Has Amazon ranking 'nothing to do with sales'?

[Brian Clegg]

Richard Sutton, our flash fiction supremo, recently pointed out a blog post with information for authors on Amazon. The most shocking assertion in the post was that the Amazon 'bestseller ranking' has nothing to do with sales.

Here's something closer to the truth.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

 

[Dudley]

No, in actuality, my novel, self-pubbed on Amazon, has nothing to do with sales, mainly because no one bought it

 

[James Marinero]

No, in actuality, my novel, self-pubbed on Amazon, has nothing to do with sales, mainly because no one bought it

Yet!