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I think it's a useful sales tool (as well as an ego-boost!) to have books on Amazon best seller lists, even if the lists are for relatively small sub-categories.
And one of my publishers is really good at getting the books categorized properly so that they show up on the lists. For example, a recent release is on the list for:
Books>Gay & Lesbian>Literature and Fiction>Fiction>Romance.
But another recent release, from a different publisher, has a significantly higher overall rank but is not showing up on any lists, I assume because the publisher did not put it in the same sub-categories. And when I try to classify my self-pubbed releases into sub-categories, I can't find them - I find the larger classifications, like "Gay & Lesbian" or "Romance", but I can't figure out how to combine the classifications to end up with Gay Romance, for example.
Can anyone help me with this? Have I even explained the problem properly?
If it helps, the link to the book from the first publisher, with the subcategories, is here, and the link to the book from the second publisher, without the subcategories, is here. The categories are down near the bottom, with the heading "Look for Similar Products by Category".
And one of my publishers is really good at getting the books categorized properly so that they show up on the lists. For example, a recent release is on the list for:
Books>Gay & Lesbian>Literature and Fiction>Fiction>Romance.
But another recent release, from a different publisher, has a significantly higher overall rank but is not showing up on any lists, I assume because the publisher did not put it in the same sub-categories. And when I try to classify my self-pubbed releases into sub-categories, I can't find them - I find the larger classifications, like "Gay & Lesbian" or "Romance", but I can't figure out how to combine the classifications to end up with Gay Romance, for example.
Can anyone help me with this? Have I even explained the problem properly?
If it helps, the link to the book from the first publisher, with the subcategories, is here, and the link to the book from the second publisher, without the subcategories, is here. The categories are down near the bottom, with the heading "Look for Similar Products by Category".
