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I was looking at the sales rankings on Amazon today with my publisher and he pointed out that all of the self-published best sellers have a short title then a semi-colon followed by a pitch line (s...
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I was looking at the sales rankings on Amazon today with my publisher and he pointed out that all of the self-published best sellers have a short title then a semi-colon followed by a pitch line (see pic attached). I'm certainly not a fan, but the proof is evident that it gets visibility. Does anyone have data-driven proof that this increases sales?[![screenshot of Kindle top results for"thriller books"](https://i.stack.imgur.com/j0rVV.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/j0rVV.jpg)