Morris Rosenthal is a book publisher. He keeps an eye on the Amazon rankings and has recently seen changes in the system. The link takes you to an article in which he reverse engineers the rankings and let’s all writers learn what he’s discovered about the numbers they can’t help but obsess over.
Amazon.com: Books: A. J. Jacobs
What’s notable about this book is that it has 85 reader reviews two weeks before the pub date. And most of them sell the book.
http://asktheauthor.gather.com/groupInvite.jsp?ref=ata_dc
Dan is discussing the Tour de France and his book Lance Armstrong’s War this afternoon at 2pm at Gather.com. The address above may not be a link (for a reason I can’t figure out right now), but you can cut it into your browser to join him.
We’ve long wondered why the Bookscan numbers have not achieved the same marketing currency as the music industry’s Soundscan numbers, the best selling debuts of which are announced each week. Maybe because most books don’t jump off the shelf the first week of sale, the way records do. And that’s not a bad thing.
Powells.com From the Author – Lori Leibovich
I will admit, I’ve spent some time in the playground juggling sandwiches and children with Lori Leibovich. She lives but a Vlad Guerrero toss up the avenue from me, but when I saw her book in the window of our local Barnes and Noble (where she and some of the writers are appearing soon) it was the title that grabbed me.
In this essay, part of the ever surprisingly useful Powells.com newsletter, she explains what it’s all about. Sounds like fun.