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Title: Bookstat: Amazon Imprints count for @ 1 of 10 ebooks sold (all platforms)
Post by: ragdoll on November 03, 2018, 07:33:36 AM

Caveat attached to the article -- I believe Bookstat considers rank in making this assertion. Given all Amazon Imprints are in KU, rank = sales plus borrows. Borrows are not equivalent to sales until enough pages have actually been read and a per page value that equals the book's sale price.

Still, the article (https://qz.com/quartzy/1417839/books-published-by-amazons-imprints-are-quietly-taking-over-the-site/) is something to chew on, especially considering its 15 imprints only put out a total of 1,552 books last year. And no distinction in terms of ebooks "sold" is made between fiction and non-fiction.

Title: Re: Bookstat: Amazon Imprints count for @ 1 of 10 ebooks sold (all platforms)
Post by: angela on November 04, 2018, 08:19:02 AM

I'm not too surprised! At the start of every month, the top 4-5 spots on the bestseller list are their featured imprint releases. Now, if they would just caaaaallll meeeeeeee.....