holy smoke, my amazon rating for my hip book is at 492 on amazon.ca. i spoke downtown this week at the congress center. wonder if the publicity for that caused this huge leap! sigrid


getting hip
Paperback - 160 pages (November 2004)
Language: English
Authorhouse ISBN: 1418478377


Amazon.ca Sales Rank 492
Average Customer Review: Based on 2 reviews. Write a review.

Sigrid, that's great news. You have been busy promoting and it looks like it's paying off. Congrats to you.
chick

That is just awesome. I read somewhere, at sometime, how many books you have to sell to get a certain rank but can't remember what it is. I'm so proud of you! Just wonderful!

Fabulous news! I wish you continued success.
Hugs,
Marie

Hey, everybody. THANKS :-)

I'm so excited about that rating. Actually, what happened was that the coordinator of the Mature Health and Travel Show asked me to speak at the Congress Center downtown -- a big event. But when I got there, it was a very small crowd and I was disappointed.

However, the publicity that I received regarding the event must have driven people to Amazon. The sales for my hip replacement book are very interesting. It sells steadily online -- nothing terribly remarkable, but I've sold well over 500 books since its release last November 22. Yet it does not sell in bookstores and I tend to get very small crowds when I speak.

My conclusion is that many of the people who require hip replacements are not that mobile. They hear about me on TV, on the radio or on the Internet and then they go directly to Chapters.ca or Amazon but they can't or won't come out to hear me speak.

I'd rather sit at home in my PJs anyway. LOL. Seriously, it's interesting to know which marketing techniques work and which don't.

Love and best wishes to everyone,
Sigrid

That is fantastic Sigrid!
I think you are right about the mobility issue of people that are interested in your book!
Wonderful news!

Sigrid,
I totally agree with you. Its strange how one method works for some writers, while it doesn't for another. I guess that's why we have to try it all! I'm with you though gal...I love sitting at home in my pj's writing away... it the only kind of life for me. Now if I was just sitting in the mountains somewhere, with Richard Gere waiting on me hand and foot, and -- what?

CONGRATS GIRL... YOU DESERVE IT!

JJ

JJ, Richard Gere? LOL. Shall we dance :-)

Yeah, it's fascinating to find out what works and what doesn't work. I can only speculate as to why one approach is successful and the other is not. I'm just assuming that my customers aren't that mobile. Makes me really want to target the Internet crowd more -- seniors, people with arthritis, etc.

TVC15, thanks for your enthusiasm. I really appreciate it :-) Sigrid

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.........congratulations!!

This is exciting news!

Teresa

Thanks, Teresa. My rating is much higher today -- somewhere around 26,000 -- but I can take pleasure in the memory of that 492 :-)

Sigrid

PS I have a link to your web site, which I thought was really great.