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As an author, I know well how much effort authors put into bestseller campaigns. Generally, it involves rallying your efforts over a series of months and getting a large number of people to mail, tweet, blog and otherwise invite their subscribers and friends to buy the book on a particular day.
You can see the book at www.ThePeaceSeed.com
Some books have the help of an organization to boost sales. And while I give a portion of proceeds to 10 Million Clicks for Peace, up until today, the organization had never mailed or otherwise promoted the book.
A couple of days ago, I became an “accidental” #1 bestselling author of The Peace Seed: Personal & Global Transformation through Storytelling!
Here’s how…
I hold a vision of world peace every day and a vision of my book The Peace Seed contributing to it as a #1 bestselling book. I visioned seeing the #1 sales rank, taking and saving the screenshots, adding #1 bestselling author of The Peace Seed to my signature file, and so much more.
So imagine how excited I was when I went to Amazon October 30 (my mom’s birthday) to grab the link to the Kindle edition and discovered that I help positions 19 and 45 in 2 categories! That’s not bestseller—but it’s close! (Bestseller status is considered a rank of 1–10.)
WOW—so close! I figured that with a few emails and phone calls, the message of peace through storytelling could get enough traction to reach #1 status. So first I again visioned #1 and then I sent a few emails and made a few calls.
My dear friend and colleague Gina Gaudio Graves called me just after I made the exciting discovery that I was ALMOST a bestseller, and she kindly agreed to mail her subscribers and coaching students on my behalf. What a blessing!
So I emailed my subscribers, tweeted my peeps, posted to facebook, emailed a few of my friends and colleagues, and visioned #1 bestseller. Then I had dinner with my mother.
Just after dinner, I looked and saw that I was #7 and #8, which officially elevated me to bestselling author status! Happy birthday, Mom!
Within 8 hours of sending a few emails and tweets and making a couple phone calls, the book hit #1 and I became officially a #1 bestselling author.
Thus, on Halloween 2010, I became an “accidental” bestseller riding a wave that had begun without my knowledge. Had I not looked, I would not have known that I was so close to bestseller!
My vision of peace brought this to pass. I have to admit to you that when I looked at what authors my little mini-book had surpassed, I got very excited.
This screenshot, taken October 31, 2010, shows that the Peace Seed Kindle Edition hit #1 in 2 categories, making it officially a #1 bestselling book and me a #1 bestselling author..
This screenshot shows that The Peace Seed Kindle Edition attained #1 rank in the Philanthropy and Charity Category October 31, 2010.
And this screenshot shows The Peace Seed as #1 in Customs and Traditions October 31, 2010.
Who I Passed
Note that the book surpassed Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus, bestselling author Greg Mortenson, Andrew Carnegie, Bill Gates and President Bill Clinton.
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I am in good company to still as of Nov. 2 share bestselling status with most of these authors.
World Peace is our birthright!
So, thank you to everyone who picked up a copy of the Kindle edition of the book and helped me to become…
#1 Bestselling Author of The Peace Seed: Personal and Global Transformation through Storytelling.
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