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Through my professional / personal network, I know someone who advertises himself as being a “Best Selling Amazon Author in XYZ category.” It is semi niche, bu
by yial 6mo ago
Through my professional / personal network, I know someone who advertises himself as being a “Best Selling Amazon Author in XYZ category.”
It is semi niche, but I did some ballpark math, and about 72 sales rapidly would put him in the top spot for that niche.
That number sounds about right when he’s mentioned the gross $ sales of his book.
- slyall 6mo agoPretty common for authors to get people to pre-order their books so when they go on sale they top the chart for that day (the book's release day) in their category.
- jabroni_salad 6mo agoNot even just for their category. "NYT bestsellers" has been manipulated like this since inception.
- bobthepanda 6mo agoNYT bestsellers is also not a sales volume chart, there is an editorial lens to it as well