Missed

Yesterday I totally spaced on posting here due to the US holiday. It wasn’t that I was traveling or anything, just that I spent time writing in the morning and for some reason never thought of a blog post. So, I’m combining yesterday’s and tomorrow’s post into one. Twice the value in one post. Anyway, First made it to the 50-review mark on the US Amazon site over the weekend. The UK total is 46 - not sure why there’s a difference but okay. That prompted me to create new ads for both markets, using the number of stars and overall rating in the ad. Plus, I pulled a quote from one of the reviews and used it, all of which combined into a lot of clicks. Like dozens. I haven’t seen an upsurge in the US on Amazon, but that’s because a lot of the ad clicks are going to Apple or to Amazon CA and AUS. Where I did see a big change was in the UK. My ad specific to the UK was apparently quite popular and the ranking rose very high. In fact, I took a screen shot of my book next to The Martian from the rankings page so I could post that my book was outselling it. For a day, or part of a day, at least. Lest anyone think I don’t have a sense of reality, I totally understand that The Martian has been out for years, sold millions of copies, has an exponential number of ratings compared to mine, and even has a celebrity on the front cover. It was just kind of fun to see them side-by-side with my little book one spot ahead for a moment. You have to enjoy the little things.