I don't understand this at all…and don't bother trying to explain it to me because I probably won't understand your explanation. Less than two weeks ago, my book — Comic Books and Other Necessities of Life — was #1,242,840 in the sales ranking at Amazon, and they had two copies left. At this moment, the book is #89,480. That's a hell of a jump. I leapfrogged ahead of more than a million other books. How many copies can they have sold in that time?
I can look up how many were purchased by folks who went there via the links on this site, and it tells me that, since 12/28/02, they sold a grand total of three copies that way. I kinda doubt there was a huge run on it by people who didn't go there via my links…but who knows?
In the meantime, they still say Mad Art is not yet published and it's at #75,119. This means I'm doing better with the book that's not out yet than I am with the one you can actually buy. I wonder how well a book by me would sell if we promised to never publish it. Stephen King, watch your ass.