Keep calm carry on writing! Amazon’s rankings are rather like the Stock Exchange; up and down every hour and rather like the Amazon basin – a total mystery! However when you hit the top 100 bestsellers’ listing it certainly gives you a bit of a buzz. And raises your self esteem a few notches.
Today I am 3rd in the humorous dark comedy section next to Hilary Mantel ‘The Assasination of Margaret Thatcher’ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/digital-text/4542726031/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_kinc_1_5_last
I am also 7th in the dysfunctional family relationship section http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/digital-text/4542726031/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_kinc_1_5_last
There has been a lot written about the Amazon rankings and pundits have tried to get inside the mind of how Amazon works. Look at the following useful articles:
https://www.createspace.com/en/community/message/217863
This final article is very interesting:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nora-zelevansky/whats-your-number-confess_b_1677864.html
We authors could get obsessed by the hour by hour rankings in the same way some people share The Financial Times Index. We don’t really understand how they work. We probably never will. All we need to concentrate on is getting our next book written, staying focused on our writing and also trying to get as many good reviews as possible. I think good reviews are the key to success because the ranking possibly don’t mean very much at all.
