A meaningless statistic

[pbray]

THE FIRST BETRAYAL will go on sale in 4 months and 4 days, but there's been an inexplicable pre-release sales spike at Amazon.com

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #76,455 in Books
Yesterday: #1,044,095 in Books

Weird, and yet ultimately meaningless which is why authors should not obsessively check their own stats.

Perhaps the book was ordered by my new friend in Slovakia who admires me greatly and keeps e-mailing me to request a picture with my authentic signature....

Comments

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Hey, I thought I was the only one with Slovakian friends....

;-)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Your friends are probably the kind who would buy you a drink, while my special friends are either preparing to commit identity theft or banking on my becoming so famous that an autographed photo would be worth something.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

No, I have the same Slovakian friend, I think.

[dancingwriter.livejournal.com]

Well, I haven't preordered it, but it is on my amazon wish list. :-)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

*blush*

[mariannelee.livejournal.com]

Oh! Totally off topic here...

I got Devlin's Luck this weekend, and it was the first book I've read in ages that kept me up way past my bedtime because I couldn't put it down.

Thanks for the good read.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Cool! Glad to hear you liked it and thanks for the ego-boost.