Trends

As most authors do, I check my book sales on Amazon almost every day. And as mentioned previously, they don’t give you a raw number, but rather a ranking. I’ve learned over the past 18 months or so that while you can’t tell how many books you’re selling, you can at least tell you’re selling something. Why do I repeat all this? Because I’ve noticed something the past few weeks. Normally, I advertise with BookBub Friday-Sunday, spending a few dollars on running campaigns, which means I sell some books on the weekends. How do I know? Because the Amazon rankings go up for the books. Fascinating, you say. Not really, but thanks for feigning interest. Here’s what I’ve noticed that actually is interesting: I’ve been seeing the rankings also change positively at times during the rest of the week, fluctuating up and down even though I’m not running ads at those points. It’s been nice to see, although I don’t know the cause. Are my books getting recommended to other readers in ‘You Might Like’ sections? Or are people late in reading their weekend emails so that some of the sales are delayed? Have people added my books to their reading list and they’re now getting to them? Not sure if all or any of those could be the reason, but it’s fun to watch.