How to become a bestselling author of all time
                     How to become a bestselling author of all time?
Writing a bestselling author of all time is a hard task. Now, many of us may wish to become the 
top selling author of all time. But, it is a hard road and writing one, or two books may not make 
the cut.But what makes a book a bestselling one?
The thing is as an author, we need to reach best selling lists. Authors should familiarize
themselves with these lists to strategize effectively. If you are a self- published author, Amazon 
gives the opportunity to become bestsellers through platforms like Amazon Charts, and Amazon 
bestsellers. Strategies like choosing the right category, using pre- orders to your advantage.
Authors need to employ a mix of marketing and promotional strategies including online 
advertising, email marketing and collaborate with authors to increase your visibility on social 
media to become the bestselling author ever.
Here is a detailed breakdown of the strategies needed to 
make your book a bestseller:
1. Amazon Charts and Bestsellers: Charts appear on Amazon once a week, after they track the 
books with the most books sold, and the most read, or books you can listen to on Kindle, 
and Audible respectively.
This is a detailed insight into how each category works:
1. Sales Data: This kind of category tracks the books that have sold the most copies in a week. It 
includes sales across all formats.
2. Pre- Orders: This count is taken in a week of the book release boosting new books that have 
generated anticipation. This garners curiosity for the book, and leads to increase in sales 
and keeps readers hooked.
Most Read
Engagement: This category of marketing goes beyond sales and provides insight into which 
books are being read including Kindle books and Audible audiobooks.
Completion Rates: This list includes those books that have captured the attention of readers, but 
could not become bestsellers.
Amazon Bestsellers
This list of books includes the books that are most sold across Amazon's marketplace. It is a 
dynamic list that gives authors, publishers a look at a list of bestsellers.
Categorization
Amazon breaks down the bestseller list into categories and genres. This allows books to achieve 
bestseller status within specific niches and broad genres such as fiction, non-fiction.
Sales Volume: The primary factor for sales on this list is sales volume which includes digital 
sales, paper back and hardback.
Indie Bound Bestseller List
Indie Bound provides a distinctive approach to highlight bestseller books. This site draws its 
algorithm based on sale in bookstores across the United States.
Indie Bound updates its bestsellers weekly.
Sales from Independent Bookstores: The key factor is exclusive reliance on sales data from 
independent bookstores.This list includes hundreds of bookstores in the country.
Categorization: Indiebound organises its bestseller into categories, including bestsellers 
including fiction, non- fiction and children literature.
USA Today Bestseller List
This is one of the most exclusive and comprehensive book rankings important for snapshots of 
book sales, across the United States. It amalgamates sales data for fiction, non-fiction, hardback, 
paperback into a single unified list.
Compilation Method
1. Aggregating Sales Data: This is based on weekly sales data based on weekly sources. 
This includes book retailers, independent bookstores, mass merchandisers, and 
direct consumer sales.
2. Format and Genre Exclusivity: In this format and genre occupies one list.
Criteria for Sales
3. Volume of Sales: This accounts for the volume of books appearing during the tracking 
week.
4. Nationwide Sales: This shows sales from the entire United States, rather than from stores 
in the United States.
Publishers Weekly Bestseller List
It uses Nielsen Bookscan service to track printed book sales in the USA. It draws its 
sales from major book sellers like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target, Walmart and 
independent bookstores.
It gets sales data from the following:
1.  Bookstores: Chain and independent bookstores send their sales reports to publishers weekly. 
This includes physical bookstores in the United States, to local independent shops.
2. Wholesalers and Distributors: These entities are the suppliers to bookstores and libraries 
and help authors become best selling novelists of all time.
Additional Tips to make the bestseller list
1. Craft a Story which can hook: At the heart of a bestseller is a story which can 
hook. It could be non-fiction, fiction. But the thing is the narrative needs to be 
enhanced to hook the audience.
2. Design, or customize a book cover: The cover needs to look flashy and 
homogenous.
3. Book Description: It should be like a sales pitch.
If you wish to become a bestselling author ever, then, build your brand which can significantly 
impact your book success.You need to establish a presence on social media. Besides, you need to 
know the preferences of your audience to make your book click and resonate with the audience. 
One more strategy is through newsletters and blog posts. Try for early reviews and build 
momentum for the book. It will already become a bestseller, before it is formally launched.