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		<title>Free Kindle Books and Amazon Sales Rank Tracking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the addition of the new Lending Library program which includes 5 days of free pricing for your kindle book, I thought it was time to write up a quick post to explain how sales rank on Amazon works in regards to free titles. Amazon displays a separate sales ranking for books that are free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Paperback Sales Rank in December</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Noticed by myself as well as Aaron Shepard from SalesRankExpress, starting around December 7th Amazon (at least on Amazon.com) has only rarely adjusted sales rank to reflect actual sales for paperback books. This also includes assigning sales rank to books who have their first sale. From personal experience, there was a 48 hour delay (usually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle Store Now Available in Amazon Spain and Italy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazon has just announced that Kindle Edition ebooks will now be available on Amazon.es (Spain) and Amazon.it (Italy), and thus your Kindle Edition books setup through Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) will automatically become available on these sites. NovelRank has also been adjusted to now allow tracking for kindle e-books on these new domains as well. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Thank You to NovelRank Supporters</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/video-thank-you-to-novelrank-supporters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/video-thank-you-to-novelrank-supporters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I started running donation drives for NovelRank, PayPal provided me with the mailing address of supporters. I personally mailed a thank you card to every person who donated to support the website. Earlier this year, PayPal stopped providing that info, so I decided to do something new. Here&#8217;s a video thank you to everyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales Rank Stats Return and Algorithm Updates</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sales-rank-stats-return-and-algorithm-updates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sales-rank-stats-return-and-algorithm-updates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sales Rank Stats After many months of being restricted to the last 30-60 days, Sales Rank Stats have returned! Head over to a book&#8217;s details page (e.g. Example) and you can click the line titled Sales Rank Stats to show the book&#8217;s best, worst, average, and standard deviation in each domain that is being tracked. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Update: Sales Estimates and Overall Speed</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/major-update-sales-estimates-and-overall-speed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/major-update-sales-estimates-and-overall-speed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the first week of November 2011, I went through the process of migrating 400,000,000 sales rank records into a new database system, in an effort to improve the performance of NovelRank, especially when you requested large amounts of data (e.g. charting). As of today, that migration was completed and NovelRank was updated (I didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Publishers: NovelRank Enterprise Edition Sales Rank Software</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/novelrank-enterprise-edition-sales-rank-software/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/novelrank-enterprise-edition-sales-rank-software/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;m releasing a new piece of software, specifically for publishers and other companies who sell and compare products on Amazon worldwide. The sales rank tracking software is web-based, however you install it on your own servers. That means there are no restrictions to what you track, nobody else can see the information you collect, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing E-Book Formats for Your Readers</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/choosing-e-book-formats-for-your-readers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/choosing-e-book-formats-for-your-readers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-book]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PDF]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week I did a 36 hour promotion for my latest book, My Zombie Body, and with that promotion I offered separate download links for three different book formats: PDF, ePub, and Mobi (Kindle). Over 2000 copies were downloaded by visitors, and I wanted to share with you the results. PDF &#8211; 45% ePub [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;My Zombie Body&#8221; E-Book 24 Hour Free Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/my-zombie-body-24-hour-free-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/my-zombie-body-24-hour-free-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine your body no longer listened to you. You were trapped, experiencing the world in a new way: without any control over your actions. It&#8217;s a world filled with sleep deprivation, mind games, and unthinkable acts. Welcome to my world. New Book Release Today I release my third book and my first fiction novella, My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Fall Donation Drive &#8211; Featured Books, PDF, and News</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/2011-fall-donation-drive-featured-books-pdf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/2011-fall-donation-drive-featured-books-pdf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It happens only twice a year, and the last donation drive was in February, so it&#8217;s time for me to invite you to join me. You can support NovelRank&#8217;s continued growth and improvements and get cool thank you benefits! Even if the donation is small, you are contributing to keeping this site the most valuable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Author Book Giveaway &#8211; Three Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/final-author-book-giveaway-three-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/final-author-book-giveaway-three-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Share the Book Giveaway with Others: Tweet http://www.novelrank.com/book-giveaway The September giveaway is the final NovelRank book giveaway, and features 3 signed paperback books: &#8220;Trust No One&#8221; by Teresa Cooper (signed) &#8220;Pieces of a Rainbow&#8221; by Maria Savva (signed) &#8220;The Ball&#8217;s in Her Court&#8221; by Heather Justesen (signed) This will be the final giveaway, so make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing your Best Author Photo</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/choosing-best-author-photo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/choosing-best-author-photo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and Tricks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1051</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A picture is worth a thousand words, and if your author photo isn&#8217;t the best representation of you, there is a possibility that it will work against your goal of selling more copies of your books. If your photo was taken by a professional photographer, and reviewed by your publisher, then this article isn&#8217;t for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RSS Feeds and Speed</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/rss-feeds-and-speed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/rss-feeds-and-speed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1042</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those not technically minded, here is the quick summary: The RSS feed feature for NovelRank is used across more than 9000 feeds each day, even for books that are no longer being watched by the person who added them. However, they still require the website resources to provide them. An improvement today will ensure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon.it (Italy) Sales Rank Tracking Now Available</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-italy-sales-rank-tracking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-italy-sales-rank-tracking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As of earlier this week, Amazon released the Product Advertising API for Amazon.it, Italy. Within a few hours, NovelRank was enabled for tracking sales rank on Amazon.it. If you want to add your book for tracking, just repeat the process you used when first adding your book: Copy and paste the Amazon link (can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Book Giveaway &#8211; First to Last Month of Giveaways</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/two-book-giveaway-first-to-last-month-of-giveaways/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/two-book-giveaway-first-to-last-month-of-giveaways/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giveaway]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1028</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Share the Book Giveaway with Others: Tweet http://www.novelrank.com/book-giveaway The August giveaway features 2 paperback books that will be given away to two separate winners: &#8220;Life as a Sandwich&#8221; by Eric Peterson (signed) &#8220;Dances with Marmots: From Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail&#8221; by George Spearing This will be the first-to-last giveaway, so make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top of Amazon Search Rankings &#8211; Only 200 Copies Available</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/top-amazon-search-rankings-only-200-copies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/top-amazon-search-rankings-only-200-copies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=1010</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Announcing the results of 3 years of research: a PDF that will only be sold to 200 people, then it will be no longer available. The PDF is titled, &#8220;Top of Amazon for $5: Influencing Amazon Search&#8220;. What does it offer? It provides explicit descriptions, screenshots, and instructions for an amazing way to get your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Converting Blog Posts into an ePub E-Book: Unbrave Girl Case Study</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/converting-blog-posts-into-epub-ebook-unbravegirl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/converting-blog-posts-into-epub-ebook-unbravegirl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calibre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ePub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kindle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Manually converting blog posts to an ePub e-book can be a fun experience that helps you understand the process of building your own e-book and converting it into ePub and mobi (Kindle) formats. This study is a single example that will talk about some of the tools and tricks used. If you are looking for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July Giveaway &#8211; Two Books Together</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/july-giveaway-two-books-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/july-giveaway-two-books-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giveaway]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=978</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Share the Book Giveaway with Others: Tweet http://www.novelrank.com/book-giveaway The July giveaway features 2 signed paperback books that will be given away together this month: &#8220;Learn to Love &#38; Be Loved in Return&#8221; by Dr. Paul Burr &#8220;From Zero to Christian in Just 35 Years&#8221; by Lori A. Moore Since these two books are being given [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>NovelRank iPhone, iPod, and iPad App Released</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/iphone-ipod-ipad-app-released/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/iphone-ipod-ipad-app-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=950</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been 10 months in the making, but as of today you can download the free version of the NovelRank iOS app in the iTunes store using the following link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/novelrank-amazon-sales-rank/id423938573?mt=8 Reminder: Rate and Review the App! The app, created by Electric Butterfly, Inc., is designed to show you all of the same data that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scheduled Downtime Starting on July 2nd, 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/scheduled-downtime-starting-on-july-2nd-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/scheduled-downtime-starting-on-july-2nd-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=947</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you know that NovelRank will be unavailable starting early morning on Saturday, July 2nd, 2011. This downtime is to clean up the databases and takes a few hours to complete. This ensures that the website continues to load in, on average, in 1.5 seconds on all pages. Luckily, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SalesRank Comparison Charts for Multiple Books</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/salesrank-comparison-charts-multiple-books/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/salesrank-comparison-charts-multiple-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you read that right. If you&#8217;ve setup a user account and visit your user page, you will now find, at the bottom, a new form for selecting up to 3 books from your user page for comparison. The chart provided will display the salesrank over the past 30 days for all of the books [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June Hardcover Book Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/june-hardcover-book-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/june-hardcover-book-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Share the Book Giveaway with Others: Tweet http://www.novelrank.com/book-giveaway The June hardcover giveaway features 2 signed books centered around struggle against WWII dictators: &#8220;An Honorable German&#8221; by Charles McCain &#8220;Against Destiny&#8221; by Alexander Dolinin I&#8217;ll be honest, reading the inside of the jacket for these books and learning about the authors makes me anxious to crack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon.cn (China) Close to Launching Product Advertising API</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-cn-china-close-to-launching-product-advertising-api/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-cn-china-close-to-launching-product-advertising-api/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 15:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazon.cn &#8212; Joyo, the China version of Amazon.com has been live for a while now, and a few months ago Amazon.cn (China) and Amazon.it (Italy) were added to the associates affiliate program. One of the main driving forces for the associates program is the use of Amazon&#8217;s product advertising API. This is what enables sites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NovelRank Just Got Faster Worldwide</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/novelrank-just-got-faster-worldwide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/novelrank-just-got-faster-worldwide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 14:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, maybe not just, as these changes have been put in place and tested for a week or so prior to this post, but I thought it would be good to let everyone know. NovelRank, including the blog, has had a major speed bump due to a few changes I&#8217;ve made to ensure pages load [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 2011 Book Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/may-2011-book-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/may-2011-book-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 20:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Share the Book Giveaway with Others: Tweet http://www.novelrank.com/book-giveaway The May giveaway features 3 giveaway veterans: &#8220;Wasted Honor&#8221; by Toers Bijns &#8220;The Prophet of the Dead Sea Scrolls&#8221; by Upton Clary Ewing &#8220;The Path to Tyranny&#8221; by Michael E. Newton Wasted Honor This is a copy of Wasted Honor by Toers Bijns: One must ask, what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lesson Learned: Financial Motivations will Affect Book Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/lesson-learned-financial-motivations-affect-book-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/lesson-learned-financial-motivations-affect-book-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether your intentions are good and your talents exceptional, if your motivations for writing are strictly financial, your book sales will suffer. Period. It&#8217;s humbling, and it is hard, but it&#8217;s a lesson to be learned by established authors and new authors alike. A few months ago, I noticed that there was a price gap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon.de Kindle Edition Sales Rank Tracking Now Available</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-de-kindle-edition-sales-rank-tracking-now-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-de-kindle-edition-sales-rank-tracking-now-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With today&#8217;s announcement from Amazon that Kindle Edition e-books will now be available for customers in Germany and worldwide who use Amazon.de, NovelRank has been updated to support this new store! You can now track your Kindle book sales on Amazon.de by going to the book tracking page on NovelRank and adding your URL, just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April Technical Book Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/april-technical-book-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/april-technical-book-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Share the Book Giveaway with Others: Tweet http://www.novelrank.com/book-giveaway The April giveaway features 3 technical books by NovelRank authors: &#8220;Beginning Digital Image Processing&#8221; by Sebastian Montabone &#8220;Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning&#8221; by Dan Brown &#8220;Wireshark Network Analysis: The Official Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Study Guide&#8221; by Laura Chappell and Gerald Combs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales Rank Check Frequency Changes &#8211; Growing Pains</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sales-rank-check-frequency-changes-growing-pains/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sales-rank-check-frequency-changes-growing-pains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting today, a new structure has been put in place to ensure the longevity and speed of NovelRank continuing through year two and beyond. This is based on the frequency that NovelRank will check the sales rank for a particular book on a particular domain (.com, .de, .co.uk, etc.). I thought long and hard about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 2011 Romantic Book Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/march-2011-romantic-book-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/march-2011-romantic-book-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Share the Book Giveaway with Others: Tweet http://www.novelrank.com/book-giveaway The March 2011 giveaway features 2 signed books by NovelRank authors: &#8220;Within the Law&#8221; by Chelle Cordero &#8220;Divinely Designed&#8221; by Rachael Renee Anderson Divinely Designed This is a signed copy of Divinely Designed by Rachael Renee Anderson, a romantic comedy: It all begins with calamity, faith, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 2011 Poetry Book Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/february-2011-poetry-book-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/february-2011-poetry-book-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Share the Book Giveaway with Others: Tweet http://www.novelrank.com/book-giveaway The February 2011 giveaway features 2 signed poetry books by NovelRank authors: &#8220;Livid&#8221; by Greta Stone &#8220;When You Feel &#38; Don&#8217;t Know How to Say&#8221; by Estefania Crespo Livid This is a signed copy of Livid by Greta Stone, and below is a sample poem called Six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Featured Book Donation Drive – Spring 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/featured-book-donation-drive-spring-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/featured-book-donation-drive-spring-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The picture to the right is me at a Meals on Wheels fundraising event, raising money to deliver meals to the homes of those in need. Besides NovelRank, this is one of the organizations I give back to and support, with my time and money. To that end, I&#8217;m writing today to ask for your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon UK Kindle Book Tracking Improved</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-uk-kindle-book-tracking-improved/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-uk-kindle-book-tracking-improved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=839</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last week with Amazon Kindle Edition books has been&#8230; interesting. First and foremost, many books were placed on Amazon&#8217;s Kindle Store by publishers through MobiPocket instead of the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP, formerly Digital Text Platform or DTP). Amazon has migrated these books to KDP, and in the process, those books were issued a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Sales RSS Feed and CSV Download on User Pages</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-rss-csv-user-pages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-rss-csv-user-pages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=811</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NovelRank User Pages now have two new features: RSS Feeds for book sales and CSV/Excel download of monthly sales estimates! These are both long requested features, so they are now available on the left side. If you don&#8217;t have a user page yet, create your own user page by logging in through your favorite 3rd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Sales Analysis Added to Book Details Page</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-analysis-added/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-analysis-added/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve slowly added a new feature to the book details page: analysis (circled in red). As seen in the example above, the book analysis includes three items: Best day of the week for sales to occur Best hour of the day (or best 2 hours in case of a tie) for sales to occur Breakdown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>January 2011 Giveaway: Featuring Progressive Press</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/january-2011-giveaway-featuring-progressive-press/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/january-2011-giveaway-featuring-progressive-press/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The January 2011 giveaway features 3 books from Progressive Press: &#8220;Obama: The Postmodern Coup&#8221; by Webster Griffin Tarpley &#8220;The Nazi Hydra in America&#8221; by Glen Yeadon &#38; John Hawkins &#8220;Skulk&#8221; by Marc Estrin Obama: The Postmodern Coup This is a copy of Obama: The Postmodern Coup by Webster Griffin Tarpley, an intelligence expert and historian. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales Rank Myths Busted – What Effects Changes in SalesRank</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sales-rank-myths-busted-what-effects-salesrank-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sales-rank-myths-busted-what-effects-salesrank-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to put myths, legends, and mysteries to rest. Sales rank has been elusive for too long, so thanks to the support of NovelRank donations, I&#8217;ve conducted a series of tests to answer some long standing questions about this elusive beast we call, Amazon&#8217;s Sales Rank! MYTH: Sales rank improves when a review is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Adds Book Lending to Kindle Features</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-adds-book-lending-to-kindle-features/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-adds-book-lending-to-kindle-features/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazon has announced book lending as part of their e-book offerings. This includes both their Kindle and Kindle DX devices as well as all of the software installs of Kindle for PC, MAC, and mobile devices. Unlike the Nook however, lending cannot be accomplished from the device itself, but must be done through the &#8216;Manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NovelRank Feature Upgrades for the End of 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/novelrank-feature-upgrades-for-end-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/novelrank-feature-upgrades-for-end-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To wrap up 2010, I&#8217;ve made some new improvements to NovelRank, so I thought I should give the community an update. I hope you are having a wonderful holiday break and that your sales, especially for e-books, have been huge after Christmas Day! &#160; &#160; Here&#8217;s the list: The facebook &#8216;like&#8217; and twitter &#8216;tweet&#8217; buttons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Book Launched: 50 Conversation Starters for the Modern Age</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/new-book-launched-50-conversation-starters-for-the-modern-age/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/new-book-launched-50-conversation-starters-for-the-modern-age/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m proud to announce that I&#8217;ve published my second book! It&#8217;s only available in e-book form and is priced at less than $4! The book focuses on 50 questions that anyone can use to stir up conversation, whether with a group of friends or introducing yourself to a set of strangers. To that effect, I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Add your Author or Book Blog to Amazon Kindle Marketplace</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/add-author-book-blog-to-amazon-kindle-marketplace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/add-author-book-blog-to-amazon-kindle-marketplace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that besides books, magazines, and newspapers, the Amazon Kindle can also subscribe to blogs? From some of the most popular blogs on the web to smaller websites, you can have the content delivered directly to your Kindle. More importantly, for NovelRank authors, you can have your book or author blog available for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Author Central and NovelRank Sales Rank Tracking Comparison</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/author-central-sales-rank-tracking-comparison/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/author-central-sales-rank-tracking-comparison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amazon.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[author central]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 10th, Amazon announced a new set of features available for free through Author Central: BookScan sales and historical sales rank data. Naturally, since at first glance these seem to be a similar feature set to what NovelRank offers, I took a look (along with thousands of other authors). After careful analysis, I decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Quick Survey to Improve my Next Book</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/a-quick-survey-to-improve-my-next-book/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/a-quick-survey-to-improve-my-next-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I usually try and keep my personal writing out of the NovelRank blog, but in this case I could use as many opinions as possible. Luckily, the task is really simple! I&#8217;ve put together a survey that presents 10 random conversation starters (questions) from my upcoming book, and all I need you to do is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/a-quick-survey-to-improve-my-next-book/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>NovelRank&#8217;s &#8216;Inactive&#8217; Status and How to Activate a Book Again</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/novelrank-inactive-status-and-how-to-activate-a-book-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/novelrank-inactive-status-and-how-to-activate-a-book-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inactive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=693</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever went to look at your book&#8217;s listing and seen the status as inactive? You&#8217;ll find it as a hyperlink on both the book&#8217;s details page as well as on a user page. This seems to confuse a lot of people, so I wanted to explain it in a post, in the hopes that those [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/novelrank-inactive-status-and-how-to-activate-a-book-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>December Giveaway: Time Flies Like Cow &amp; The Pot Thief</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/december-giveaway-time-flies-like-cow-the-pot-thief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/december-giveaway-time-flies-like-cow-the-pot-thief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giveaway]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=664</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The December giveaway has two great books for your holiday season: &#8220;The Pot Thief&#8221; by J. Michael Orenduff &#8220;Time Flies Like Cow&#8221; by Geoffroy Birtz Time Flies Like Cow This is a copy of Time Flies Like Cow by Geoffroy Birtz, an often humorous prose following the narrator on a day out, driving around completing [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/december-giveaway-time-flies-like-cow-the-pot-thief/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Black Friday Christmas Shopping on Amazon</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/black-friday-christmas-shopping-amazon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/black-friday-christmas-shopping-amazon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affiliate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that when you decide to shop on Amazon for the holiday season, you can support NovelRank by simply clicking one link before you start searching and shopping on Amazon.com. It&#8217;s really simple, and it costs you nothing. Simple use this link to go to Amazon.com: http://bit.ly/novelrank Once there, search and add to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Region Specific Books on NovelRank</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/region-specific-books-on-novelrank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/region-specific-books-on-novelrank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon.de]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just thought this was really interesting, so I&#8217;m sharing it. In an effort to continue to make NovelRank not only an efficient tool, but also allow it to continue to grow, I had to look at some interesting statistics. Below is a list of Amazon domains that NovelRank tracks, followed by the number of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>November Giveaway: Wrong Number &amp; Torture at the Back Forty</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/november-giveaway-wrong-number-torture-at-the-back-forty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/november-giveaway-wrong-number-torture-at-the-back-forty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 03:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giveaway]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The November giveaway contains two signed books ready for the suspenseful reader: &#8220;Torture at the Back Forty&#8221; by Mike Dauplaise &#8220;Wrong Number&#8221; by Rachelle J. Christensen Wrong Number This is a signed copy of Wrong Number by Rachelle J. Christensen, a chase thriller that keeps you engaged from the very beginning. When Aubree Stewart receives [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/november-giveaway-wrong-number-torture-at-the-back-forty/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>RSS Feeds Posted to your Facebook Pages Automatically</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/rss-feeds-posted-to-your-facebook-pages-automatically/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/rss-feeds-posted-to-your-facebook-pages-automatically/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=654</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently discovered one of the best facebook apps: RSS Graffiti. Why? RSS Graffiti will automatically check an RSS feed and post any new articles to either your facebook wall or the wall of a page you control. Reread that last bit one more time: &#8220;Wall of a page you control.&#8221; Like most authors, you [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/rss-feeds-posted-to-your-facebook-pages-automatically/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>One Year Anniversary Book Giveaway Bonanza</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/one-year-anniversary-book-giveaway-bonanza/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/one-year-anniversary-book-giveaway-bonanza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giveaway]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This October, 2010, NovelRank has been &#8216;alive&#8217; for one amazing year! For a bit of prospective, by October 31st, 2009 (within 1 month of launch), NovelRank received 81 visits a day. Today, a year later, I expect approximately 3200 visitors. This doesn&#8217;t even include those lurking on the RSS feeds only. The site didn&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/one-year-anniversary-book-giveaway-bonanza/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Amazon Reviews Changing on November 8th</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-reviews-changing-on-november-8th/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-reviews-changing-on-november-8th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[api]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reviews]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent email from Amazon stated that they will no longer provide all the details about reviews, such as the total number of reviews which NovelRank uses to give you a quick indication about the books that you are tracking. Instead, they will only provide a URL that displays all the review content in a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-reviews-changing-on-november-8th/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>September Giveaway: Blast Off! &amp; Tales of the Whosawhachits</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/september-giveaway-blast-off-tales-of-the-whosawhachits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/september-giveaway-blast-off-tales-of-the-whosawhachits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giveaway]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The September giveaway has two signed books ready for your anxious eyes: &#8220;Blast Off!&#8221; by Allison Maslan &#8220;Tales of the Whosawhachits&#8221; by Patricia Tales of the Whosawhachits This is a signed copy of Tales of the Whosawhachits by Patricia O&#8217;Grady, a young adult novel from this multi-genre author that is book one of a series: [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/september-giveaway-blast-off-tales-of-the-whosawhachits/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sorting Book Results on User Pages</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sorting-book-results-on-user-pages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sorting-book-results-on-user-pages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[user pages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey look, another new feature based on user feedback! I&#8217;ll be honest, I never considered this because I track so few books, but for those publishers or crazy productive romance novel writers tracking TONS of books, there is now a way to quickly sort the books on your User Page. The default was always the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sorting-book-results-on-user-pages/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Look Behind the Curtain at NovelRank</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/a-look-behind-the-curtain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/a-look-behind-the-curtain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=584</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to put out a quick post to give everyone an update on what happens behind the scenes at NovelRank to bring you all of this great research and data for free every hour of every day. Here are some quick stats: Currently, over 12,500 unique books have their sales rank tracked every hour [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/a-look-behind-the-curtain/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>UK Kindle Books Now Available for Amazon Sales Rank Tracking</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/uk-kindle-books-now-available-for-amazon-sales-rank-tracking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/uk-kindle-books-now-available-for-amazon-sales-rank-tracking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amazon.co.uk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindle edition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=572</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the August 5th announcement from Amazon that Kindle Edition ebooks will be now be available on Amazon.co.uk, NovelRank has been updated to support this new feature! You can now track your Kindle book sales on Amazon.co.uk by going to the book tracking page on NovelRank and adding your URL. Don&#8217;t worry, if NovelRank is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/uk-kindle-books-now-available-for-amazon-sales-rank-tracking/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>August Giveaway: A Modest Proposal &amp; The Art of War</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/august-giveaway-modest-proposal-art-of-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/august-giveaway-modest-proposal-art-of-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giveaway]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The August giveaway has a signed book (with a super cute cover) and a classic I&#8217;m jealous I need to give it away: &#8220;A Modest Proposal&#8221; by Michele Ashman Bell &#8220;The Art of War&#8221; by Sun Tzu (Classic Edition) A Modest Proposal This is a signed copy of A Modest Proposal by Michele Ashman Bell, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/august-giveaway-modest-proposal-art-of-war/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Book Sales Worldwide Shown on User Pages</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-worldwide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-worldwide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tips and Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[user pages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you use the User Accounts feature to view multiple books on one page, you are limited to a single location at a time (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, etc.). However, based on user feedback, you can now get sales rank, book sales worldwide for the current month and for the entire year by hovering your mouse over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DVD Tracking and Music Tracking Services Launched</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/dvd-and-music-tracking-services-launched/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/dvd-and-music-tracking-services-launched/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blu-ray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dvd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mp3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=516</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DVD Sales Tracker.com can track DVD and Blu-Ray format discs. Music Sales Tracker.com can track music and albums such as: Audio CDs and MP3 Downloads. After completing some major improvements to the core of NovelRank over the weekend, these sister sites were launched to meet the needs of their particular audiences. These are paired down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Become a NovelRank Featured Book for 2010!</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/featured-book-for-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/featured-book-for-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[donate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Think about the last time you went to dinner with good friends you had not seen in a while. You laughed, ate some great food, and had even better conversation. You decided to pick up the tab for the whole table not because you owed it to them, but because you were feeling generous for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/featured-book-for-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Book Sales Rank Tracking Improved on User Pages</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-rank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-rank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[user pages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following 5 steps to get anything done stinks! Thanks to feedback from a user (Gordon), there are some improvements for those who are using the User Accounts feature to track book sales rank. Now, once you Login to your User Account to manage the books on your User Page, a cookie is set in your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Book Review Count Now Available</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-book-review-count-now-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-book-review-count-now-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reviews]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new feature has been added to NovelRank: Review Count. Now, NovelRank has always actually stored this information, but unlike Sales Rank which is updated hourly, NovelRank never had a system in place to update the total number of reviews for each book. That&#8230; is history. The system will now check, approximately once per month, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-book-review-count-now-available/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Book Giveaway July 2010 &#8211; Divine Intervention &amp; The Guys Who Spied for China</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-july-2010-divine-intervention-guys-who-spied-for-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-july-2010-divine-intervention-guys-who-spied-for-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giveaway]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=489</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The July giveaway gives us two signed books: &#8220;The Guys Who Spied for China&#8221; by Gordon Basichis &#8220;Divine Intervention&#8221; by Cheryl Kaye Tardif Divine Intervention This is a signed copy of Divine Intervention by Cheryl Kaye Tardif, a Canadian author who provided early support and guidance for NovelRank, so I&#8217;m very excited to offer this [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-july-2010-divine-intervention-guys-who-spied-for-china/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Amazon Book Sales RSS Feed Improvements</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-book-sales-rss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-book-sales-rss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to feedback from a NovelRank user, RSS feeds for individual books has been improved, especially for Firefox users! Now, when you go to a book&#8217;s details page such as the book Body Rolling, you will now notice that in the toolbar at the top is the famous RSS subscribe icon letting you know that [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-book-sales-rss/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Problems with Adding Books to User Pages?</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/problems-with-adding-books-to-user-pages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/problems-with-adding-books-to-user-pages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had some reports through the User Pages feedback survey that some people have been unable to add certain books to their user pages. I have not had the issue myself, so my guess it is either something obscure or based upon books that have unique attributes. So, I&#8217;d love to solve the problem, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Sales Rank of 7600 books!</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-sales-rank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-sales-rank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=472</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In less than 9 months, NovelRank has grown to track the Amazon sales rank of over 7600 books! This is only counting Amazon.com, as the Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk sales rank numbers have steadily grown for region specific publications, German and British, respectively. I&#8217;ve compared these numbers with the statistics of a few other tracking sites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create an ePub Format Version of Your eBook</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/create-epub-format-version-of-ebook-book/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/create-epub-format-version-of-ebook-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ePub format has quickly become the standard for distributing an ebook to the masses using a digital reader. With the iPad continuing to sell well and ePub the standard for the iBook app for browsing for books on the iPad, it is important to get your book in the ePub format so you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Sales Rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-rankings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-rankings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=455</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked what amount of book sales lead to rankings averaging 100, 1000, etc. Put another way, how many books would an author have to sell in a given month to have an average ranking for the month of 1000? So, I dug back into the book sales estimates and came up with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Giveaway June 2010 &#8211; Counting the Cost &amp; Some Secrets Hurt</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-june-2010-counting-the-cost-and-some-secrets-hurt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-june-2010-counting-the-cost-and-some-secrets-hurt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=446</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The June giveaway gives us the following two books: &#8220;Counting the Cost&#8221; by Liz Adair &#8220;Some Secrets Hurt&#8221; by Linda Kay Garner (Illustrated by D. Brandilyn Speth) Counting the Cost This is a signed copy of Counting the Cost by Liz Adair, a passionate tale of love and learning, of romance and redemption, with meticulous [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-june-2010-counting-the-cost-and-some-secrets-hurt/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Book Sales Numbers (Kindle) and Other Improvements</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-numbers-kindle-improvements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-numbers-kindle-improvements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 23:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A quick update for those not following NovelRank on Twitter or Facebook (where I toss out real-time information about updates to the site): The new book sales number estimates for Kindle Edition books were applied retroactively, adjusting the sales for all Kindle books tracked since the beginning. In most cases, this saw an increase in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Giveaway May 2010 &#8211; Sweat &amp; Crooked Moon</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-may-2010-sweat-and-crooked-moon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-may-2010-sweat-and-crooked-moon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 04:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The May giveaway gives us the following two books: &#8220;Crooked Moon&#8221; by Lisette Brodey and &#8220;Sweat&#8221; by Denise Krochta. Sweat: A Practical Plan for Keeping Your Heart Intact While Loving an Addict This is a signed copy of Sweat by Denise Krochta, a story of recovering ones life when your world is filled with addicts. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-may-2010-sweat-and-crooked-moon/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Biking 150 Miles to Support Multiple Sclerosis Research</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/150-miles-support-multiple-sclerosis-research-bike-ms-colorado/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/150-miles-support-multiple-sclerosis-research-bike-ms-colorado/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; MS generally strikes in the prime of life—ages 20-50, and 73% of those diagnosed are women. 9,500+ in Colorado are living with MS. &#160; Last year I rode in Colorado&#8217;s BikeMS ride and raised a measly $400 for the event. I even wrote a full story of my BikeMS personal experience to share with [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/150-miles-support-multiple-sclerosis-research-bike-ms-colorado/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Improved Multiple Sale Tracking for Amazon Kindle eBooks</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/improved-multiple-sale-tracking-amazon-kindle-ebooks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/improved-multiple-sale-tracking-amazon-kindle-ebooks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to author feedback from authors with access to Amazon DTP (Digital Text Platform) and thus real-time sales numbers for Kindle books, I was finally able to add more accurate sales estimates for Kindle Books. This includes tracking up to three sales per hour. For Kindle books selling as frequently as 7 books per day, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/improved-multiple-sale-tracking-amazon-kindle-ebooks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Overwhelming and Amazing Author Generosity</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/overwhelming-and-amazing-author-generosity-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/overwhelming-and-amazing-author-generosity-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=412</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I first asked authors if they would donate a book for a monthly giveaway, I was inspired by donating my own book to a different website&#8217;s one year anniversary. I sent out a quick tweet on Twitter, and with a &#8216;yes&#8217; from 3 authors, I decided, &#8220;Good enough, let&#8217;s do this!&#8221; I had no [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/overwhelming-and-amazing-author-generosity-giveaway/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>An Apology &#8211; 3 Hours of Unavailable Details</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/apology-3-hours-unavailable-details/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/apology-3-hours-unavailable-details/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry. So very sorry. This is why you don&#8217;t write code early in the morning without a good night&#8217;s rest. From 8am MDT till 11am MDT on April 6, 2010, book details pages were unavailable, generating an error message instead. Early this morning, I was fixing a bug to allow for a book I saw [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/apology-3-hours-unavailable-details/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Book Giveaway April 2010 &#8211; Haynes Saxophone Manual &amp; The Sister Pact</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-april-2010-haynes-saxophone-manual-the-sister-pact/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-april-2010-haynes-saxophone-manual-the-sister-pact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The response has been overwhelming, so the giveaways are being stepped up! Two books per month, and you can enter to win either or both books! A big thank you to all the authors who have shared their labors of love and the publishers who have shared their collections. This month&#8217;s books: &#8220;The Sister Pact&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-april-2010-haynes-saxophone-manual-the-sister-pact/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>User Accounts &#8211; Multiple Books on Personal User Page</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/user-accounts-multiple-books-personal-page/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/user-accounts-multiple-books-personal-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accounts]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NovelRank announces the results of 30 hours of development time: User Pages. What are User Pages you ask? They are pages that are created by you, allowing you to track multiple books on a single personal user page you define. This User Page can be accessed, like the rest of NovelRank, by anyone with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Content for February 2010 &#8211; Voted by DreamHost Members</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/best-content-website-dreamhost-february-2010-promo-code/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/best-content-website-dreamhost-february-2010-promo-code/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[February 12, 2010. I&#8217;m proud to announce that Dreamhost members have voted NovelRank as the best website CONTENT for the month of February, 2010 with a rating of 7.75. From their February newsletter: 5. DHSOTMs That is not a typo. That lower-case S is intentional! The February 2010 DreamHost Site Of The Month contest has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NovelRank Trouble &#8211; Amazon Closed Affiliate Accounts in Colorado</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-closed-affiliate-accounts-in-colorado-new-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-closed-affiliate-accounts-in-colorado-new-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As of this morning, March 8th, Amazon has announced that they are closing Amazon Affiliate accounts for Colorado residents in reaction to a new state sales tax law enacted on February 24, 2010. While users may not be aware, I&#8217;m a Colorado resident, and the Amazon Affiliate program is how NovelRank survives as a free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NovelRank Book Giveaway Kick-Off! &#8220;MAGGIE: the dog who changed my life&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-march-2010-maggie-the-dog-who-changed-my-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-march-2010-maggie-the-dog-who-changed-my-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s officially the start of the NovelRank Book Giveaway, brought to you by the kind and generous independent authors and publishers who use NovelRank every day to track their Amazon Sales Rank and promote their magnificent books! Over 12 books have already arrived, with others promised and on the way. I am very excited to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-giveaway-march-2010-maggie-the-dog-who-changed-my-life/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Authors: Donate your Novel for Monthly Promotion and Giveaway!</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/donate-novel-authors-monthly-promotion-and-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/donate-novel-authors-monthly-promotion-and-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=278</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s face it, authors are the biggest readers (we call it research) and love reading books as much or more than writing them. More importantly, authors are always looking for ways to promote their book to an attentive audience. With this in mind, and a touch of crazy, NovelRank would like to start doing a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/donate-novel-authors-monthly-promotion-and-giveaway/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Chart Amazon Book Sales: Tracking Books</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/chart-amazon-book-sales-tracking-books/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/chart-amazon-book-sales-tracking-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been putting this off for too long, and finally took the initiative and got it done this morning in about 3 hours. You will now see a new Chart Type option when viewing your book on NovelRank: Book Sales. Book sales tracking has existed since NovelRank launched, but there was no way to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search Tracked Books on NovelRank Now Available</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/search-amazon-tracked-books-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/search-amazon-tracked-books-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Busy weekend! The final surprise for January 2010 is the addition of book search to the book tracking page. You can now search all the books tracked on NovelRank to see if yours is already tracked. Of course, if you know your book is tracked, but have no idea how to get to it, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking Kindle Sales Rank for Kindle Books Now Available (Again)</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/tracking-kindle-sales-rank-book-tracker-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/tracking-kindle-sales-rank-book-tracker-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m very very (very very very) thrilled to announce that NovelRank has overcome Amazon&#8217;s limits and is now capable of tracking Kindle Edition books again! Kindle tracking is a heavily requested feature, and NovelRank is the only Kindle tracker available on the web at this time. Just like the rest of the books on NovelRank, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/tracking-kindle-sales-rank-book-tracker-available/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Marketing with Book Preview &#8211; Browse Inside your Book</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-preview-marketing-browse-book-bookbuzzr-google-look-inside/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-preview-marketing-browse-book-bookbuzzr-google-look-inside/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bookbuzzr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google books]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you walk into a bookstore, you have the ability to pick up a book, open the cover, and read through as many pages as you wish so you can make a purchasing decision. Sure, you read the back cover first, and maybe that was enough, but at least you have the option. When marketing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LLBookReview.com Interviews NovelRank Creator</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/llbookreview-interview-novelrank-creator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/llbookreview-interview-novelrank-creator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[llbookreview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lulu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was thrilled when Shannon with LLBookReview.com contacted me to do an interview about myself and especially NovelRank. I was happy to answer the questions and hope I was at least mildly entertaining in the process. The entire interview about NovelRank can be found on their site. About LLBookReview LLBookReview provides independent reviews of self-published [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lulu.com Books on Amazon: 6 Month Analysis of Sales Rank</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/lulu-com-books-amazon-analysis-sales-rank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/lulu-com-books-amazon-analysis-sales-rank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lulu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following research is based upon a source of 506 Lulu.com published books. The books were selected based upon Amazon presenting over 1000 books ranked by their current Sales Rank on May 23, 2009. This list was then reordered for the top 500 books at that moment in time. Since then, 6 additional Lulu.com books [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Sales Data Breakdown &#8211; Days and Hours</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-data-breakdown-days-hours-amazon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-data-breakdown-days-hours-amazon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been looking forward to this post for a while, so I&#8217;m excited to release it as a New Year&#8217;s gift for 2010. I&#8217;m going to provide a quick breakdown with charts of book sales data with consideration to three criteria: Days of the Month Days of the Week Hours of the Day The following [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-data-breakdown-days-hours-amazon/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Publisher Listings Now Available!</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/publisher-listings-books-tracking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/publisher-listings-books-tracking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[list]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publishers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=204</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I was on Christmas vacation and I couldn&#8217;t get NovelRank out of my head. How can I make things easier for users (and for search engines) to find all of the amazing books being tracking on NovelRank? Well, after about 6 hours of work, I have the answer: Publishers. As of today (actually last [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/publisher-listings-books-tracking/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Add Your Book Sales to iGoogle using RSS Feed</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-igoogle-rss-feed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-igoogle-rss-feed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and Tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[igoogle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love RSS Feeds, and even moreso, I love the book sales RSS feed. It gives me an easy way to know when I last sold a book on Amazon, what domain it was on, and how many copies were sold. However some people don&#8217;t know what an RSS feed is nor the benefits of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-igoogle-rss-feed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Generating More Revenue for Book Authors Through an Amazon Affiliate Tag</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-affiliate-tag-more-revenue-book/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-affiliate-tag-more-revenue-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affiliate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon Associates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bookbuzzr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google book search]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It amazes me when I see a link from an author to their book on Amazon without attaching a personal affiliate tag. Sure, sometimes it&#8217;s hidden behind a shortened URL, but other times it is completely absent from the link. It&#8217;s critical to understand one thing: Amazon Affiliate tags allow you to earn a minimum [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-affiliate-tag-more-revenue-book/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Twitter Contest &#8211; Get your book Featured on NovelRank</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/twitter-contest-get-your-book-featured-on-novelrank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/twitter-contest-get-your-book-featured-on-novelrank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NovelRank features up to 6 books prominently throughout the website. Till now, the book choices have been completely arbitrary by myself, but I want to give promoters of NovelRank the opportunity to get their book featured! In order of the most visits, the following pages are available: Track Your Book Frequently Asked Questions Top 10 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/twitter-contest-get-your-book-featured-on-novelrank/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Book Sales Rank &#8211; Understanding the Basics</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-rank-basics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-rank-basics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales rank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salesrank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The day has finally arrived and your book has a sales rank on Amazon. Great! Now what? Sure, maybe you start by tracking the book across Amazon, but what does it all mean? What if your book is on Amazon.com but doesn&#8217;t have a sales rank? Here are some basic concepts to help you understand [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/book-sales-rank-basics/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>NovelRank improvements through the rest of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/novelrank-improvements-end-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/novelrank-improvements-end-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downloads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rss]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=96</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being in the middle of November, a month filled with novel writing for NaNoWriMo, Thanksgiving (U.S. holiday), and a trip to Orlando, FL to work a conference and visit old friends, NovelRank development will take a back seat for a little while. However, that doesn&#8217;t mean there aren&#8217;t any goals for NovelRank development before the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/novelrank-improvements-end-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Amazon.com and Amazon.ca (Canada) &#8211; Sales Rank Updates Linked?</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-com-ca-canada-sales-rank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-com-ca-canada-sales-rank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon.ca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=79</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s so weird! Looking over recent logs since enabling every international Amazon domain for sales rank tracking, I have a built in check to make sure that sales rank was actually updated that hour. Amazon isn&#8217;t perfect, and they don&#8217;t always update sales rank information every hour. The funny thing is, whenever Amazon.com has no [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-com-ca-canada-sales-rank/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Germany, France, and Japan Sales Rank Data</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/germany-france-and-japan-sales-rank-data/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/germany-france-and-japan-sales-rank-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salesrankexpress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=65</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Woohoo! NovelRank now supports tracking on Amazon.de (Germany), Amazon.fr (France), and Amazon.co.jp (Japan) to get your sales rank data. It&#8217;s opt-in when you submit your book for tracking by checking the &#8216;Additional domains&#8217; checkbox. Even better, you can simply click on the &#8216;Additional Domains&#8217; text and it will check the box for you, because who [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/germany-france-and-japan-sales-rank-data/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>NovelRank Launches Sales Rank Tracking</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sales-rank-tracking-launch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sales-rank-tracking-launch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authorhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[booksurge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[createspace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lightning source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lulu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[widget]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=56</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NovelRank and its creator are proud to announce the official launch of NovelRank, a free website for Amazon sales rank tracking. NovelRank offers authors the opportunity to get real-time feedback about their promotion efforts towards book sales on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca (Canada), and Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom). While direct sales through author&#8217;s websites and self-publishing websites such [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sales-rank-tracking-launch/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>National Novel Writing Month: NaNoWriMo (November 2009)</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/national-novel-writing-month-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/national-novel-writing-month-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=43</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Go ahead, say it out loud: NaNoWriMo. Fun, isn&#8217;t it? This handy abbreviation represent November, otherwise known as National Novel Writing Month. Authors across the world challenge themselves to write 1667 words a day (50,000+ words for the month) creating their novel. Why? Here&#8217;s an excerpt: &#8220;Because of the limited writing window, the ONLY thing [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/national-novel-writing-month-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Launch&#8230; Sort of</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/launch-sort-of/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/launch-sort-of/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon.ca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=37</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NovelRank has been over 140 hours of my time over the last 3 months, and as of last weekend, it has been soft launched to the public with the addition of the TRACK page: The ability to add a book to NovelRank for tracking of your book&#8217;s Amazon Sales Rank. You do have to know [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/launch-sort-of/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Amazon Product Advertising API and Kindle Edition Books</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-api-kindle-books/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-api-kindle-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[api]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindle edition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=25</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: January 23, 2010 8:00am MDT NovelRank now offers Kindle book tracking again! http://www.novelrank.com/blog/tracking-kindle-sales-rank-book-tracker-available/ - &#8211; - &#8211; - As of 11pm EDT on August 13th, 2009, some problems have been creeping up in the interactions with the Amazon API. NovelRank uses the API to gather Sales Rank data about paperbacks, hardcovers, and kindle edition [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/amazon-api-kindle-books/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sales Rank Tracking Widget Created!</title>
		<link>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sales-rank-tracking-widget-created/</link>
		<comments>http://www.novelrank.com/blog/sales-rank-tracking-widget-created/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[widget]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.novelrank.com/blog/?p=14</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the little things&#8230; There is now a widget for pulling in your current Amazon.com Sales Rank from NovelRank. This allows the viewers of your book blog (that you of course have to promote your book) to quickly track your sales rank and see how your book is performing! On each of the detail pages [...]]]></description>
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