Originally posted on Self-Published Authors Helping Other Authors:
I’m sure you guys have already gotten the KDP email announcing pre-orders for all indie authors. If not, it’ll probably be coming in your inbox soon. Basically, you can do a pre-order up to 90 days before your book’s release.
It’s up to you whether or not you want to do this. But from my understanding, the pre-orders on Amazon won’t work like they do at Apple.
Apple will let all of your pre-order sales build up. Then when the book is released, all of the pre-order sales adds to all the sales you make on your first day. For example, let’s say you sell 20 books in pre-order, and you sell 40 books the day the book is released. Apple will make it count your ranking as if you sold 60 books that day. The higher ranking will give you added exposure and possibilities for getting noticed. That’s the…
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