Using Amazon Best Seller Lists For Market Research Self-Publishing Puzzle

When you’re considering writing and self-publishing a novel, how do you know where to start? The answer’s easy: With the right mindset and by researching your market and competition! In the first episode of the Self-Publishing Puzzle podcast, Ryan will walk you through what it means to be an author entrepreneur and the nitty gritty of doing market research on Amazon to write a book that readers will want to buy, read, and rave about!

Key Topics Covered in this Episode:


Understanding and accepting the risk inherent in self-employed business
Analyzing Amazon’s Top 100 Best Seller lists for specific items, including genre and competition/barriers to entry

Ryan also takes a deep dive on analyzing best seller Trends, such as:


Author Names/Pen names
Titles/Subtitles/Series Titles
Book cover design
Blurbs/Book Descriptions
Tropes
Price
Length
Sales Rankings
Reviews and reader expectations

You can also watch the accompanying demonstration video where Ryan walks you through how to navigate these pages and find the information you need.

To read a full transcription of this episode, please visit https://selfpublishingpuzzle.com/podcast/s1e1-using-amazon-best-seller-lists-for-market-research

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