Hottest Fiction Books & Gifts This Holiday Christmas Shopping Season, according to Amazon

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Los Angeles, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) December 21, 2010 -- According to Matt Phillips from The Wall Street Journal, Ebay.com and Amazon.com may see a huge sales and e-commerce boost this Holiday Shopping Season, as they are offering the best, discount deals on the web right now. "Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is commenting positively on trends for e-commerce that should be favorable for eBay and Amazon.com. “With the majority of the 2010 holiday online shopping season in the books, eCommerce sales growth has accelerated meaningfully over growth in 2009,” Munster writes. Here’s why:

We believe the secular shift of retail sales online from offline will continue to be strong through the holiday season, driven by convenience, selection and low cost. Beyond these consistent underlying themes, we see the following as incremental growth drivers for the 2010 holiday season: (a) higher-end consumers. The majority of online shopping is done by higher-income consumers, which have seen their incomes and wealth bounce back more quickly than lower-end consumers, (b) proliferation of mobile devices, which enable easy comparison shopping and shopping on-the-go, (c) rise of group buying (Groupon, LivingSocial, etc.) and flash sale (Gilt Groupe, Ideeli, RueLaLa) sites, and (d) increasing availability of free shipping from the major retailers including Amazon.com, Walmart, Target, and Best Buy.

Since it became pretty clear that the holiday sales season would be solid, shares of Amazon.com and eBay have seen a nice run. Since the end of August, Amazon.com is up 48% and eBay is up 28%, versus the 19% gain in the S&P 500. But those stocks have seem their outperformance slip. This month Amazon is up 2%, eBay is down about 2%. The S&P 500 is up about 5%.

Anyway, onto the HOTTEST BOOKS AVAILABLE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON:

1. "Stroke of Midnight" by Janelle Denison

Buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/Stroke-Midnight-Carly-Phillips/dp/0451411641/ref=cm_syf_dtl_pl_1

This book has five stars and is about: In her contribution, movie star Dylan North decides to abandon the fast lane, return to his hometown and reunite with the sweetheart he abandoned a decade earlier. Luckily, despite 10 years of silence, Dr. Holly Evans quickly opens both her arms and her heart to him. Denison's segment focuses on best friends Alyssa Harte and Shane Witmer, who have long denied their mutual attraction. When Alyssa decides to make romantic intimacy her New Year's resolution, Shane takes the opportunity to court her by posing as an Internet secret admirer and using her personal shopping services to tailor his look to her dreams.

2. "My World: An Oxnard Marshall Adventure" by Andy Harvey
Buy it here: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/my-world-an-oxnard-marshall-adventure/5617481

This book has five stars and is the prequel to a forthcoming motion picture that is under a shroud of mystery due to lawsuits, multiple parties and studios involved and ten years in the making. The writer of the novel is also the writer, producer and director of the motion picture and only a few people know the full story of the movie; and according to the press, they have all signed non-disclosure agreements with the director's parent company which owns the project. Several celebrities have been named in conjunction with the project.

3. "Destination: Morgue!: L.A. Tales" by James Elroy
Buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/Destination-Morgue-L-Tales/dp/1400032873/ref=cm_syf_dtl_pl_2

This book only has two and half stars though is selling like hotcakes and is about: The Demon Dog is back with a second volume of previously uncollected works (following 1999's Crime Wave), most published during his stint as a writer-at-large for GQ. The essays "Where I Get My Weird Shit" and "My Life as a Creep" chronicle his childhood: the 1958 murder of his mother; a West Hollywood upbringing by his sex-obsessed father; a '60s and '70s coming-of-age replete with Benzedrex binges, "Nazi antics" and superheroic feats of breaking and entering.

4. "A Young Girls's Crimes" by David Rehak
Buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/Young-Girlss-Crimes-David-Rehak/dp/1591290562/ref=cm_syf_dtl_pl_3
This book has four stars and is about: When a lonely and isolated girl named Flora starts to experiment with taboos, she finds herself opening up to a whole new forbidden world that tells her there are no rules.

5. "The Midnight Band of Mercy: a novel" by Michael Blaine
Buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Band-Mercy-novel/dp/1569473714/ref=cm_syf_dtl_pl_4

This book has four and half stars and is about: Max Greengrass, the hero of this engaging mystery by Blaine (The Desperate Season), has much in common with David Liss's hero Benjamin Weaver. Both are Jews in a world of gentiles: for Weaver, it's 18th-century London, for Greengrass, the sidewalks and saloons of lower Manhattan in 1893.

This list is not the opinion of The Wall Street Journal and has no affiliation or relation with their publication, nor with Amazon or Ebay.

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