Blatant Solicitation
As part of the long and winding process of getting Book the Second out in the world, I’m working on getting it up and running on Amazon. Right now the page for it is live, though it lists the book as temporarily out of stock (this is a pernicious lie, I know for a fact the book is sitting in their warehouse and I’ve got the tracking info to prove it, their computers are just having a hard time believing it’s true).
It’s important to have the book on Amazon. It’s by far the biggest single channel for book sales, and it’s a good way for people who don’t already know about the book to discover it. One of the ways people can find it is if it makes a good showing in Amazon’s internal ranking systems. Now the workings of these ranking systems are unbelievably complicated (and Amazon keeps the details private), but one thing that seems to have a big impact is reviews. So this is where the shameless solicitation part comes in.
If you’ve gotten the book, would you be willing to pop over to Amazon and write a quick review of it? It doesn’t have to be anything lengthy or complicated, just say what you think about it. I feel bad asking (I’m horrible at this self promotion thing), but everyone assures me that this is important and one of the best ways to help the book get noticed. I’d be very grateful if a few of you had time to do this.
Done! 🙂
Your wish is my command.
Thanks so much guys, it makes a huge difference! I really appreciate it.
Alas, Amazon.com fails to recognise my password. I tried to review via amazon.co.uk but the book is not listed there yet.
I did find that Silk Road Socks was listed, but under-reviewed on the UK site and that the single review there was a long way from positive – so I did my bit to redress the balance.
I’ll try to beat amazon.com into compliance.
Oh, thanks for spending so much time trying to make it behave! I’ll see what I can do on this end about getting it listed on the non-US sites. It feels like it should be an instant thing, but I’ve found it’s actually something of a time-consuming process. I’m persistent though, I’ll get it sorted out eventually.
it was my great pleasure to post my opinion on Amazon.com
Do my best to get amazon germany to show your book as I can’t wait to get mine 🙂
Hunter, I was glad to be able to review the book. Both your books are superb!
Done! I also reviewed Silk Road Socks for you.
Oh, and my book arrived in the mail today and I LOVE it! I am so excited!!!
I had a big credit to use on Amazon, so I ordered my copy from them. GGGRRRRrrrr!!!!!! I am NOT waiting patiently for it.
Brenda, I’m talking with them every single day trying to get them to hurry up and fix the problem. I will soon switch to poking them with sharp sticks (they should know better than to mess with knitters). With any luck, it should get cleared up very soon.
And to everyone who put up a review, thank you! You guys are totally amazing, and I really appreciate you making time to do this!