Amazon sales ranking - a deep dive

[Jason]

Something I thought some of the authors here would be interested in. I did a deep-dive into amazon sales rankings over time looking at all available data for three of my books (I have more books I could look at, but not being the editor or primary author on those I didn't think it was in my right to do so). Anyway, it looks at the effect of single sales vs. multiple sales, slopes, and carry-over from free book giveaways:
http://colonialcomics.tumblr.com/post...

If anyone has their own experiences to share, please let me know!

[Anthony]

Jason, that was an AWESOME article! I am a numbers nut. Thank you for the insight.

[Kevin]

Thanks Jason. This was interesting.

[Noorilhuda]

@ Jason, yes, I've also noticed that a single sale / KOLL lending can shoot the rating up.

I released my e-novel in August 2014, and have done a two-day free-book promotion and a week-long $0.99 kindle countdown deal'. I've written about the experience with stats on my blog:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

Let me know what you make of it!