How to get Amazon best-selling book status for $ 3

Each manufacturer wants to draw the status label “Best Product”, “Best Seller”, or similar nonsense on the product’s packaging. Some buy this without noticing that almost every product in the basket or every company is a “recognized leader” in their field. Marketing works. In America, there are even agencies that specialize in including their clients' books on the best-selling list for several thousand dollars.

Amazon has become a recognized leader in the book market in recent years, so Amazon’s bestseller status is tied to the status of a true bestseller. But this is far from the case, which convincingly provedBrent Underwood (Brent Underwood), one of the employees of the marketing agency Brass Check, which is also engaged in the promotion of books. Last week, he published an electronic "book" on Amazon, the content of which was a single page with a photograph of his leg - and nothing more. Within a couple of hours, he received the status of "Best Seller No. 1", with the corresponding orange icon, etc.

What do you think, how many copies did you need to sell to obtain this status? Three. Moreover, he bought two copies.

This is how the author made the book and received bestseller status.

Step 1. He was too lazy to write the text, so he just took a picture of his leg (2 seconds).



Step 2. Download and format the book on Amazon (3 minutes)



Amazon allows you to choose a book from more than 500 thematic categories, for each of which a list of bestsellers is compiled once an hour. The minimum book price is $ 0.99. The author indicated thematic categories “Transpersonal Psychology” and “Masons and Secret Societies”.



Amazon lets you quickly draw cover art for an e-book.



Soon the book was approved, Amazon sent a confirmation. After a couple of hours, the catalog of the electronic store was replenished with another masterpiece. “One small step for me and a huge leap for the digital world,” Brent jokes.



Step 3. He asked three friends to buy a book (1 minute).



Thanks to a sharp jump in sales (three copies per hour!), Brent Underwood forever received the status of "Author of the best-selling book No. 1". He can use it all his life for his future books.





However, after the publication of this article, Amazon removed the book from the catalog without explanation.

It’s all the same clear that words like “best seller” are completely meaningless - they are used only for marketing purposes.