Laiden’s Daughter has been in the top 25 of Amazon’s Top 100 Best Sellers List for four months now.

For more, see Suzan Tisdale’s blog.

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6. Deb Sanders

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 3,286

Featured Book
RED HOT and DANGEROUS. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Romantic Suspense, Arizona. Unrated. 338 kb in size, or about 120 pages.

For more, see Deb Sanders’s website.

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7. Joseph Anderson

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 3,286

Featured Book
The Bounty Hunter’s Revenge, Part One. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Future, Bounty Hunter. Rated 3 stars on 3 reviews. 37 pages.

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8. Phoenix Sullivan

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 3224

Featured Book
Extinct Doesn’t Mean Forever. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror. Rated 4 stars on 4 reviews. 212 pages.

For more, see Phoenix Sullivan’s blog.

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9. Julia Crane

May 2012 Sales – 3,115

Featured Book
Coexist (Keegan’s Chronicles #1). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Paranormal Romance, Young Adult. Rated 4 stars on 70 reviews. 212 pages.

For more, see Julia Crane’s website.

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10. Sandra Edwards

May 2012 Sales – 3,100

Featured Book
Crazy For You. Current Price: $3.60. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Women’s Fiction. Rated 3.5 stars on 50 reviews. 334 pages.

For more, see Sandra Edwards’s website.

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11. Gerri Russell

May 2012 Sales – 3,039

Featured Book
The Warrior Trainer (The Stones of Destiny Series). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Historical Fantasy, Highlander Romance. Rated 4.5 stars on 13 reviews. 340 pages.

For more, see Gerri Russell’s website.

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12. Vanessa Kelly/V.K. Sykes

May 2012 Sales – 3,033

Featured Book
Fastball. Current price: $2.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance. Rated 4 stars on 6 reviews. 230 pages.

Fastball reached #92 on paid Contemporary Romance on Amazon.

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13. Robert W. Walker

May 2012 Sales – 3,029

Featured Book
Bismarck 2012 – Hitler’s Curse. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Historical Mystery, Thriller, Suspense. Rated 3 stars on 12 reviews. 422 pages.

Robert won two Lovey Awards from the Love is Murder Conference, as well as awards from the Florida Writers Association. In paperback, he has sold in the hundreds of thousands and now many thousands of Kindle titles. He has been published in England, Japan, and the Ukraine in paper. Kindle has seen to it that he is published in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

For more, see Robert W. Walker’s website.

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14. T.B. Christensen

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 3,007

Featured Book
Wielder’s Rising (Wielder Trilogy: Book Two). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Epic Fantasy, Adventure. Rated 4 stars on 19 reviews. 292 pages.

Fore more, see T.B. Christensen’s blog.

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15. Kathleen Valentine

May 2012 Sales – Over 3,000

Featured Book
Depraved Heart. Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Romantic Mystery, Suspense. Rated 5 stars on 3 reviews. 424 pages.

In January, Kathleen hit my highest point with 12,000 paid sales. She has several new releases scheduled over the next few months.

For more, see Kathleen Valentine’s website.

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16. Stacey Cochran

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 2,914

Featured Book
The Weight of a Clear Blue Sky. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Animal, Action, Adventure, Thriller. Unrated. 12 pages.

For more, see Stacey Cochran’s website.

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17. Karen Cantwell

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 2,852

Featured Book
Citizen Insane (A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery #2). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Romantic Suspense, Humor, Mystery. Rated 4.5 stars on 53 reviews. 186 pages.

For more, see Karen Cantwell’s website.

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18. Cheryl Bradshaw

May 2012 Sales – 2,832

Featured Book
I Have a Secret (Sloane Monroe Series #3). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Murder Mystery, Women Sleuths, Hard-Boiled. Rated 5 stars on 15 reviews. 194 pages.

At the end of May, Cheryl did a free promotion with her boxset. It made it to #1 in the free store for three days, garnering more than 100,000 downloads in five days.

For more, see Cheryl Bradshaw’s website.

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19. Paul Jones

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 2,728

Featured Book
Extinction Point. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure. Rated 4.5 stars on 136 reviews. 239 pages.

For more, see Paul Jones’s website.

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20. Trish Lamoree

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 2,697

Featured Book
To Chase the Waves. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Children’s Literature, Bedtime, Ocean. Rated 5 stars on 2 reviews. 29 pages.

For more, see Trish Lamoree’s website.

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21. Laurie Kellogg

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 2,604

Featured Book
Hypnotic Seduction (The Seduction Series). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Romance. Rated 5 stars on 17 reviews. 252 pages.

For more, see Laurie Kellogg’s blog.

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22. Debbi Mack

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 2,480

Featured Book
Riptide (A Sam McRae Mystery). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Legal, Suspense. Rated 4.5 stars on 8 reviews. 177 pages.

For more, see Debbi Mack’s website.

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23. Darcie Chan

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 2,480

For more, see Darcie Chan’s website.

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24. Steena Holmes

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Featured Book
Finding Emma. Current Price: $7.99. Genre: Women’s Fiction, Family, Drama. Rated 5 stars on 87 reviews. 306 pages.

For more, see Steena Holmes’s website.

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25. Tracy Sumner

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 2,201

Featured Book
Historical Romance 2-in-1 Bundle: Tides of Love and Tides of Passion (Seaswept Seduction). Current Price: $5.99. Genre: Historical Romance, Box Set. Rated 4.5 stars on 62 reviews. 351 pages.

For more, see Tracy Sumner’s website.

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26. Christiana Miller

May 2012 Sales – 2,048

Featured Book
Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie She’s Dead. Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy. Rated 4.5 stars on 129 reviews. 332 pages.

For more, see Christiana Miller’s website.

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27. Rachel Thompson

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 2,015

Featured Book
The Mancode: Exposed. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Humor, Parenting, Motherhood. Rated 4 stars on 77 reviews. 129 pages.

For more, see Rachel Thompson’s website.

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28. Jillian Dodd

May 2012 Sales – 1,960

Featured Book
That Boy. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Romance, Series, Young Adult. Rated 4.5 stars on 75 reviews. 359 pages.

For more, see Jillian Dodd’s blog.

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29. Chris Culver

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 1,953

Featured Book
The Abbey (Ash Rashid). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Mystery, Hard-Boiled, Thriller, Police Procedural. Rated 4 stars on 583 reviews. 237 pages.

For more, see Chris Culver’s website.

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30. Marshall Thornton

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 1,891

Featured Book
Little Boy Dead (Nick Nowak Mysteries). Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Gay, Mystery. Rated 4 stars on 1 review. 66 pages.

For more, see Marshall Thornton’s blog.

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31. Michael McCloskey

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Featured Book
Insidious. Current Price: $3.05. Genre: Science Fiction, High Tech, Adventure. Rated 4.5 stars on 20 reviews. 326 pages.

A great review of Insidious is viewable here.

For more, see Michael McCloskey’s website.

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32. Henry Perez

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 1,798

Featured Book
Floaters – A Jack Daniels/Alex Chapa Mystery with J.A. Konrath. Current Price: $2.07. Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural, Suspense. Rated 4 stars on 15 reviews. 82 pages.

For more, see Henry Perez’s website.

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33. Bryan James

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 1,767

Featured Book
LZR-1143: Infection (Book One of the LZR-1143 Series). Current Price: $5.40. Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror. Rated 4 stars on 87 reviews. 297 pages.

For more, see Bryan James’s Goodreads.

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34. Eric Christopherson

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 1,643

Featured Book
The Prophet Motive. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Crime. Rated 4.5 stars on 27 reviews. 236 pages.

For more, see Eric Christopherson’s Goodreads.

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35. Kristen James

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Featured Book
The Enemy’s Son. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Action, Adventure. Rated 4 stars on 10 reviews. 160 pages.

For more, see Kristen James’s blog.

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36. Armand Rosamilia

Sales for May – 1,495

Featured Book
Dying Days. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Horror, Occult. Rated 4.5 stars on 12 reviews. 82 pages.

For more, see Armand Rosmilia’s website.

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37. Caryn Moya Block

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 1,488

Featured Book
A Siberian Werewolf In London (Siberian Volkov Pack). Current Price: $3.05. Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Werewolf. Rated 4 stars on 10 reviews. 139 pages.

For more, see Caryn Moya Block’s website.

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38. Sarah Burleton

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 1,302

Featured Book
What It Is. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Parenting, Child Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships. Rated 4.5 stars on 25 reviews. 183 pages.

For more, see Sarah Burleton’s website.

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39. John Pearson

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 1,302

Featured Book
Learn Me Good. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Education, Learning. Rated 4.5 stars on 183 reviews. 214 pages.

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40. P O Dixon

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Featured Book
Bewitched, Body and Soul: Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Current Price: $6.07. Genre: Regency, Historical Romance. Rated 5 stars on 3 reviews. 147 pages.

For more, see P O Dixon’s website.

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41. Douglas Dorow

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 1,085

Featured Book
The Ninth District – A Thriller. Current Price: $4.99. Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Police Procedural. Rated 4 stars on 56 reviews. 292 pages.

For more, see Douglas Dorow’s website.

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42. Jennifer Coburn

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 1,054

Featured Book
The Wife of Reilly. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Erotic. Rated 4 stars on 102 reviews. 304 pages.

Jennifer is in the process of getting her backlist up on Kindle.

For more, see Jennifer Coburn’s website.

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43. J. Thorn

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Featured Book
Preta’s Realm. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Dark Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal. Rated 4.5 stars on 11 reviews. 183 pages.

For more, see J. Thorn’s website.

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44. Stan Morris

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 992

Featured Book
Surviving the Fog. Current Price; $0. Genre: Coming of Age, Young Adult. Rated 3.5 stars on 50 reviews. 337 pages.

For more, see Stan Morris’s website.

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45. Christopher Meeks

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 961

Featured Book
The Brightest Moon of the Century. Current Price: $0. Genre: Humor, Literary Fiction, Spiritual Growth. Rated 4.5 stars on 13 reviews. 326 pages.

For more, see Christopher Meeks’s website.

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46. Robert Williams

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 930

Featured Book
Peculiar, MO. Current Price: $1.27. Genre: Science Fiction, War, High Tech. Rated 4 stars on 29 reviews. 335 pages.

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47.T.D. Kaschalk

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 930

Featured Book
Eleventh Angel. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Murder Mystery, Detective, Kidnapping, Psychological Thriller. Rated 3.5 stars on 7 reviews. 295 pages.

For more, see T.D. Kaschalk’s Facebook.

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48. Kathleen Long

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 744

Featured Book
Cherry On Top by Kathleen Long. Price: $2.99. Genre: Romance, Humor. Rated 4 stars on 6 reviews. 352 pages.

For more, see Kathleen Long’s website

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49. Michael Ray Taylor

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 744

Featured Book
The Cat Manual. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Humor, Cats. Rated 4.5 stars on 63 reviews. 51 pages.

For more, see Michael Ray Taylor’s Goodreads.

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50. Nick Cole

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 682

Featured Book
The Old Man and the Wasteland. Current Price: $0.79. Genre: Science Fiction, Apocalyptic. Rated 4.5 stars on 722 reviews. 150 pages.

For more, see Nick Cole’s website.

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51. Wenona Hulsey

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 682

Featured Book
Burden Of Blood (Blood Burden Series). Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Paranormal, Romance. Rated 4.5 stars on 27 reviews. 186 pages.

For more, see Wenona Hulsey’s website.

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52. Lonnie Cruse

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 682

Featured Book
Murder In Metropolis (Metropolis Mystery Series). Current Price: $1.20. Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Police Procedural, Superhero. Rated 4.5 stars on 16 reviews. 220 pages.

For more, see Lonnie Cruse’s website.

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53. Geraldine Solon

May 2012 Sales – 676

Featured Book
Love Letters. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Contemporary Romance, Inspirational, Humor. Rated 4 stars on 40 reviews. 358 pages.

Love Letters is being made into a movie and has also won awards.

For more, see Geraldine Solon’s website.

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54. John Berry

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 651

Featured Book
A Night of Horrors: A Historical Thriller about the 24 Hours of Lincoln’s Assassination. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Historical Fiction, Thriller, Assassination. Rated 5 stars on 19 reviews. 281 pages.

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55. Denise Daisy

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 620

Featured Book
Haytham,The Secret in The Rubble (The Moonshine Series). Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Reunion, Romance. Rated 4.5 stars on 16 reviews. 247 pages.

For more, see Denise Daisy’s blog.

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56. David Gaughran

April 2012 Sales – 579

Featured Book
A Storm Hits Valparaiso. Current Price: $4.99. Genre: South America, Epic Fiction, Historical. Rated 4.5 stars on 16 reviews. 350 pages.

For more, see David Gaughran blog.

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57. Jeff Whelan

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 527

Featured Book
Space Orville. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure. Rated 5 stars on 2 reviews. 237 pages.

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58. Martin Parece

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Blood and Steel. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Fantasy, Magic. Rated 4.5 stars on 26 reviews. 414 pages.

For more, see Martin Parece’s Facebook.

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59. E. Van Lowe

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
Earth Angel. Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy. Rated 4.5 stars on 11 reviews. 190 pages.

Boyfriend From Hell has been optioned in Hollywood for a prime time TV series. The first book in E. Van Lowe’s Hollyweird series, The Zombie Always Knocks Twice is being published by Imajin and will be out late this summer.

For more, see E. Van Lowe’s website

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60. Lee Chambers

May 2012 Sales – 296

Featured Book
The Pineville Heist. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Thriller, Young Adult, Mystery. Rated 4.5 stars on 59 reviews. 196 pages.

The audiobook version of The Pineville Heist is due out on Amazon, audible and iTunes in June.

For more, see Lee Chambers’s website.

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61. Holly Christine

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 279

Featured Book
Tuesday Tells it Slant. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Romance, High School. Rated 3.5 stars on 11 reviews. 281 pages.

For more, see Holly Christine’s website.

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62. Carol Hanrahan

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 279

Featured Book
Baling. Current Price: $0.99. Genre: Young Adult, Adventure, Mystery. Rated 4.5 stars on 10 reviews. 162 pages.

For more, see Carol Hanrahan’s Smashwords.

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63. Brendan P. Myers

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 217

Featured Book
Hope Town. Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Thriller, Holocaust, Mystery. Rated 3.5 stars on 2 reviews. 145 pages.

For more, see Brendan P. Myers’s blog.

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64. David Kazzie

Note: Private sales figures were shared with iReaderReview for more accurate placement on the list.

Featured Book
The Jackpot. Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Gambling. Rated 4.5 stars on 70 reviews. 272 pages.

For more, see David Kazzie’s blog.

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65. Kristen J. Tsetsi

Estimated May 2012 Sales – 62

Featured Book
Carol’s Aquarium. Current Price: $3.99. Genre: Parenthood, Relationships. Rated 4 stars on 2 reviews. 109 pages.

For more, see Kristen J. Tsetsi’s website.

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66. Aaron Paul Lazar

Featured Book
Essentially Yours. Current Price: $6.56. Genre: Mystery, Suspense. Rated 5 stars on 3 reviews. 264 pages.

For more, see Aaron Paul Lazar’s website.

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67. S.W. Vaughn

Featured Book
Broken Angel (House Phoenix). Current Price: $2.99. Genre: Suspense, Thriller, New York City. Rated 4.5 stars on 10 reviews. 232 pages.

Last year, Broken Angel was in the top 10 for thrillers for at least one week on the Amazon UK site.

For more, see S.W. Vaughn’s blog.

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Implementing Changes

We’ll be making a few minor tweaks to the list next month. The main things we’ll be doing is cutting it off at 1,000 sales and removing all authors who are not self-published independent authors (most of the authors on the list are fine, but those working through publishers of any sort, will be removed). We will also be re-working the formulas for sales estimates and generally improving the posts.

Disclaimers, a detailed explanation of our estimates, and a whole lot of authors are all in last month’s post which is viewable here.

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10 Responses

  2. turnbullr, on June 18, 2012 at 5:00 am said:

    Reblogged this on york g33k.

    Reply
  3. David, on June 19, 2012 at 4:36 am said:

    Congrats guys!

    Reply
  4. Sibel Hodge, on June 19, 2012 at 9:56 am said:

    Woo hoo! Massive congrats to everyone on the list! :)

    Reply
  5. Renee Pace (@ReneePaceYA), on June 19, 2012 at 4:55 pm said:

    Congrats to everyone on the list. I know a lot of hard work goes into this as an Indie author. Well deserved all!

    Reply
  6. Charles E Butler, on June 27, 2012 at 7:47 am said:

    how do i get my books featured on this site?

    Reply
  7. Paul Swearingen, on June 27, 2012 at 8:42 am said:

    What? No Young Adult listings?

    Reply
  8. Amy Whelan, on June 27, 2012 at 10:28 am said:

    Estimated sales and real sales do not match. Are the estimated sales just a guess?

    Reply

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