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grimalkina ("Cat Hicks") wrote:
You will see authors like your girl here start to sound a little bit unhinged when we talk about "preorders." But WHY.
It's because a book that sells 500 copies spread over six months looks, mathematically, like a failure to most "is this book something we should show people" systems. The same 500 copies concentrated into one week, especially the preorder windows, can trip thresholds.
Thresholds like: this book lands in retailer algorithms. This book lands in a purchaser's consideration