Listmania lists allow any Amazon user--readers, authors, music-lovers, movie buffs--to create lists of their favorite items organized by theme. Listmanias appear in various places on Amazon, like product detail pages and alongside search results. Listmanias that mention your book can expose your title to thousands of potential readers on Amazon, and can even appear in Google search results.
Listmanias are ranked by popularity among shoppers, based on viewership and the number of votes calling it "helpful." For example, one popular list is dedicated to novelist Nick Hornby, and was compiled by one of his fans. Under each novel is a pithy quote from the Listmania author, just enough to convey the gist of each book and why it appears. The list includes most of Hornby's books, other books Hornby edited or wrote introductions for, and a few other novels by writers with similar styles. See this list at:
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See the 100 most popular Listmanias here:
#www.Amazon.com/gp/richpub/ listmania/toplists#
As an author, you're free to recommend books yourself with a Listmania list, mentioning up to 25 books in your list.
Niche books stand to gain the most from Listmanias. The more focused a Listmania is, the more helpful it is to buyers hungry for specific information--so the more likely it is to be noticed, read carefully, and acted on. Niche Listmanias have less competition--Amazon can show only so many "Harry Potter" Listmanias while the thousands of similar lists wait in a queue. But your Listmania about "Organic Strawberries" may pop up in front of every single customer looking for a relevant book.
To write a Listmania, click on the link at the bottom of your Amazon profile page, "More to Explore." Or start your list by clicking on the link Create Your Own List on an existing Listmania. Then:
Go to your Amazon Profile at: #www.Amazon.com/gp/pdp#.
Near the bottom of the middle column, in the section #More to Explore#, click Listmania Lists.
Click Create your first one now or Create another list.
Enter a title for your list and enter your "qualifications" such as "Avid reader" or "Book author." For your title, think of a blurb that will catch the eye of anyone shopping for a related book.
Enter ISBNs for the books for your list and a short comment for each.
Click the #Preview# button and check for typos.
Edit your list, and when satisfied, click the button #Publish list#. You can edit it later if you wish.
Your Listmania lists will appear on your Profile and in search results related to items on your list. From your Profile, you'll have the option of editing your lists or deleting them.