http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/04/29/470/ Weblog of National Bestselling, Award-Winning Novelist Sylvia Day Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:05:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/04/29/470/#comment-2446 Joely Sue Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:53:07 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/04/29/470/#comment-2446 Wow, I had no idea until Holly wrote about her situation at Onyx. I pre-ordered three books today. I wish I could order one from every author I know! Wow, I had no idea until Holly wrote about her situation at Onyx. I pre-ordered three books today. I wish I could order one from every author I know!

]]> http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/04/29/470/#comment-2445 Sylvia Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:38:28 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/04/29/470/#comment-2445 Pre-ordered books that ship before the release date don't count towards bestsellers lists. So if your book's official release date is the 5th and Amazon starts shipping on the 30th, those books don't count toward the lists. But those pre-orders are apparently important in contract negotiations and since most books destined to be bestsellers will be anyway, it's good to get those pre-order numbers up. Pre-ordered books that ship before the release date don’t count towards bestsellers lists. So if your book’s official release date is the 5th and Amazon starts shipping on the 30th, those books don’t count toward the lists. But those pre-orders are apparently important in contract negotiations and since most books destined to be bestsellers will be anyway, it’s good to get those pre-order numbers up.

]]> http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/04/29/470/#comment-2444 Ellen Fisher Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:22:12 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/04/29/470/#comment-2444 I thought pre-ordering could be bad for an author because the books tend to dribble out, instead of going out all on the same date, which adversely affects her chances of getting onto a bestseller list. Haven't I read that somewhere? Or am I just loopy and imagining things again?? I thought pre-ordering could be bad for an author because the books tend to dribble out, instead of going out all on the same date, which adversely affects her chances of getting onto a bestseller list. Haven’t I read that somewhere? Or am I just loopy and imagining things again??

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