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<blockquote data-quote="PosterBoy" data-source="post: 469444" data-attributes="member: 2259">I'll add my 2 cents since I'm one of the bigger sellers of PDFs (and the fact that I do some work for rpgnow from time to time). &nbsp;Many of the books in the top 10 are there from the earlier day's of rpgnow.com (which could mean as little as a 3-4 months ago).&nbsp; The number of PDF releases that come out each month seems to grow exponentially.&nbsp; So the competition for sales is getting tougher and tougher.&nbsp; I doubt the 1-10 ranked books will change very much over time...&nbsp; and if some of the books were release today, I doubt they'd reach that rank again.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;That's one of the reasons rpgnow did the weekly top 10.&nbsp; Because the the overall rank is somewhat skewed to the time when there wasn't a big number of PDF books.&nbsp; If your book stays in the weekly ranking for a few weeks, you are doing really well.&nbsp; I wouldn't concern myself so much with overall ranking.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;With that said, here's some tips for new PDF publishers: &nbsp;1) Make the product as complete as possible.&nbsp; The larger the sale price the better.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don't find that price has a huge affect on the # of sales.&nbsp; I don't mean over price your stuff (or add a lot of filler content),&nbsp; but better to sell a 72 page book for 6.95 then a 40 page book for 5.00.&nbsp; You'll just make more money. &nbsp;2) Do some online advertising.&nbsp; Online advertising on sites can be cheap.&nbsp; Enworld may be a little spendy, but there are many other sites that are a great value (i.e. <a href="http://www.gamewyrd.com" target="_blank">www.gamewyrd.com</a>).&nbsp; There's also a few free banner exchanges out there.&nbsp; Make sure you're on them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PosterBoy, post: 469444, member: 2259"] I'll add my 2 cents since I'm one of the bigger sellers of PDFs (and the fact that I do some work for rpgnow from time to time). Many of the books in the top 10 are there from the earlier day's of rpgnow.com (which could mean as little as a 3-4 months ago). The number of PDF releases that come out each month seems to grow exponentially. So the competition for sales is getting tougher and tougher. I doubt the 1-10 ranked books will change very much over time... and if some of the books were release today, I doubt they'd reach that rank again. That's one of the reasons rpgnow did the weekly top 10. Because the the overall rank is somewhat skewed to the time when there wasn't a big number of PDF books. If your book stays in the weekly ranking for a few weeks, you are doing really well. I wouldn't concern myself so much with overall ranking. With that said, here's some tips for new PDF publishers: 1) Make the product as complete as possible. The larger the sale price the better. I don't find that price has a huge affect on the # of sales. I don't mean over price your stuff (or add a lot of filler content), but better to sell a 72 page book for 6.95 then a 40 page book for 5.00. You'll just make more money. 2) Do some online advertising. Online advertising on sites can be cheap. Enworld may be a little spendy, but there are many other sites that are a great value (i.e. [url]www.gamewyrd.com[/url]). There's also a few free banner exchanges out there. Make sure you're on them. [/QUOTE]

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