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<blockquote data-quote="Truename" data-source="post: 4525663" data-attributes="member: 78255"><p><delurk></p><p>I happen to be an author (not D&D related) and I've made a point of learning how Amazon salesrank works. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The salesrank numbers are an instant "snapshot" of the last hour's worth of sales--there's no historical data there at all*. So those numbers mean that Adventurer's Vault was selling better than the core books during the one hour prior to Merric capturing the numbers That makes sense because AV is a new book, and new books sell more.</p><p></p><p>It's impossible to say what salesrank numbers mean in terms of real sales, but as a point of comparison my book's salesrank is pretty consistently around 12,000, sometimes peaking at 7,000 and sometimes dropping to 50,000. Bookscan data says I sell about 50 books a week, which is probably 70 books a week overall.</p><p></p><p>Note however that books with higher ranking sell a LOT more--it's not a linear correlation.</p><p></p><p>*There is a tiny bit of history in the list because tied books stay in the same relative position. As sales are made and books go up in rank, a book making no sales will drift down the list. A book at rank 10,000 has probably made a sale in the last few hours and books below 50,000 probably haven't sold a copy in the last day... as a rough guess. Books with 6-digit salesranks aren't selling well; books with 7-digit salesranks are either selling very badly or haven't been released yet.</p><p></delurk></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Truename, post: 4525663, member: 78255"] <delurk> I happen to be an author (not D&D related) and I've made a point of learning how Amazon salesrank works. :-) The salesrank numbers are an instant "snapshot" of the last hour's worth of sales--there's no historical data there at all*. So those numbers mean that Adventurer's Vault was selling better than the core books during the one hour prior to Merric capturing the numbers That makes sense because AV is a new book, and new books sell more. It's impossible to say what salesrank numbers mean in terms of real sales, but as a point of comparison my book's salesrank is pretty consistently around 12,000, sometimes peaking at 7,000 and sometimes dropping to 50,000. Bookscan data says I sell about 50 books a week, which is probably 70 books a week overall. Note however that books with higher ranking sell a LOT more--it's not a linear correlation. *There is a tiny bit of history in the list because tied books stay in the same relative position. As sales are made and books go up in rank, a book making no sales will drift down the list. A book at rank 10,000 has probably made a sale in the last few hours and books below 50,000 probably haven't sold a copy in the last day... as a rough guess. Books with 6-digit salesranks aren't selling well; books with 7-digit salesranks are either selling very badly or haven't been released yet. </delurk> [/QUOTE]
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