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By: James

James — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:29:57 +0000

Thanks for sharing such good stuff. Specially the tips and tidbits from the interviewed authors are great. Its really very interesting post I must say. Best of luck for the book. Keep going…
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By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:58:43 +0000

This sounds like such a neat book, I’d love to read it! I had no idea about the Amazon rankings — very interesting!

marielay@gmail.com

By: Margay

Margay — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:58:31 +0000

Sandy, it looks like you’re having a great tour so far. I can’t wait for you to stop by my Moonlight blog.

By: Sedonia Guillone

Sedonia Guillone — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:57:31 +0000

Thanks, Sandy for the encouraging words about this Amazon ranking business. I have a bunch of books at Amazon and I admit I obssessively check my rankings every day more than once. Your observations about the ranking thing coincide with what I’ve found to be true also and I don’t worry about the ranking as much as long as it’s under 200,000. I do know that as time has passed for my books released two years ago, rankings over 500,000 translate to only a few sold over time.

I’ve also found that good reviews boost sales and then one bad review can make sales plummet. Those are a bummer and it’s happened to me on two of the books.

Anyway, thanks for your post and congratulations on your new release. I wish you the best with it. Sedonia

By: Catherine Bybee

Catherine Bybee — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:34:09 +0000

I’ve been told of some of these pitfalls of Amazon… Yet you have to wonder how being in the top 100 at Amazon changes writers choices? Or paychecks?

When you can write Amazon Top 100 or NYT Bestseller… how does that change an authors carrer?

By: Sandy Lender

Sandy Lender — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:22:05 +0000

Good to see you again, Laura!
Thank you for the kind words,
Sandy Lender
“Some days, I just want the dragon to win.”

By: Sandy Lender

Sandy Lender — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:20:48 +0000

Penny & Agnes,
Don’t let it drive you to distraction! Thank you for stopping in!
Sandy Lender
“Some days, I just want the dragon to win.”

By: agnes dee

agnes dee — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:59:41 +0000

A fascinating insight into the ‘underground plumbing’ of Amazon, Sandy. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

By: Laura Hogg

Laura Hogg — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:31:02 +0000

Hello, now this is an interesting post. Thanks for sharing information that we don’t all have, and congratulations on your book. I hope it does well.

By: Penny Ehrenkranz

Penny Ehrenkranz — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:14:12 +0000

Great post. Thanks for sharing all this useful information. I have to admit, I never check my “ranking” on Amazon. To me, it just never really mattered all that much. Maybe I should be paying more attention to it though…