Does winning matter … sure. I can’t dispute that. But how? 🙉🙈🙊
‼ This update is going to piss a few people off that I know. 🤬 Oh well…
People, who don’t want you to win, care how you did it.
People, who want you to win, don’t care how you did it.
Those, who don’t want you to win, see how you’re winning, how you’re getting away with it, and also how you’re being recognized for it.
So, they start doing it as well.
Case in point: “Amazon Best Seller” 🔖
This garbage started before 2010. Forever, I thought it meant that your book simply out sold every other book in its category and was number one on Amazon … for a day or so.
That category could be very obscure. But, it doesn’t have to be. Because, I learned the many ways authors were convincing a lot of people to buy their book (often a $0.99 ebook) in one day — they game the system.
I have been told many times, by both authors and friends, I should do it too.
Recently I learned that some authors are calling #2 on Amazon a Best Seller … as is #14. Basically, if someone says it’s a Best Seller, then it is. Mainly, because there is no way to disprove it.
This is what people consider “Winning.”
Not me…
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