INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER JOFFE BOOKS

CELEBRATES TWO OF THE TOP FOUR MOST-READ AUTHORS 

Independent publisher Joffe Books celebrates two of the top four most-read authors of the last decade, with a billion pages read of each in Kindle Unlimited.

Joffe Books is very proud to publish two of the most-read authors of the last decade as Amazon Books celebrates ten years of Kindle Unlimited. Two of the most popular authors in the UK, crime writer Joy Ellis has had over 1.2 billion pages read of her books in that time and Faith Martin over 1 billion pages read.

Joffe Books itself also celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. Built from nothing by former artist Jasper Joffe, it has become one of the largest independent publishers in the UK with over 5,000 titles and millions of books sold every year. It now has 20 full-time staff in its Shoreditch HQ.

Joy Ellis was out of print when Jasper succeeded in tracking her down in 2016 via a story in a local Lincolnshire newspaper and persuaded her to sign up with his eponymous publishing company.

 Since then, she has sold more than 3 million books, and her Jackman & Evans series is currently in development for TV with Richard Armitage’s White Boar Films and Sprout Pictures. Richard Armitage says: “I believe Joy Ellis is the closest thing we have to a contemporary Agatha Christie.”

Faith Martin, having written for nearly 30 years, became an overnight success with Joffe Books in 2019. She has written more than 60 novels under many pseudonyms and in several genres, including cosy mysteries and romance, but she has at last reached well-deserved mass market success and bestseller status.

Jasper Joffe, CEO says: “I couldn’t be happier to see two of our wonderful writers reaching so many readers. We built Joffe Books with Joy and Faith: utter joy in publishing our authors’ books and total faith in their talent!”

Joy Ellis says: “Totally amazed at the news and a huge thank-you to my wonderful readers and my equally wonderful publisher for making it happen. Overwhelmed.”

Faith Martin says: “I’m totally stunned. This news came out of the blue and was certainly something I never expected. My first reaction is to say a massive thank-you to all my readers, since, without them, there wouldn’t have been this news at all.”

Kate Nash, Faith Martin’s literary agent says: “Faith Martin’s novels are incredibly popular among a wide readership and it’s a real testament to her talent to see her up there among the very most popular authors in the UK.”

“Amazon Books is celebrating ten years of Kindle Unlimited — a digital reading subscription service allowing customers to read as much as they want on any device with the Kindle app, choosing from millions of eBooks, thousands of audiobooks and hundreds of magazines.

“First introduced in 2014, Kindle Unlimited was designed to give customers the freedom to explore genres, discover authors, and dive into a world of audiobooks and magazine subscriptions. Since 2014, Kindle Unlimited members have read more than 3 billion books globally.” Amazon press release

The top five most read authors on Kindle Unlimited in the UK over the last ten years:

1) J.K. Rowling

2) LJ Ross

3) Joy Ellis (Joffe Books)

4) Faith Martin (Joffe Books)

5) Michael Anderle

About Joffe Books : Founded in 2014 by Jasper Joffe, we at Joffe Books pride ourselves on our history of innovative publishing. Thanks to the unflagging passion and dedication brought by everyone in Team Joffe, we have built a reputation for crafting great books for readers, long-term relationships with authors and agents, and fleet-footed marketing of the books we love. We are very proud to have been shortlisted for Independent Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards for the last five years. We won the IPG Trade Publisher of the Year in 2023 and Best Publisher at The People’s Book Prize 2024.