Where can I find out how many copies of a book have been sold?

If you want to find out how many print copies the book is selling, just click the Paperback or Hardcover edition of the book on Amazon, scroll down to Product Details on that page, and find the Amazon Best Sellers Rank for the print edition.

What is Kindle sales rank?

Amazon assigns a sales rank to every product that has sold at least one time. The lower the number, the better the product is selling. For example, a sales rank of 2500 is better than a sales rank of 375,000. The product that sells the best in its category has a sales rank of 1.

How many books sold Kindle?

About 22 Million This Year. Nielsen Bookscan Yesterday Amazon announced a big milestone: In the last month, Amazon’s e-book sales outpaced its hardcover sales on Amazon.com nearly two to one.

How does Amazon determine best selling books?

Sales Ranking. Best Seller and Category Ranks are based on customer activity of your book relative to the activity of other books. A book ranking #1 in Mystery & Thrillers is the book with the most activity in Amazon’s Mystery & Thrillers category. Books can appear in up to three categories.

How do I get my book number 1 on Amazon?

If you’re in the Top 100 in your Amazon category, you will see a “best-seller ranking” below the title. A book at the #1 spot in any given category will get a “#1 Best Seller” banner featured next to the title. This lets potential customers know the book is the top-selling item in that category.

How do I find a specific book on Amazon?

Use Amazon’s Look Inside to Search Inside the Book Amazon not only matches your keywords to titles and authors but also on every word inside a book. You can discover if this is the exact book you are looking for by clicking the Look Inside link and going through the preview pages.

How can I find out how many books my book sold?

Contact the publisher and/or author directly. While it does not give total sales figures and represents only one retailer (though a large one), the record for each book on Amazon.com includes information on its ranking in sales compared to other books offered by Amazon.

What is the most sold Book of all time?

According to Guinness World Records as of 1995, the Bible is the best-selling book of all time with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. The Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung , also known as the Little Red Book , has produced a wide array of sales and distribution figures — with estimates ranging from 800 million [1] to

Is there a way to look at book sales on Amazon?

Subscriptions to Bookscan can be purchased that allow you to look individual titles and see sales by channel and estimated total sales (they don’t get reporting for all sales.) Amazon is so big at this point that their sales rank can be a good relative ranking of titles.

Where can I find historical sales data for a book?

Ingram is the largest book distributor in the business. You can call their automated stock check number at (800) 937-0995. Enter a book’s ISBN, and you’ll get back its current sales data. You can also get Amazon’s historical data by signing up for an account at TitleZ and selecting the books you want to track. Both…