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Come on—admit it. If you have a published book you
check your Amazon ranking on a consistent basis. Maybe not every day, but you
keep an eye on it.
There are good reasons to keep tabs on your numbers—how
else are you going to know if your publicity attempts are having an effect on
your book sales? Or if your latest blog posts have sent people to your Amazon
book page?
But don’t get discouraged when you are number one-million-something
because just having a better-ranking does not necessarily mean your book is
going to be a best seller.
Case in point: if you are anything like fired highschool coach Bryan Craig who wrote a 47-page book called “It’s Her Fault,” your
excellent Amazon ranking will likely diminish once your fifteen minutes of
infamy are over. And keep in mind that a good Amazon number does not
necessarily mean the book is selling well, just that people are visiting the
page.
Craig’s self-published 47-page, I hesitate to call
it a book, perhaps booklet, which contains wisdom such as “the easiest kill for
a man is through the young lady with low self-esteem,” sits as of now at
#10,000 on Amazon’s best-sellers.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Craig’s numbers
improve even more as his notoriety and curiosity spreads, but will it be
because he has written the next classic tome?
Perhaps not—with such classic quotes as, “Women far
exceed men in terms of brainpower” and “For some reason, I always find a trail
of popcorn leading back to it being her fault.” Hmm…seems curious if women are
so much smarter that all relationship problems would stem from us…
So the next time you are feeling like your book is
unworthy, remember your Amazon ranking has nothing to do with your book’s vale
or your worth as a writer.
Stay true to your mission and keep writing
regardless of what the “numbers” tell you.
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