Most writers dream about creating a bestselling book, but only a few of them really have a clear understanding what it requires to reach a bestseller level and what defines a bestseller.
It takes selling lots of books. How it should be achieved? Well, authors should set a goal and have a clear understanding of it. What does it mean to have a bestselling book and what number of book copies should you put up for sale?
These days a bestseller is determined by 1) Having a high ranking at Amazon; 2) Being in Bestseller list in New York Times; 3) trading a large number of copies.
How does a book get into New York Times list? As a rule, it is more rule of thumb. The New York Times has built relations with many bookstores that announce their weekly sales to the New York Times. (Take into consideration that the New York Times members do not involve online sales, department stores sales and local gift shops). The books selling the most each week in the particular stores determine which ones make the list.
A book that never gets into the New York Time Bestseller list may be a bestseller outselling books on that list over time. Books that are not hitting can become popular through rumors and market lots of copies to reach bestseller point even though they have never appeared on any bestseller lists.
Amazon has become the major player in determining a bestseller because it grants a sales rank for every book being in the list. By attaining a high sales rank level, for example, top 100, a book can also prove a bestseller status. Similar to New York Times, nonetheless, if a book markets constantly, but it does not sell lots of copies in a short period of time, its sales rank will not go high as a book that markets ten thousand in 7 days.
So, how many book copies should you market to prove bestseller level? Dan Poynter, who is a publishing expert, says that the amount should be 35,000. I assume, it is correct number, as the bestseller can become popular for short or for long time. A book can be published and become a hit and sell a million book copies per year and after that be forgotten.
So, is it really important to become a bestseller?
Your book may never get into a bestseller list. Over some time, you will market more copies than the books that have found themselves in a bestseller list. Authors dream to become famous, but writing good books is a profitable investment, if you are searching for longevity. To my mind longevity is the best sign of bookТs victory. So, above all, you should make this to be your goal.
In spite of the Internet and different TV programs and shows still lots of people love reading and they keep looking for top new releases. Luckily the Internet help keeping an eye on the new best seller books and one can find the latest news on many best seller books sites.