A Look Behind the Curtain at NovelRank

Just wanted to put out a quick post to give everyone an update on what happens behind the scenes at NovelRank to bring you all of this great research and data for free every hour of every day. Here are some quick stats:

Currently, over 12,500 unique books have their sales rank tracked every hour
Approximately 300-500 new books are added each week
Every hour, 900+ different pages/rss feeds/widgets are viewed on NovelRank.com (total hourly cached pages)
NovelRank grows, with your support, by 20% every month
NovelRank is storing over 70,000,000 records of sales rank history across Amazon’s worldwide domains
The history grows by tens of thousands every hour
There are 300+ User Pages tracking 2,900 books; That is an average of 9 books per user page

If using other sales rank tracking websites, you not only would not get all the services, features, and data NovelRank provides, but the average user would also be spending anywhere from $108 – $228 a year! Any donations to NovelRank from users saving money by using this free service receive a handwritten thank you card (the last round was just mailed out). You spend a lot of time on NovelRank, so I’m happy to spend a little time sending a small card.

I’m waiting on a few items to fall into place before working on a few more new things (possibly an Android app!) for NovelRank, but thanks to all of the user feedback I’ve received, I like to think that NovelRank continues to meet many of your needs as authors and publishers, wherever you are in the world.

Cheers,
Mario Lurig
Creator, NovelRank

PS
NovelRank turns 1 year old in October, and a huge book giveaway is planned; Stay tuned!

UK Kindle Books Now Available for Amazon Sales Rank Tracking

With the August 5th announcement from Amazon that Kindle Edition ebooks will be now be available on Amazon.co.uk, NovelRank has been updated to support this new feature! You can now track your Kindle book sales on Amazon.co.uk by going to the book tracking page on NovelRank and adding your URL.

Don’t worry, if NovelRank is already tracking your Kindle Edition book, just grab the Amazon URL again or the book’s ASIN (highlighted below) and enter it into the tracking page. The system will search for a sales rank on Amazon.co.uk and add it if it is available.

http://www.novelrank.com/asin/1234567890

Note: In most cases, your kindle book has not yet sold a copy, so no sales rank is present and NovelRank will not start tracking. As soon as you have a sales rank (a single sale will do it) on Amazon.co.uk, it can be added to NovelRank using the method above.

NovelRank: Faster Than Your Readers

August Giveaway: A Modest Proposal & The Art of War

The August giveaway has a signed book (with a super cute cover) and a classic I’m jealous I need to give it away:

“A Modest Proposal” by Michele Ashman Bell
“The Art of War” by Sun Tzu (Classic Edition)

A Modest Proposal

This is a signed copy of A Modest Proposal by Michele Ashman Bell, a bestselling author from Utah who starts off The Butterfly Box series with this book:

“… about a group of friends that all go their separate ways after high school, but are bound together by a tragedy. It follows one girl in particular and her quest to design modest clothing.”

If you would like your chance of winning this book, add your email address to the form below. You’ll be notified by email if you are the winner, and you will also be opting into a follow-up email to let you know when the next book in the giveaway becomes available.

This giveaway is closed. Check out the current giveaway.

Share the Book Giveaway with Others:
Share or or http://www.novelrank.com/book-giveaway (will always be current)

The Art of War

The Art of War (Classic Edition)

This classic book, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, was donated by El Paso Norte Press who provides various classic books for readers. I’m jealous of giving this book away as I’ve heard so much about it! It’s quoted through movies, television, and popular culture; a perfect addition to anyone’s bookshelf and most definitely a conversation starter!

This giveaway is closed. Check out the current giveaway.

Share the Book Giveaway with Others:
Share or or http://www.novelrank.com/book-giveaway (will always be current)

The Rules
Any email address that is not valid will not be accepted. Any email to a temporary mailbox service (e.g. mailinator.com) will be disqualified and may be publicly mocked. Unless otherwise stated, only one book can be won by any single email address. Multiple entries for a single book will not be accepted (you can enter to win each book if different books are offered in a given month). The winner will be randomly drawn no later than the 3rd of the following month and contacted via email to receive shipping information. Winners who fail to respond to the email within 72 hours will forfeit their win to another random winner.

Book Sales Worldwide Shown on User Pages

If you use the User Accounts feature to view multiple books on one page, you are limited to a single location at a time (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, etc.). However, based on user feedback, you can now get sales rank, book sales worldwide for the current month and for the entire year by hovering your mouse over any book in your list:

There is a half-second delay before the pop-up appears to ensure it doesn’t happen accidentally. It will also disappear when you leave that current book’s row, automatically. This request was one of the top request on the user page feedback survey, found on the left side of your user page. If you haven’t filled it out or if you have and you want to change your answers, you are more than welcome to do so.

As a space consideration, book sales in the table only show the current month. Like this feature? Consider donating to support the 2010 donation drive.