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Kindle rankings

Kindle Rankings as of 1457 EST JUN 9, American Servers
Term: Top 100 New Alternate History
Fight Them on the Beaches: 26
When the Hurly-Burly's Done: 60
The Surly Bonds of Earth: Not placed
Tales from Section D: Not placed
Beyond the Sunset: Not placed
Drake's Drum: Not released (Cannot find in search function)
Chamberlain Resigns: Not released (Cannot find in search function)
Eternal Ceasers: Not released (Cannot find in search function)
Bring Me My Bow: Not released (Cannot find in search function)
 
Kindle Rankings as of 1105 EST JUN 10, American Servers
Term: Top 100 New Alternate History
Fight Them on the Beaches: 41
When the Hurly-Burly's Done: 66
The Surly Bonds of Earth: Not placed
Tales from Section D: Not placed
Beyond the Sunset: Not placed
Drake's Drum: Not released (Cannot find in search function)
Chamberlain Resigns: Not released (Cannot find in search function)
Eternal Ceasers: Not released (Cannot find in search function)
Bring Me My Bow: Not released (Cannot find in search function)
 
Kindle Rankings as of 0127 EST JUN 12, American Servers
Chamberlein Resigns: 14
Drake's Drum: 31
Fight Them on the Beaches: 60
When the Hurly-Burly's Done: 81
Tales from Section D: Not listed
Bring Me My Bow: Not listed
Boy in the Storm: Not listed
Surly Bonds of Earth: Not listed
Ceasers on the Bosporus: Not listed
Beyond the Sunset: Not listed
 
Just to show how rapidly these can change:
At 10.20pm BST 12 June
Chamberlain Resigns #62 on main top 100 list

On hot new releases;
FTOTB #11
Caesars of the Bosphorus #15
Chamberlain Resigns #18
Drakes Drum #20
Bring Me My Bow #21
Boy in the Storm #25
When the Hurly-Burly's Done #32
Surly Bonds of Earth #33
Tales from Section D #35
 
Kindle Rankings as of 1205 EST JUN 12, American Servers
Term: Top 100 New Alternate History
Chamberlein Resigns: 17
Drake's Drum: 27
Fight Them on the Beaches: 65
When the Hurly-Burly's Done: 86
Tales from Section D: Not listed
Bring Me My Bow: 33
Boy in the Storm: Not listed
Surly Bonds of Earth: Not listed
Ceasers on the Bosporus: Not listed
Beyond the Sunset: Not listed

I may become mildly sporadic in running these numbers due to complications with a good friend of mine and her current trend of suicidal behavior. Apologies to anyone who reads these in advance if I miss some days.
 
12.45p.m. BST, 13th June:
Main AH best-sellers list;
FTOTB #75

AH new releases list;
FTOTB #11
Chamberlain Resigns #21
Caesars of the Bosphorus #22
Drake's Drum #25
Bring Me My Bow #27
Boy in the Storm #31
When the Hurly-Burly's Done #34
The Surly Bonds of Earth #36
Tales from Section D #38
 
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Not surprising FTOTB is so high - that one's well placed for the general market and congrats again to @Kato for all the work on preparing it.

Thank you. Not to dampen spirits unnecessarily, but I'm holding off any celebration until actual sales figures come through. From tracking these Kindle rankings in the past they are extremely volatile - a difference of one sale over a couple of days can send a title from languishing in the 200,000 ranks up to sub-50,000. That said, FTOTB hovering around 20,000 at the moment (before any official promotion) is a tentative good sign.

I suspect these things only become significant when there's a meaningful distinction (in numbers of units sold) between placings.

Market positioning was a deliberate decision with this one - and hopefully something that might just allow for some cut through, especially with particular search keywords in the blurb (a Former Mayor of London's ISP perks up).

One good thing with anthologies of course is that we (hopefully) have 10 sales or so nailed on, and get to multiply the family and friends market.
 
Thank you. Not to dampen spirits unnecessarily, but I'm holding off any celebration until actual sales figures come through. From tracking these Kindle rankings in the past they are extremely volatile - a difference of one sale over a couple of days can send a title from languishing in the 200,000 ranks up to sub-50,000. That said, FTOTB hovering around 20,000 at the moment (before any official promotion) is a tentative good sign.
This is true, it's why I don't put much stock in these rankings myself, but it is an encouraging sign.
 
My many sympathies to your friend, @Tabac Iberez.

My congratulations to @Kato. "Fight Them on The Beaches" does explore the Operation "Unmentionable Sea Mammal" from many refreshing angles. The cover is amazing. The sight of the soldiers in the barges makes one to think it's a D-Day story...until one sees the White Cliffs of Dover in the foreground.

My, my, that is the next fortnight sorted for me, then. First compiling the alphabetical list of the titles, numbered in base-12 (a quirk of mine), and drawing and colouring in the thumbnails of the covers. Looking forward to it.
 
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From tracking these Kindle rankings in the past they are extremely volatile - a difference of one sale over a couple of days can send a title from languishing in the 200,000 ranks up to sub-50,000. That said, FTOTB hovering around 20,000 at the moment (before any offic

I'd be a bit more enthusiastic myself, since the numbers are staying high. If you want I'll do a correlation between the December sales tracking and payroll sheet to try and see if there's a good estimate of what we're seeing in sales/listing interaction.
 
As of 0600 14/6/19, UK Servers

AH new releases list;

FTOTB: 9
Bring Me My Bow: 14
The Surly Bonds of Earth: 23
Drake's Drum: 27
Chamberlain Resigns: 35
Caesars of the Bosphorus: 40
Boy in the Storm: 49
When the Hurly-Burly's Done: 52
Tales from Section D: 55

Thus Tranche Eleven will be another several months then?
 
As at 11.15am, 15th June:

Main AH bestsellers list;
Drake's Drum #66
Chamberlain Resigns #84
Boy in the Storm #99

Hot New Releases list;
Drake's Drum #11
Chamberlain Resigns #13
Boy in the Storm #16
FTOTB #17
Caesars of the Bosphorus #21
Bring Me My Bow #27
Surly Bonds of Earth #34
When the Hurly-Burly's Done #42
Tales from Section D #44
 
Right, time to get back in the saddle.

Kindle Rankings as of 1629 EST JUN 15, American Servers
Term: Top 100 New Alternate History
Chamberlein Resigns: 36
Drake's Drum: 26
Fight Them on the Beaches: 27
When the Hurly-Burly's Done: 95
Tales from Section D: Not listed
Bring Me My Bow: 44
Boy in the Storm: 32
Surly Bonds of Earth: Not listed
Ceasers on the Bosporus: Not listed
Beyond the Sunset: Not listed

Much stronger showing than last time, so good job lads.
 
As at 12 noon, 16th June, Amazon UK:

Main AH bestsellers list:
Drake's Drum #61
FTOTB #100

AH new releases list:
Drake's Drum #9
FTOTB #14
Bring Me My Bow #18
Chamberlain Resigns #19
Boy in the Storm #23
Caesars of the Bosphorus #24
Surly Bonds of Earth #34
When the Hurly-Burly's Done #41
Tales from Section D #43
 
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