July 23, 2006

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TitleZ Ranking Service This item came my way via a couple of colleagues here at Wiley. (Thanks Amy and Jim!) Do you find yourself studying Amazon rankings, trying to remember what they were a week ago, etc.? If so, you’ll want to check out TitleZ. Just plug in a title, keyword, author name or publisher and you’ll get a titles list in the search results. You can view each title individually or select up to 5 to show comparison rankings. So if you’re looking to see how your book stacks up vs. a competitor’s (or two or three or four), TitleZ will show you the historical Amazon rankings for all of them on one grid. You can also save your selections for future rankings analysis. They’ve got a series of articles and news items on the site, although the most recent news piece was from way back in March. There’s also a brief article explaining their view of the Amazon rankings where they emphasize the importance of looking at average rank over time, not just a snapshot. Good advice. The service is handy and something I plan to use…as long as it remains free. According to their “About Us” page, their “goal is to have a powerful, affordable, easy-to-use tool to help publishers, agents, editors and others in the publishing industry make better, more informed decisions.” The emphasis on “affordable” was theirs, not mine. When you add that to the fact that TitleZ is currently in beta, I’m wondering if their plan is to try and sell the use of this service down the road…

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