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Becoming Alice A Memoir

I just checked the rankings for my Amazon tags. Happy to tell you that Becoming Alice, A Memoir is #1 in two categories, Historical Non-fiction and Adversity, and it is #2 in the Categories of Self-esteem and Adversity. Yeah!

Congratulations.

Well done, Alice!!

Congrats, Alice!

Awesome!

Congratulations! I actually saw your book on Amazon before and put a note to myself to come back to check it out later.
How do you check the tags ranking?

My first book's ranking is 1,807,895.

I'm gaining on you...!

;-)

Congratz!!!

Svetlana,
To check the "tag ranking" just click on the tag itself. So for example on Alice's Amazon book page, by clicking on the tag (The word itself) "Historical non-fiction" it opens the "historical non-fiction" customer community page on Amazon. There is lists discussions, products, etc.
For products it pulls up all of the books listed for this tag. Alice's is #1. Check it out here:
http://www.amazon.com/tag/historical%...

Alice wrote: "Becoming Alice A Memoir

Thank you.

I'm just back from vacation and am plowing through almost two hundred e-mails. Yikes! Now, I can't remember if I've thanked all you guys, specifically Yasheve, Maria, Holly, Keith, Svetlana,, and Todd for your "congratulations." Couldn't have done it without your help. Now the puzzle is ... what does the ranking do for your sales. I'll have to tell you in a month or two, I guess.

Thanks again, Alice

That's great, Alice! So I have a question: I'm asking readers to tag Secret Speakers and the Search for Selador's Gate with the words, fantasy, fiction, and adventure. It's a YA fantasy novel, and I'm wondering if I should not use adventure and use young adult instead. Thoughts?

Hi Karey, I just pulled uo your book on Amazon and tagged your choices, fantasy, fiction, and adventure. I noticed that the adventure ciommunity is huge. Not that young adult is no also pretty big. My choice was to find words for community that had a smaller number of "products" where you would have a better chance of moving higher in the ranking. For example, I have three communities, self-esteem, adversity, and historical non-fiction, in which I am ranked #1 or #2.
I'm trying to get higher in the memoir, WWII, and young adult communities. I'd appreciate your tagging my book, Becoming Alice, if you would. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605...

Thank you and the best of luck to you.

Alice wrote: "Becoming Alice A Memoir

I just checked the rankings for my Amazon tags. Happy to tell you that Becoming Alice, A Memoir is #1 in two categories, Historical Non-fiction and Advers..."

Great Stuff! Thought you would like to know your book Becoming Alice landed in my mail box today! I have a couple of others to get thropugh first, then I'll be on it.
Cheers
Carole

Carole,

I took your book, Ferryman, on vacation with me and read it from cover to cover. I was engrossed from beginning to end. Good job! Would you like me to write a review? I can put it wherever you like.

Regards, Alice

Alice, Would love you to write a review.You could put it on Amazon.com,that one has 11 of them,OR Amazon.co.uk -- only has 2,OR Barnes and Noble, they don't have any. And Goodreads, or course would be lovely.

Make your choice, or send the same one to all of them if you feel so inclined. ;>)Be aware you have to have bought one article (book) from them before they will accept a review. So, that might decide for you. If you want their URLs let me know.

I'm glad you enjoyed Ferryman. Hope you had a good holiday,
Carole

Hi Alice, I tagged your book, and now I've added it to my TBR list. It looks wonderful. My son and I were in DC this year and went to the Holocaust museum, so this topic is dear to my heart. For many reasons.

Cool!

I'm #1 in Atlantis, Ancient Astronauts and Prometheus and in the top 5 in Action adventure, Greek Gods, Mythology, contemporary fantasy.

The real prize would be the Fantasy category. Still three pages down in that one.

Carole,

Consider it done ... some time this weekend. I'm so far behind in everything.

Best, Alice

Karey, Thanks for the tag ... yours have already been done. Hope you like "Becoming Alice."

Best, Alice

Tagging is helpful, but apparently, some authors are purchasing 5 star reviews.

Angela Hoy has an interesting expose

http://writersweekly.com/the_latest_f...

Rowena wrote: "Tagging is helpful, but apparently, some authors are purchasing 5 star reviews.

Angela Hoy has an interesting expose

http://writersweekly.com/the_latest_f..." I'm pretty sure that's illegal. I'm starting a new Review site: Christians Read: Books Review. I will give three's to five's. I'm not puffing up numbers. I just won't accept anything to review that I don't like that well. Why should I hurt anyone and anyone who's work is that bad is better off with the book unsung. They can go write a better one because I haven't ruined their reputation.

http://makerstouch.typepad.com/christ...

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Kait

Kait sounds interesting I'm following your blog to look at later!! I agree too I love the atomsphere on here!

Kait wrote: "Hey everyone! My name is Kait and I am a author/marketer, deadly combination (smile). One of my personal goals is to educate authors on how to use Amazon to promote their books. As we all know Amaz..." Kait: I bookmarked this. It looks helpful. I'll definitely read it more closely as time allows.

Thank you both! I posted two new articles last night so make sure to take a peak!

Thanks for this great info Todd! I'm checking my book's tag ranking now:

self-esteem #10
self esteem #15

hmmm not bad.

Congratulations to you Alice! Wish I could get to number one for self esteem.

Here's a link to my book, appreciate some tagging:

http://www.amazon.com/Self-Esteem-Sec...