If
sales ranks of lower - priced books slip over the next two weeks, this will become food for thought.
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There also is no consideration for books
with sales ranks < 1000, even though these rankings have their book sales data estimated with less accuracy.
As usual, estimates for popular titles will still be underestimated due to limitations of
sales rank tracking.
He and others also agree that
higher sales rank does not mean higher sales neither at the long, nor the short term.
For them,
book sales rank somewhere between a secondary issue and an annoyance.
My second book came out 12 days ago and I've been trying to compare
sales ranks from the first book and the new one.
Daily unit sales are estimated
by sales ranking, using publicly shared data from dozens of authors.
What is likely is that this number may actually be notably higher,
as sales rank changes are less defined or varied at this level, however it is hard to verify.
I've seen so many authors promoting their book so hard, and when they actually get me to go to their amazon page, they have no reviews and a
low sales rank!
It's not a best seller or anything, but it has a much
better sales ranking than it really should have based on the sales.
And a quick note for those authors whose
sales ranks don't appear to agree with their reported sales.
I believe this will be a powerful way to
boost sales rank — the best way I've found.
It would take a REALLY long time, but those gifts would count toward
paid sales rank, and put me up to # 1 bestseller REALLY quickly and easily, which is amazing.
The tool also calculates the
average sales rank for the category and runs three separate profitability check to determine if the category is a viable one.
You can probably expect a notably
improved sales rank shortly after the promo, and therefore better visibility, as well as more newsletter subscribers.
In my case I never got above the # 3
sales rank because, I think, the two books ahead of me had many more reviews.
After feedback and testing, I've improved the new algorithm to use tighter statistical analysis of
sales rank changes.
Additionally, a gift sale counts towards
sales ranking only if the gift is redeemed within 24 hours.
Today I can confirm that books borrowed through this program do effect
sales rank just like a normal purchase.
When that day comes around each of us buy and download the book on the same day, therefore boosting that
days sales ranking.
This means that it's possible that the
daily sales rank for a book would not be a good predictor for its daily unit sales.
They kind of, sort of, go to the back of the bookstore, in that they quickly disappear off most lists if they don't have a
great sales rank.
The app allows you to view historical data for each book with 7 days of daily sales estimates history and 24 hours of
hourly sales rank history, specifically.
Question: If it doesn't count
towards sales ranking, it seems the author should just send them a free book?
In other words, as an Associate Sales person, you won't have a measurable sales performance attached to your name for rank and file
national sales rankings.
This is only for
sales rank < 1000, but is also based upon the statistical median.
It takes more sales or downloads than ever to maintain the
same sales rank.
But, freedom from «
sales ranking fever» may require a serious intervention, which is why I wrote this article.
In the case of this post, these myths are finding what
causes sales rank to change, so the usage is correct.
In the product details area where the
general sales rank is listed, it now also lists the average customer review as well as what categories your book is «top rated» in.