It is easy to game Amazon's sales ranking numbers

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It is easy to game Amazon's sales ranking numbers

03-24-2007, 08:58 AM,

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It is easy to game Amazon's sales ranking numbers

Quote:For $10,000 to $15,000, you, too, can be a best-selling author.

New York public-relations firm Ruder Finn says it can propel unknown titles to the top of rankings on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble with a mass email called the Best-Seller Blast. Popular authors such as Mark Victor Hansen of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series recommend your book in messages to fans, and offer a deal: Buy the book today and you'll get downloadable "bonuses" supposedly valued at thousands of dollars -- such as recordings of motivational speeches and contact information for important people. Orchestrating even 1,000 book purchases in a single day can drive a title from obscurity to the top of the charts...

full article: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB1...80321.html

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