Kindle Secrets

Hide your kindle betrayal in an old book... just one of many Kindle secrets... 

As a nosey commuter, I have to say that the kindle is a disappointment: how am I supposed to know what people are reading?? I like chuckling as people try to hide their Mills & Boon covers or judging what the bestsellers are and pretending to everyone that I just have 'the knowledge'...

It seems that kindle readers are more than aware of that, though. Kindlers have been for months now harbouring some bookish secrets...until now. Over the last couple of weeks E L James' Fifty Shades of Grey along with some other titles have soared up the Amazon bestseller charts putting erotica on the map where before titles tried to flutter their eyelids from the higher shelves in travel bookshops.

In my view, it's not just erotica that's getting a new lease of life in the burgeoning Kindle kingdom. Chick Lit has always done well, sure, but there are always people who are embarrassed to read books they feel are seen as 'trash'. Suddenly everyone has read JoJo Moyes latest tear-jerker, Me Before You, for instance. The Amazon charts are also being filled by first-time, self-published women writers talking about 'rising bosoms' and cupcake parties where publishers don't have the money to buy the rights and publicise them. Whether or not they should be published is a dilemma I won't go into - there's always going to be pros and cons - but it certainly gives new authors a chance.

If you're like me and want to know what people are reading, why not have a look at the survey that The Guardian have done, looking into just what commuters are reading...


The Guardian