OTOH, being in 1,126th place would put the book in the top one-tenth of one per cent of all titles sold on Amazon.
Amazon sales and retail sales are different beasts. Amazon will list practically anything, and it sells according to directed buyers, not store browsers. A national retail presence will get books sold, no matter what, even if the author is Al Gore. His book will sell.
Just in case Al is lonely there at 1,000+, one day soon he'll be meeting up with ole Nicollo's automotive and social history of the limousine:
Stretching It: The Story of the Limousine
# Amazon.com Sales Rank: 768,767
Maybe we'll meet half way?
[Featured this Dec. 4 on the History Channel's "Boys Toys" week of the Modern Marvels program]
Go to: www.stretching-it.com