However, given that most e-book sales happen on Amazon, and most of the promotion services are geared at it,
I think Bestsellers Rank is a reasonable proxy.
Not exact matches
It remains the biggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books a perennial
bestseller after 70 years (BusinessWeek Magazine's BestSeller List ranked Think and Grow Rich as the sixth bestselling paperback business book 70 years after it was first p
bestseller after 70 years (BusinessWeek Magazine's
BestSeller List ranked Think and Grow Rich as the sixth bestselling paperback business book 70 years after it was first p
BestSeller List
ranked Think and Grow Rich as the sixth bestselling paperback business book 70 years after it was first published).
Once your book has steady sales, is climbing the
bestseller ranks, is getting new and valuable reviews, then you can
think about going with Lightning Source — although if it's good enough to be in bookstores, and your sales are strong enough, a publisher will come to you, making it a mute point.
Although she
thinks the model could still work, she cautions readers that it is not capable of precise comparisons Although Howey's method of estimating book sales based on
bestseller rankings is creative, it is no substitute for actual sales data.
I don't
think the boxset authors or organizers are doing anything wrong, and I do
think the idea of boxsets and working together is powerful; but I can also understand how things like gifting books to inflate
rank seems like «buying your way» onto the
bestseller lists (which is something many traditionally published books have done with a huge advertising budget).
Although I
think there is nothing inherently wrong with book launch campaigns (obviously, since I've done one), I tend to cast a wary eye at Amazon
Bestseller Campaigns that are specifically designed to artificially «game» the Amazon sales
rank system.