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The Amazon sales rank can be a fascinating trove of valuable information - practically indispensable. We'll admit though, checking the sales rank by yourself from time to time, while interesting, is not that helpful. But don't despair...

Anyone who has written a book (or a song, or made a product of some sort) will have taken a moment here and there (and if we're honest, a little more than that) to search their Amazon product page in order to check the latest Amazon sales rank. And why not? After all, if the sales rank has halved overnight then that's a good indication that a few more dollars are winging their way to you right now.

Amazon don't release their individual sales figures to anyone - although it is possible to obtain a general PoS number from Nielsen bookscan. But that doesn't mean you can't get a really good idea of what you are selling on a particular Amazon locale.

Take a look around the net and see what people say about the Amazon sales rank. If you look at a hundred different pages, you'll probably get a hundred and five different opinions (some people disagree with themselves).

Entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses clearly have money to spend when it comes to educating themselves with content and knowledge from leading entrepreneurs like Eric Ries, Crystal Paine and Napoleon Hill.

In my previous article in which I compared the leading titles by marketing gurus, entitled "InfoGraphic: Guy Kawasaki's "Art of the start" outsells other titles by marketing gurus", Guy's book outsold its competitors three to one over a five day period, selling an average of about 60 copies a day. The story is different when it comes to starting and running a business.