Reddit mentions of The Last Englishman: A Thru-Hiking Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

Thanks very much, a great suggestion! I'm embarrassed it didn't occur to me.

As you mentioned, the Adventure Travel charts were interesting... seem thru-hiking books are very popular! Especially the Appalachian Trail... I've wasted my life doing un-sellable things! ;)

Are the "best seller" categories accurate? I see a lot of forum-folk talking about how to bump your book up the lists, so I'm a little unclear how "best seller" is really calculated... eg right now "How To Live In A Small Car" (3 reviews) is a #11 Bestseller?! I can't help but feel it's a bump from free copies or shills, and ponder how pervasive this is...

>It helps to be at the top of multiple categories.

Silly question, but how do books get allocated to categories? Does an author have any control? I'm assuming there's a process to stop every author choosing every category in a bid to get a #1 somewhere?

ie I see for The Last Englishman: A Thru-Hiking Adventure

> Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,721 Paid in Kindle Store
Number 1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Travel > Specialty Travel > Sports
Number 1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports > Outdoors & Nature > Hiking & Camping > Camping
Number 2 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports > Outdoors & Nature > Nature Writing

Did he choose those?

Sweet book about one mans adventure along the Pacific Crest Trail,
Free download (this weekend only)

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007EDIAY4/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B007EDIAY4&linkCode=as2&tag=hikiinfinl-20

Check out The Last Englishman by Kieth Foskett for a good read from a Brit doing the trail.