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In January's Association of American Publishers (AAP) report, they revealed that eBook net sales went from last year's 32.4 million dollars to 69.9 million dollars, increasing by 115.8 percent.

One month after Amazon announced that its third-generation Kindle "eclipsed 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' as the bestselling product in Amazon’s history," CEO Jeff Bezos announces: "Kindle books have now overtaken paperback books as the most popular format on Amazon.com."

1. The Shack by William P. Young (Windblown Media, $14.99). A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to a shack, apparently by God.

2. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Griffin, $14.95). Despite different life choices, a friendship endures between two women.

3. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (Vintage, $13.95). A German high school student falls in love with a former Auschwitz employee.