Take a stroll down memory lane and you will recall that I published my first Kindle book titled Dad, can we… 45 Ways to be the Dad Your Kids Need last summer.
After the initial announcement about the book, I didn’t do a whole lot with it outside of tell some family and friends about it. Then I kind of let it sit on Amazon, hoping that people would buy it and like it. They would talk about it and more people would buy it, and before long I’d be retiring. Right!
Well, as you can imagine the book didn’t do too much.
Sold a few copies here and there, but generally was not the golden nest egg I dreamed about.
Until now…
#1 Bestseller
At this moment my book is now the #1 Bestseller in the Fatherhood category on the Kindle!
Yeah, you heard me right…see for yourself.
Zoinks!
As much as I’d like to take credit for nailing the #1 spot all on my own, I do owe a great deal to a Kindle Ninja that I was fortunate it enough to meet recently and he allowed me to pick his brain a little.
Combined with some ninja secret sauce of my own, I crushed it!
Have you bought a copy yet?
You can buy it here!
Oh, and leave me a review!;)
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Congratulations! Gotta go own a kindle then…
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What is your “content so hot you’ll freak” based on. Are these the most visited pages?
Yep, based on total number of visits for each post.
Hi Derek amazon products are very good and i love to buy it…. thanks…….
Derek, Congrats on being #1 Bestseller in the Fatherhood!
There are so many ways to be profit from Amazon. Keep it up! I look forward to your next book launch.
Kent @ Niche Marketing Tips hopes you will read… 3 Lessons I learned from my $11,000 Amazon Associates Income in the First Year
Congrats, Derek!! That’s huge!! I’d grab a copy but I’m not in your demographic…no kids.
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Congratz Derek!! You got 5 Stars Review!! I am going to grab one since I am getting married soon
Thanks for sharing.
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Hey, that’s fantastic – you’re still ranked number 11, and you have excellent reviews!
Hey Derek,
That’s great that you were able to conquer the fatherhood niche on Amazon. Kindle books are hot and a great way to make some money from what I have been seeing. I hope to be able to get into it myself soon.
Thanks,
~Jeremy
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I am personally convinced that book reviews and an accessible price point are the best sales tactics for selling bulk fiction ebooks, providing the book and cover are good enough in the first place.
These two novels seem to prove the point. The Abbey has 507 reviews on Amazon averaging 4.5 stars and Mill River Recluse has 667 reviews averaging 4 stars. I have seen with Pentecost how Amazon’s sales algorithm kicks in when reviews start to pile up so this should be one of any authors main marketing tactics.
So what’s the point in building an author platform?
Your platform helps you get reviews. It also starts the ball rolling with sales as you have an audience ready to buy the book when it’s available. It’s also support for the journey and a great way to network. I wouldn’t do without my online platform and friends but I’ll definitely be focusing on reviews for 2012. I’ll share my research here as always!
Congratulations on being No.1 bestseller on amazon. I like buying from Amazon.
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Congratulations! Thank you.
Congratulations. Well done on achieving so much!
Wow, Congrats. That’s a huge accomplishment. Any tips for me to give to my mother-in-law as she just put a book on amazon would be much appreciated. It is a children’s book.
Congrats again!
Wow that is great, may I know what kind of marketing strategy you applied for other than strong product quality (other than high quality content)?
Congratulations to you becoming top seller! WIll grab it soon =)
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What an INCREDIBLE achievement, Derek! I’m freaking at the idea of being #1 for even one of the keywords that I’m targeting for my niche site, letalone being a number 1 bestseller! Congratulations!
Anita. xx
I’ve read that before! It’s such a great book!
Congrats! Looks like I finally should buy an kindle now everyone seems to have one!
Thanks for your post. Really interesting Derek
Turn out my wife bought this book on her kindle before. I need and going to spend more time with my daughter while I still can.
Dave@New Launch Guru hopes you will read… Sea Esta
Congratulation!. You can achieve when you believe!
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