Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 08:24:00 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Life, Such As It Is
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> omni at omniphile.com 5/8/2005 11:12:56 PM >>>
>At 05:29 PM 5/8/05 -0400, Michael Walsh wrote:
>
>>Today, in the office for a bit to try to catch up on the email.
Monday, =
>>off to NYC again, back in loverly Bawlmur Tuesday evening.  Saturday
off =
>>to London - and boy am I glad this medical adventure happened here
and not =
>>Over There.
>
>Agreed...but try to take it easy for a bit, huh?

ideally things won't be too hecticin NYC.

...snippage occurs...

>>book reviewed).  On 5 April the Amazon sales rank was 378,600.  It's
=
>>currently.... drum roll please... 863,056.  Granted Amazon sales
ranking =
>>are not the the only way to gauge the success of a book, but it is an
=
>>indicator.
>
>Perhaps, but I for one don't even know where to look for the Amazon
rating,
>so you can tell how much I use that info to make purchase
decisions...

It's in Product Details, which lists binding, publisher, isbn etc etc
info.

Here's one take on how it's created:
http://www.fonerbooks.com/surfing.htm - you math geeks will have
fun.

It was number 1 for ages and has now slipped to 2: Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince.  And it's not yet published.

mjw