Does Amazon sales rank matter for used books?
Question: Amazon sales rank seems to be a big concern of booksellers but doesn’t have much bearing on my sales. How important is it? Answer: You’re right, Amazon sales rank is not the primary factor in whether a book is good inventory for a used bookseller — in most cases. The most important consideration is, what is the going price on Amazon, and am I getting it at a bargain price? Even if the book sells only one copy a year (and the sales rank exceeds, say, 500,000) you still have a good chance of selling at a profit. However, sales rank would be an important consideration if you were buying a certain title in quantity. For example, a couple of years ago, I came across a listing on eBay of a bulk sale of about 500 copies of a book about stock market investing. Five hundred copies of the same book, all in their original factory cartons. The books were about 20 years old and they had been misplaced in a warehouse, and whoever found them put all of them on sale on eBay. The auction win
