RJ Rowlings eat your heart out -
Lynn Serafinn is a transformation coach, book promotion coach, radio host and bestselling author of the book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self, as well as the upcoming book The 7 Graces of Marketing: how to heal humanity and the planet by changing the way we sell. She also works as a campaign manager for mind-body-spirit authors and has produced several #1-selling book campaigns.
Lynn Serafinn is a transformation coach, book promotion coach, radio host and bestselling author of the book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self, as well as the upcoming book The 7 Graces of Marketing: how to heal humanity and the planet by changing the way we sell. She also works as a campaign manager for mind-body-spirit authors and has produced several #1-selling book campaigns.
In a recent article - http://t.co/OuD1FLO - Lynn Serafinn says, “If your book sales are amongst the Top 100 in any category on Amazon, you are technically a “bestseller.” You don’t have to be in the Top 100 of all books. There are dozens of categories and sub-categories on Amazon, and if you achieve a sales ranking in the Top 100 in any of these, you can say you are a bestseller.”
.Yehhhh! According to this criterion, I’m already an Amazon Best-Seller with no less than three of my books hitting the lists - well at least in the UK - and I didn’t even know.
The only problem is no one else knows either… My grocer won't accept it, my car is still a wreck, I'm still broke...
This best-selling stuff isn't what they make it out to be... I think someone is kidding me...
30th July 2011:
Short Moments: A collection of 10 heartwarming stories:
Amazon Bestsellers Rank
- #9 in Books > Fiction > Women Writers & Fiction > Short Stories
- #74 in Kindle Store > Books > Fiction > Short Stories
Yesterday: A collection of 10 heartwarming stories:
Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
- #49 in Books > Fiction > Women Writers & Fiction > Short Stories
Just About Write: A masterclass in creative writing:
Amazon Bestsellers Rank
- #11 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > Reference > Words & Language > Slang & Word Lists
- #33 in Books > Reference > Language > Slang & Jargon
- #36 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > Reference > Publishing & Books
I wish it meant my coffers overfloweth, but someone forgot to tell the bank manager...
The Amazon category-ranking system is a laugh. Why not leave it at plain old numbers-sold to determine overall ranking for best-seller. Categories mean bog-all. I only sold 6 copies of Just About Write in the UK - how the hell does that make it a best-seller...
Come on Mr Amazon - you're surely taking the p*** or is it people like Lynn Serafinn who shift the goal-posts to make something out of nothing to make it seem like they are good at their job.
Maybe I'm a little too cynical...
1 comment:
I sold two books AT THE SAME TIME in Germany. I think some schnitzel crumbs must have got caught in someone's keyboard.
That was enough to put me in a genre bestseller list.
Does that make me an international bestseller?
:)
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