Can You Guess Amazon’s # 1 Hot New Release in the Blogging & Blogs Category?
Here’s a Hint: Blogging for Dummies is # 2.
Please believe me, I was not planning to post anything today on Steemit. With all the excitement of the past few days on here, I was looking forward to a relaxing day with my family. No writing, no posting.
Then I happened to check on the Steemit 101 e-book that a team of us wrote last month. Through its free giveaway period, we managed to get more than 1000 copies of this book in peoples’ hands. I’d like to think that this campaign has played a small role in Steemit’s great success here in recent days.
One of my goals, when we did the free e-book giveaways, was to propel this book into a category bestseller so that Amazon would promote it for us. Well, Steemit 101 is making a steady climb up to # 6 in one category and # 18 in another.
But when I checked it today, I saw this:
Ladies and gentlemen, Amazon has chosen Steemit 101 as its # 1 HOT NEW RELEASE for the Blogging and Blogs category! We beat out Blogging for Dummies, which was released around the same time!
The Hot New Release list is both curated and organic (based on sales), so it may look different by the time you see it, but that screenshot is what I saw when I checked it today. The longer we stay up there, the more people will find out about Steemit.
Here is a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Steemit-101-Discover-Social-Content-ebook/dp/B01HC47NLU
Thanks to everyone for your hard work in promoting this book so far. Even now, the e-book is only 99 cents in the US, and also available in the UK, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Mexico, Australia, and India. All profits are being re-invested in promoting the book and promoting Steemit. We will make it available to more people in more countries soon. And the book also will be supplemented with a major update in the next couple of weeks.
I just have to say it: Why is Steemit # 1? Because THIS is blogging for dummies! –Tom, aka @donkeypong
Wow, congratulations! :-)
I already guessed it before reading xD is there a prize giveaway :). By the way, are there any localization efforts going on? (translation)
Prize: I'll send you 1 Steem Dollar (on the way!). We are locked up with the Amazon exclusive for a few more weeks, but after that we can make other digital copies of the book available elsewhere. Yes, a number of people have approached me about translating it into other languages. If you would like to discuss this, please contact me on the Slack Channel.
Great and thanks! Just saw it, didn't know one can do that! Alright check, will be up on Slack soon :)
That is fantastic. Kudos to you and your co-authors for bringing such incredible value to this community!
steem ebook!
This is really good publicity for Steemit. Awesome.
This is great and I'm excited about the huge implications here.
Good news, Increase publicity to steemit and the writer
With such developers and a poddrzhka of Amazon steem quickly will leave in a top! You are good fellows!
С такими разработчиками и поддржкой Amazon steem быстро выйдет в топ ! Вы молодцы !
Just picked up my copy, look forward to reading it! Congrats on the #1 spot!
This is awesome @donkeypong !! I'm about to grab a copy myself. I see the future of Steemit having tons of potential and it's great that your book has reached #1. Congrats on that ! This will definitely expose many more people to Steemit and if they don't blog or post already, they might even give it a shot.