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Mary
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Oct 14, 2015 07:29AM
Thanks, Mark, for the info. When I'm hunting for a new series, I look at ALL the available books, not just the first one. And I'm always surprised by the drop in number of ratings as the books in the series progress. Is this the natural order of things? Do sales for sequels drop so significantly or is it that readers don't rate them as often?
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Mary wrote: "Thanks, Mark, for the info. When I'm hunting for a new series, I look at ALL the available books, not just the first one. And I'm always surprised by the drop in number of ratings as the books in t..."Mostly (for relatively new series) it's the simple fact that each successive book has been on sale for a year less than the previous one.
The correlation between sales & ratings appears irrespective of book number & so that doesn't support the idea that people are more keen on rating book 1s.
Though many series that aren't particularly well received have a 90% drop off between book 1 and 2.
Interesting. Love, love your books, Mark. More please.
Very interesting. It seems a bit intuitive once you pointed it out, and I love that you actually gathered the data & graphed it.
