| Back in the days before the Internet we
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| | both books, this is usually a great way
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| all had to rely on best seller lists,
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| | to see how others think the books
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| book reviews in the newspaper or
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| | compare. I have seen reviews written by
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| magazines, or word of mouth to get a feel
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| | buyers praising a particular book only to
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| for the quality of a book, but now we
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| | find a later review of another book where
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| have a few much more powerful tools to
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| | the same buyer has obviously had a change
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| help us.
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| | of heart and found the later book to be
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| If you are considering buying a book,
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| | substantially better. You can check to
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| look it up on The website has several
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| | see if a buyer has reviewed other similar
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| pieces of information that will help you
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| | books by clicking on the hypertext, "See
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| determine the quality of it, including,
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| | all of my reviews" next to any reviewer's
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| the sales rank, the reader reviews, the
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| | name.
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| number of used copies available versus
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| | Many authors now participate in the
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| new copies, and possibly some information
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| | Connect Program which allows the author
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| posted by the author. These tools are
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| | to post additional or follow-up
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| particularly helpful if you are
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| | information on Amazon.com's product
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| considering an instructional "how to"
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| | detail pages for the books they have
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| book.
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| | written. This will quite often provide
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| The sales rank will only give you an idea
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| | an insight into what type of book this
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| of how well the book is selling on The
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| | author has written.
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| lower the number the better it is selling
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| | One of the not so obvious ways of seeing
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| on Amazon. Consider that there are over
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| | what readers think of a book is to see
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| 4,000,000 books ranked on Amazon, so any
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| | how many used copies are for sale. While
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| book with a sales rank under 200,000 is
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| | this is not a real good indicator for
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| among the top 5% of sellers on Using
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| | books in general, it is certainly a good
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| the sales rank alone is not a good
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| | indicator for instructional "how to"
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| indication of the book's quality because
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| | books as the better instructional books
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| it is strictly a measure of sales through
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| | will be kept by the original buyer as a
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| and a good rank is quite possibly only a
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| | reference instead of putting it up for
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| measure of good marketing. In the past,
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| | sale. I know that when I buy a book and
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| I have found some books with great sales
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| | finish reading it I am not likely to put
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| ranks to be quite lacking in information
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| | it up for sale if I think I want to
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| and some books having poor sales ranks to
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| | reference it later, and other buyers keep
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| be extremely informative.
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| | theirs too - unless it wasn't deemed
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| Reader reviews are also a very good
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| | worthwhile, then it goes up for sale to
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| indicator of the book's quality. They
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| | recover whatever it can bring as a used
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| are written by people that have purchased
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| | book. If a book has been published for a
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| and read the book. Quite often the
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| | few months and listed on Amazon.com, and
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| reviewers will indirectly compare the
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| | there are few or no used copies
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| book to other competing books, giving you
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| | available, it is almost always a keeper
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| an indication of how the book you are
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| | and a very worthwhile instructional book.
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| interested in purchasing stacks up
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| | If it also has good reviews and a
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| against others on the same topic. You
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| | respectable sales rank, it is probably
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| should also look at the detail pages of
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| | one of the best you could find on a
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| other similar books and see if there are
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| | topic.
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| any reviews written by buyers common to
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