Did YOU know this?
I didn’t know Amazon worked this way… I sure could use the reviews. I know there’s enough people who bought it. Review review people!
Did YOU know this?
I didn’t know Amazon worked this way… I sure could use the reviews. I know there’s enough people who bought it. Review review people!
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
I have sold hundreds of my books and only have a small handful of reviews. It is difficult to get folks to take a few minutes to do this.
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I’ll toss in an observation about the number of reviews and placement rankings. I’m still struggling with obscurity, so this may only be true for those of us still down in the depths of the lists. However, for my first book, I’ve got 9 reviews – all of them very (amazingly) good – 4 and 5 stars. I tend to hover around the half-way point for the ranks, usually just “above the fold”. (Imagine the list printed on one continuous list and then folded in half). Even with the new review that has come in recently, it hasn’t done much to pull my rank up, but I HAVE seen that particular book pop up on other mid-to-low ranking book’s “also looked at” and “also bought” pages.
My second book, with only 4 reviews doesn’t have the “also bought”, but it does have the “also looked at” panel. The only real difference between the two pages is the number of books on offer. With the first, I’ve seen upto 8 books offered. With the second, I’ve only seen 3 (though, it could be because noone has looked at it except me, and I’m bouncing in from my other books.)
Not sure if that gives any insight, just what I’ve noticed with my own work.
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Thanks for that input Kat 😀
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Every little bit helps, right?
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Right 👍😃
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I think those numbers to be part of the publishing urban myths around Amazon. There’s no evidence at all that anything like that ever happens because of the number (any number) of reviews. Sorry to bring bad news. Rain check? 😉
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That’s what I was thinking Massimo, I hadn’t found any other references about this practice…
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It would be nice if it was that simple. It isn’t. Besides, I have hundreds of reviews (close to 1,000 when I add goodreads) I’m well placed to know it 😉
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Wow, Massimo, how on earth did you get that many folks to post reviews??
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I have many more readers, rijanks. I don’t have a percentage higher than 1% maybe 2% of readers who leave a review somewhere.
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