According to this Bookseller piece, fiction is driving Amazon in the first quarter. Happy days are here again? Somebody bring me bring me two fried condor eggs, a bottle of 1787 Chateau Lafite, and some non-fiction writer’s skull to use as a cup!

Book sales at Amazon.co.uk remain “strong”, with fiction purchases managing to more than offset any dip in non-fiction, according to its director of books.

Gordon Willoughby was speaking after Amazon.com revealed international sales increased by 45% to $3.35bn (£2.2bn) and worldwide media sales rose 26%,in the three months to 31st March.

Worldwide media sales, including books, rose to $3.43bn. Operating income for the worldwide business jumped 62% to $394m.  Willoughby said fiction was the key performer for the retailer during the quarter, identifying Stieg Larsson’s Millenium trilogy, Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall and the “strong” genre of vampire fiction.