It's true. Sales at Amazon have been less then stellar. I have sold about 1,100 since Aug 2000. Only a couple hundred of those on Amazon, but more on other places; CDbaby.com, local stores and some of the venues where I perform. Sales at Amazon dropped sharply about one month ago. The album had been ranked in the 8,000 to 10,000 range for months before that.

I am not sure how the amazon sales rank works, except that it swings dramatically with recent sales. If three CD are sold in the next week, that sales rank will go back to the 10,000 range (which is apparently a good sales rank). Just for perspective; Tim & Mollie O'Brien's "Take Me Back" is ranked at about 32,000 while Altan's "Best of Altan" ranks about 8,000.

I'm not sure how to impact the sales. I'm sort of at the mercy of the little bit of US radio airplay its recceived, and people stumbling their way onto the album while searching amazon or cdbaby. I have been luckier with European radio time, and I suspect that's where the early amazon sales went.