Sailing up the Amazon(.co.uk)

[rj_anderson]

I know that Amazon sales rankings mean little to nothing in the grand scheme of things, so I wasn't planning to pay much attention to mine. I noted that when my book first went up I was somewhere in the mid 400,000's, and was content to leave it at that... but it seems some people in my family are a bit more interested. I got this message tonight from my brother (who placed the very first preorder himself, bless him):

Subject: ... and moving up!
From: Peter Anderson
Date: 10:04 PM
To: "Anderson, Rebecca"

*Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank:* 144,778 in Books

And that was all.

I suspect there can't be more than three or four people who have preordered the book at this point, so what does that say for the 250,000 or so books with a lower ranking than mine? There have to be a whole lot of books not being bought out there...

ETA the following morning:



Aw, you guys... *toes dirt bashfully*

Comments

[terihall.livejournal.com]

Fun! Maybe more people have preordered than you know? But I suspect that there are a lot of books going unbought. Sad.

[anywherebeyond.livejournal.com]

AHahahah dude, on my first day, I was #70,000 something (I took a screenshot!) Now I'm in the MILLIONS. You are officially whupping me in sales today! :D

[avarill.livejournal.com]

Woot! I pre-ordered :)

[mandyhubbard.livejournal.com]

ha, thats so funny! I remember, before i ever had an agent, lauren barnholdt saying, "I feel sorry for the poor soul in spot # 996,345. (Or whatever). And I laughed.

but seriously, amazon is SO huge. ONe sale can drop your rank by 100K. Its crazy.

[m-stiefvater.livejournal.com]

What she said. I zoomed up to 2,000 or something the first day of my preorders because it changes from day to day. If you sell one copy in a day, it will immediately shoot you up to 100,000. You could go crazy watching them. Plus . . . my editor says such a small percentage of YA/ MG sales are from Amazon that I don't have to give it a second thought!

(but it's fun anyway!)

[carrie-ryan.livejournal.com]

way cool! And I'd be checking that puppy all the time and taking screen shots! (note to self... learn how to take screen shots...)

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Awesome. :-) I'm waiting for it to go up on amazon.com, so I can preorder.

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

Well done you!

[infiniteviking]

W000000t!

[taimdala.livejournal.com]

WOOO-HOOOO!

*pumps fist!*

[ladyjaguar.livejournal.com]

Well, you beat me.

Booking Hawaii Five-0
Karen Rhodes

Product Details

* Paperback: 341 pages
* Publisher: McFarland & Company; Softcover edition (February 14, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0786431083
* ISBN-13: 978-0786431083
* Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
* Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
* Average Customer Review:

13 Reviews
5 star: 15% (2)
4 star: 46% (6)
3 star: 7% (1)
2 star: 23% (3)
1 star: 7% (1)

See all 13 customer reviews...
3.4 out of 5 stars 13 customer reviews (13 customer reviews)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #276,170 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

But then, mine has been in print for over 10 years now . . .