Do Amazon Kindle Bestseller Lists Promote Authors or the Kindle? It has been said that the Amazon Kindle bestseller list is to be split into paid books and free Ebooks [www.Uneditedmeat.com]. It has been said that there is to be a separatebestseller list of Kindle titles for paid and free eBooks. This is a departure from the current situation where the top 10 list of Kindle titles contains both free giveaway eBooks and www.uneditedmeat.com those that are paid for, whether that price is 99 cents or $9.99. Do Bestseller Lists Influence Readers? The Kindle bestseller list has been used by many people, including publishers, to determine what people are reading on the e-reader platform, and while many contend that it makes no difference whether an eBook is offered free of charge or free ebooks is paid for, other believe that free books confuse the issue of which are the most popular authors and Free Ebooks genres. The former state that readers will not download a book in which they have no interest, whether it is offered free or not. Data was creat ed by GSA Conte nt Generator Demoversi on.
Similarly, a reader that follows a particular author will not desist from downloading a new work just because it has to be paid for. Even when the lists are split by Amazon, what is the reason for the position of each book on each list going to state? Are readers downloading free books because they are free or because they are popular? The same question still exists - it doesn't go away just because the two are split into different lists. By measuring the number of titles being downloaded from the Amazon store to Kindle Amazon can get a feel for which titles to stock in regular printed format. Publishers and booksellers use the same information for much the same purpose: which authors are popular and which should be stocked in what volume. The change will do nothing to change that, nor will it change the fact that it is still to Amazon that these interested parties will look for this information.
Barnes and Noble do not offer data on eBook downloads, and neither does Apple. Though the statistics would be very interesting: according to the review "Additions to the e-Reader Lineup: Barnes and Noble's Nook", the device allows users to download at least the half-million titles in the Google Books library (Digital Book Readers). The only other source of similar information might be Fictionwise, but Amazon is the widest used by publishers, booksellers and writers. The latter might find it more difficult to get to the top of the free list, although even this free list is contentious to many independent writers. There is another side to the free list or to the free content in the current Kindle bestseller list. Recently, the bestseller list was topped by two books from author Terri Blackstock, both free. They were offered for a specific period after which they were to revert to the standard maximum Amazon price of $9.99 for the Kindle. Post has be en creat ed by GSA Content Generator DEMO.
The reason given by publishers of best-selling authors such as Ms. Blackstock is that free books can promote the author - however, they can also promote the Kindle, the view being that books are available free, but if you don't have a platform on which to read them then the free offer does not apply to you. So you purchase a Kindle to take advantage of the offer. Good psychology, and it is known to work. Amazon, naturally, does not promote this as a reason for their free eBooks. If that is so, then why are new authors and independent small publishers unable to set a zero price to their eBooks on Kindle? Apparently it is only established publishers that can offer eBooks free on Kindle. When you consider that many more people are liable to download free books from established authors and publishers than from relative unknowns, then the Kindle promotion aspect of the freebies would appear to be a valid interpretation.