Haven’t been able to figure out how to do this programatically in an elegant way so this is a placeholder. Its basically a hand edited, updated once a week, chart reviewing the bestselling self-published authors in the Kindle Store -
1) J. A. Konrath’s The List.
Independent Author Rank: 1.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: 133.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: Not Known.
Genre: Thrillers, Action & Adventure, Thriller.
Genre Rank: 4 in Action & Adventure.
Kindle Store Review Average: 5 stars across 6 reviews.
Price: $1.59
Author Blog: J A Konrath, Jack Kilborn Blog.
Publisher Deal: No.
2) Boyd Morrison’s The Ark
Independent Author Rank: 2.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: 231.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: Top 200.
Genre: Thrillers.
Genre Rank: 21.
Price: $1.59
Kindle Store Review Average: 4.5 stars across 47 reviews.
Author Blog: Boyd Morrison
Publisher Deal: No.
3) Stacey Cochran - Colorado Sequence
Independent Author Rank: 3.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: 232.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: Top 200.
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller.
Genre Rank: 13 in Science Fiction.
Price: 80 cents.
Kindle Store Review Average: 4 stars across 4 reviews.
Author Blog: Stacey Cochran’s blog.
Publisher Deal: No.
4) Dennis Batchelder – Soul Identity.
Independent Author Rank: 4.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: 246.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: Around 150.
Genre: Thrillers.
Genre Rank: 18.
Price: 1 cent. Yes, we’re not kidding.
Kindle Store Review Average: 4 stars across 74 reviews.
Author Blog: Dennis Batchelder Blog.
Publisher Deal: No.
5) Twilight in the Spaces Between by David R. Williams
Independent Author Rank: 5.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: 247.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: Unknown.
Genre: Horror, Suspense, Thriller.
Genre Rank: #8 in Horror.
Price: $1.
Kindle Store Review Average: 1 star on 1 review.
Author Blog: John August’s Screenwriting Blog.
Publisher Deal: Unknown. He does write for the screen so we could say he’s published.
6) The Variant by John August
Independent Author Rank: 6.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: 284.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: 14
Genre: Short Stories, Science Fiction, Thriller.
Genre Rank: #2 in Short Stories.
Price: $1.
Kindle Store Review Average: 4.8 stars across 45 reviews.
Author Blog: John August’s Screenwriting Blog.
Publisher Deal: Unknown. He does write for the screen so we could say he’s published.
7) John Rector – The Grove.
Independent Author Rank: 7.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: 379.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: Unknown.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Suspensee.
Genre Rank: #9 in Horror.
Price: $1
Kindle Store Review Average: 4.5 stars across 17 reviews.
Author Blog: John Rector: The Cold Kiss.
Publisher Deal: Yes. With Tor for summer 2010.
8) Boyd Morrison’s The Palmyra Impact
Independent Author Rank: 8.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: 528.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: Not Known.
Genre: Thrillers, Action & Adventure, Natural Disaster.
Genre Rank: 13 in Action & Adventure.
Kindle Store Review Average: 4.8 stars across 22 reviews.
Price: $1.59
Author Blog: Already Listed.
Publisher Deal: No.
9) J. A. Konrath’s The Origin.
Independent Author Rank: 9.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: 549.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: Not Known.
Genre: Thrillers, Action & Adventure, Horror.
Genre Rank: 14 in Action & Adventure.
Kindle Store Review Average: 4.3 stars across 6 reviews.
Price: $1.59
Author Blog: Already Listed.
Publisher Deal: No.
10) Boyd Morrison’s The Adamas Effect
Independent Author Rank: 10.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: 556.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: No Known.
Genre: Thrillers, Action & Adventure, Natural Disaster.
Genre Rank: 15 in Action & Adventure.
Price: $1
Reviews: 4.5 stars across 19 reviews.
Kindle Store Review Average: Already Listed.
Publisher Deal: No.
11) Lonnie Cruise – Murder in Metropolis
Independent Author Rank: 11.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: #766.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: Unknown.
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers.
Genre Rank: Top 60.
Price: 80 cents.
Kindle Store Review Average: 4.9 stars across 12 reviews.
Author Blog: Lonnie Cruise Site.
Publisher Deal: No.
12) Robin Sloan – Mr. Penumbra’s 24 hr Bookstore.
Independent Author Rank: 12.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: #857.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: Unknown.
Genre: Short Stories.
Genre Rank: 5.
Price: 80 cents.
Kindle Store Review Average: 5 stars across 6 reviews.
Author Blog: Robin Sloan.
Publisher Deal: No.
13) Sam Landstrom’s MetaGame.
Independent Author Rank: 12.
Kindle Store Sales Rank: #1,143.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: Unknown.
Genre: Science Fiction.
Genre Rank: 33.
Price: 80 cents.
Kindle Store Review Average: 4.75 stars across 8 reviews.
Author Blog: Unknown.
Publisher Deal: No.
Honorable Mention:
Dawson Vosburg’s Double Life.
Independent Author Rank:
Kindle Store Sales Rank: #6,161.
Peak Kindle Store Sales Rank: Unknown.
Genre: Science Fiction.
Genre Rank: Top 100.
Price: 80 cents.
Kindle Store Review Average: 4 stars across 1 review.
Author Blog: Dawson Vosburg.
Publisher Deal: No.
The hope is to eventually have a Top 25 or Top 50 Bestselling Self-Published Authors Chart. If I’ve missed your book, do write in. No books will be reviewed so if your sales rank is not in the top 1000 or in the top 100 in a main genre, please understand you’ll not be put on the list.
Ah! You mixed up a couple of numbers…
It isn’t one star over four reviews, it’s four star over one review. Please fix this…my book hasn’t gotten a one-star review yet.
Please excuse me if I sound nervous…thanks for the mention anyway! Now I just have to hit that top 12…
Dawson
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Thanks for listing my book MetaGame. This is a really cool list you put together.