You can't ignore Amazon

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  1. couturepopcafe profile image59
    couturepopcafeposted 12 years ago

    If you want to get e-published, their intensely analytical platform knows what sells.  You can't game them but if your writing is legit, they can connect you to your customer.

    1. psycheskinner profile image84
      psycheskinnerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I pretty much ignore Amazon. Although many of my publishers do upload there, they represent only a minority of my sales and even smaller proportion of my net profit. There is no one rule for publishing; it depends on your product.

      1. couturepopcafe profile image59
        couturepopcafeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        Do you e-publish?  I'm interested in learning.

  2. couturepopcafe profile image59
    couturepopcafeposted 12 years ago

    I'm not sure about the way they rank content, but beside that, I think they take the number of reviews into consideration.  For the indie who hasn't had a blockbuster or even a best seller, Amazon creates a relationship with the customer, something the Big 5 does not do.  They are more concerned with relationships with retailers.

    So what's the best way to get Amazon to place a book high in the rankings?

  3. psycheskinner profile image84
    psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

    I epublish mainly through third party epublishing companies, not on my own.  As far as I can tell Amazon ranks are based on sales volume with a time factor.  For example a rank of 50,000 or lower means sales of one copy a week or better for a print book. For an ebook the correlations are a bit harder to work out but probably have a similar basis.

    1. couturepopcafe profile image59
      couturepopcafeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      So what, or who, is considered a third party publisher?  I've never heard this term.

  4. psycheskinner profile image84
    psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

    I mean a publisher where you submit the work, their editors select the work and they do all the rest. A normal publisher, but one that primarily produces ebooks.

    1. couturepopcafe profile image59
      couturepopcafeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Ok, right.  Thanks for your help!

 
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