- It's high time I shined a light on what a lot
of newbie self-publishers should know
about Kindle Best Sellers.
I'm gonna share my thoughts on the Kindle Best Seller
and how most of the Kindle rank tracker
and Kindle Best Seller calculator software out there
may not do you any good.
It's not all bad news I assure you,
but you need to know more about the myth
behind Kindle Best Sellers and how ranking
ain't all it's cracked up to be.
Let's get to it.
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I have an important question for you
and I really need your participation in this one.
Are you a bestselling author?
If so, how many times have you had a bestselling book?
And how many times have you been in the number one spot?
Leave your candid experience in the comments below
to help shed more light on this subject.
You may have noticed in my videos
that I often refer to myself
as a number one bestselling author,
but what exactly does that mean?
And does being a number one bestselling author
mean you'll be rich beyond your wildest dreams?
First, if you have ever sold even a single copy of a book,
chances are likely that you are
an Amazon bestselling author.
You just may have missed it since Amazon sales rankings
is updated hourly.
In my video on choosing categories for your book,
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I briefly explain how simple it is
to position yourself into multiple bestselling categories
to leverage exposure for more sales.
With a little strategy and positioning,
marketing, and promoting,
you too can eke out a victory with all your books.
But will the Amazon Best Sellers rank alone pay your bills?
You may wanna hear me out first
before you quit your day job.
Ranking in the Amazon Kindle Store is rife with errors,
and I have further validation from a recent video
by Rob Archangel.
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The Amazon Best Sellers rank in the Kindle Store
is not just influenced by sales,
but it's also directly affected by page flips
through the KDP Select Program.
Anytime someone checks out a book through Kindle Unlimited
and flips through the pages,
a book's rank can increase.
The issue is anyone can hire out or ask someone
to borrow a book through Kindle Unlimited.
Then when the page reads update with Amazon KDP,
the author gets credit for pages read
and the book rank moves up.
This means that you don't have to have
a single sale to become a bestseller
in the Amazon Kindle Store.
Someone at Amazon somehow forgot the root word
in their keyword phrase bestseller rank.
It's not best Kindle Unlimited pages flipped rank.
So I'm sorry to tell you that if you own software
such as the Kindle Best Seller Calculator
or a Kindle Rank Tracker,
you've mostly likely wasted your money.
Because there's no telling who is actually selling copies
and who is just getting checkouts or worst yet,
working the system.
I believe Amazon needs to remove the influence
of Kindle Unlimited on the Kindle Best Seller ranking.
Heck, provide the KDP Select Program books
a separate category or landing page.
And for goodness sake Amazon,
let's close that garbage loophole
so the hardworking authors and self-publishers
can have a true fighting chance in the Kindle Marketplace.
I have more thoughts on the KDP Select Program
and how another option is open
that you should be using instead.
I'll give you more info in an upcoming video.
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Til later, this has been Self-Publishing with Dale
and I'll see you guys soon.