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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/business/media/06rank.html?_r=1
The Highs and the Lows of Rankings on Amazon
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"For most books, it does not take many orders to increase rankings. Knowing this, authors, publishers, even nonprofit organizations like MoveOn.org will send out e-mail blasts asking people to buy a book at a set time, or buy up copies themselves. Some authors get their friends to write reviews or even write a positive review for a rival book and mention their own title."
Here is an article I found kind of interesting, someone on Hal's posted this link earlier today.
BBM - well we sure know about this part - and yes, we had something very similar posted on here I think by Sleutherontheside about a week ago whe we all were asking about ratings...and how do they work..