After one and a half years of indie publishing, I have finally hit number 1 in a subgenre bestseller list, for The Hidden Castle is a number 1 bestseller at Amazon France.
- Classement des meilleures ventes d’Amazon: n°4.309 dans la Boutique Kindle (Voir le Top 100 dans la Boutique Kindle)
- n°1 dans Boutique Kindle > Ebooks Kindle > Ebooks en langues étrangères > Ebooks en anglais > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Anthologies
- n°2 dans Livres anglais et étrangers > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Anthologies
- n°48 dans Boutique Kindle > Ebooks Kindle > Ebooks en langues étrangères > Ebooks en anglais > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Epic
Alas, the sales numbers required to get there weren’t all that impressive. A single sale is all it took. Though I’m just above Jeff Vandermeer’s City of Saints and Madmen. What is more, I have finally cracked the French market. Now I only need to crack Japan, Brazil and Canada (on Amazon. I have had Canadian sales on Kobo) as well.

Congratulations nevertheless, Cora. 🙂
Thanks, Andrew.
One sale? That’s all it took?
Regardless, that’s one more sale than you had before, and it garnered you some great bragging rights. Bask in the moment.
It’s a small category in a small market. One English language sale in the smaller markets often catapults you into the category top 100 (unless it’s a very big category), though I’ve never been number 1 before. The highest I ever got before was number 3 in the English language western category (not very busy for obvious reasons) on Amazon DE.
Savor even the small victories! That one sale may be the first domino (le premier domino).
Thanks, Lady O. And yes, I hope it’s “le premier domino” and more sales follow.
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