Looking at numbers, part 1
Actually, this conversation happened on Twitter Thursday night, but here you go:
Looking at numbers, B&N has sold 1/3 as many copies as Amazon. That’s way better than B&N usually does.
— Harry Connolly (@byharryconnolly) December 19, 2014
Most weeks, Amazon gets more sales than B&N gets clicks.
— Harry Connolly (@byharryconnolly) December 19, 2014
@byharryconnolly There's increasing public dissatisfaction with Amazon's practices.
— Murray Sheckmas (@SheckyX) December 19, 2014
@SheckyX I guess so. I’m surprised to hear that it would have a noticeable affect on sales, though. #cynical #becauseold
— Harry Connolly (@byharryconnolly) December 19, 2014
@byharryconnolly Public awareness in the age of social media is really becoming a significant influence.
— Murray Sheckmas (@SheckyX) December 19, 2014
More “numbers”: On a normal day, most of the traffic to my site comes from Twitter. I’ll be on here all day, RT’s awful(ly great) jokes, and
— Harry Connolly (@byharryconnolly) December 19, 2014
Twitter will perch at the top of my Referrers list like the little bird that it is. BUT! If one person drops a link on reddit, #whoosh.
— Harry Connolly (@byharryconnolly) December 19, 2014
There’s a link in Reddit Fantasy that points to today’s blog post. Two of the four comments are about how much I suck. And yet, bit traffic.
— Harry Connolly (@byharryconnolly) December 19, 2014
Of course I meant “on Reddit” and “big traffic” but by that point I’d had more than two beers.
@byharryconnolly The comment "Connolly's "20 Palaces" series was the best modern fantasy I've read. Ever." doesn't hurt. :-)
— Rodney Ramsey (@RodneyRamsey) December 19, 2014
.@RodneyRamsey Compliments are invisible to authors, Rod.
— Harry Connolly (@byharryconnolly) December 19, 2014
Last I looked, there was a fifth, complimentary comment on that thread (which I’m not linking to, because I’m not trying to drive readers there).
Re: sales, Amazon has continued to sell about the same, but B&N sales have dropped off sharply since that first day. And this conversation is all about ebooks. Print sales don’t come into it.
