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Kathy Bosworth
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257
Registered: 03-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 09:37 am: |   |
Amazon can be very confusing to figure out. I know they have been revamping the site for quite some time. But, I'm confused about something and thought I would throw it out to see if anyone has an opinion, or an answer.
When I used to check out the PA bestselling list, there were well over 6,000 books. Now if I put in publishamerica as one word, only 2227 books come up. If I put in publish america with a space in the middle, only 1543 come up. America house, 159
erica house 27
My math is not great, but I know that doesn't add up to 6 or 7 thousand. Where the heck are the rest of the books listed? I can't think of anything else to try. I even tried Independence Books, but there were zero there.
Anybody?
Kathy |
Tony (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 10:39 am: | |
Where are you getting the original 6000+ number? Is this number coming from Amazon, as well? |
Kathy Bosworth
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Registered: 03-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 11:18 am: | |
Tony,
Yes, a few weeks ago, if I put in publishamerica as the publisher and clicked on bestselling, over 6,000 titles came up. Now they are scattered under different publishing names I think. But I cannot figure out where the rest are.
I wondered if anybody knew other names that might be used.
I know it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, I am just curious.
Kathy |
Matt Dinniman
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146
Registered: 04-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 11:28 am: | |
I'll never understand Amazon's rankings. I don't think anyone does. Not even them.
Mary Gibbs' book is ranked #6, and it's completely out of print according to them. Plus the top ten has books ranked in the millions with books ranked in the top 50,000 sandwiched between them. |
Tony (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 10:15 pm: | |
I thought I'd post this link regarding Amazon's sales numbers. If you have not already seen it, this should make for an interesting read.
http://www.booksandtales.com/pod/salesrank.htm |
Kathy Bosworth
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Post Number:
260
Registered: 03-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 05:33 am: | |
Thanks Tony,
It was very interesting and informative.
Matt,
I agree.....I will never understand them either. They seem to change gears everytime I think I have it figured out.
Kathy |
Tony (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 09:15 am: | |
More Amazon Rankings info:
If your book is jumping between 2,000 and 9,000, you are selling 2-3 books per day.
Go to http://www.algora.com/FAQ's/AmazonRanking.htm for their breakdown. |
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