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Humble eBook Bundle nears US$1m sales, doubles offer Posted: 20 Oct 2012 09:15 AM PDT Screenshot of the Humble eBook Bundle on October 19, 2012.©All rights reserved SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 20 — The Humble Bundle, a pay-what-you-want scheme that recently extended its remit to cover e-books, is on the verge of taking US$1 million (RM3 million) worth of payments with its first collection, close to the offer's October 23 deadline. It had started on October 9 with a six-title collection that contained stories from sci-fi and fantasy specialists Cory Doctorow, Paolo Bacigalupi, Lauren Beukes, Mercedes Lackey, and Kelley Link. Buyers could set their own price, splitting proceeds between authors, charity concerns, and admin costs, and any that paid more than the floating average would unlock access to the Bundle's bonus books. Though there were just two extra books at the start of the promo, successive titles were later included in accordance with Humble Bundle tradition. Those additions came from popular webcomic writers and artists in Randall Munroe (xkcd), Zach Weiner (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal), and the Penny Arcade pairing of Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. The Humble Bundle scheme had previously specialised in computer games and music but joins other book-loving promotions such as SnugNugget and the StoryBundle in offering a selection of certifiably good reads at a provocatively low cost. Sign on here. — AFP/Relaxnews

‘The Casual Vacancy’ reaches 1 million sales Posted: 20 Oct 2012 08:54 AM PDT The Casual Vacancy in a shop window in central London. — AFP pic LONDON, Oct 20 — J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, has notched a million sales across print and digital, according to a joint statement from publishers Little Brown and Hachette. Little surprise, as it's been top of the best-seller charts in the UK, US, Australia and Canada since it made its September 27 debut. Such a strong start puts the hardback in contention for the end of year best-seller lists. Half-way through 2012 and trend tracker Nielsen had various Fifty Shades and Hunger Games titles occupying nine of the top 10 places, non-fiction title Jesus Calling in 10th, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever, Killing Lincoln, The Serpent's Shadow, Heaven Is for Real and The Lorax taking slots 11 to 15. — AFP/Relaxnews

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