Found out this morning that "Wicked Columbus, Indiana" has made the top spot on Amazon's Indianapolis Travel Books best seller list. I am fairly certain that neither of my books have ever maintained the No. 1 rank on any of Amazon's lists. The paperback version of the book has shot up the lists in the... Continue Reading →
I don't often view the best-seller lists. I did when my first book was published in 2012. It was kind of fun checking the charts every few hours to see how many thousand spots my book had risen or fallen. I'm a stats guy (a former sportswriter). Now, I look maybe once a week or... Continue Reading →
The official numbers have been tallied, and despite being available for only about half the year, my book, "Wicked Columbus, Indiana" was the second best-selling nonfiction title at Viewpoint Books in Columbus during 2017. "Wicked Columbus" was Viewpoint's No. 1 selling nonfiction book by a local/regional writer. So, we're going to claim a No. 1... Continue Reading →
"Wicked Columbus, Indiana" is at No. 3 on the Viewpoint Books adult nonfiction list. My most recent book has been on the Viewpoint best-seller list for just about every week since it was published last June. I'm sure we can catch those books in front of us and rise to No. 1 once again.... Continue Reading →
Go ahead and chant. It's OK. "We're Number One! We're Number One!" I have been told that my book, "Wicked Columbus, Indiana," now holds the title of No. 1 best seller among adult nonfiction books at Viewpoint Books, our great independent bookstore in downtown Columbus. Last week, the first week the book was available, it was... Continue Reading →
Thanks to the exposure the book received on the morning of Sept. 23 on the Fox6 TV interview in Milwaukee, we shot up the Amazon best-seller chart from around 1.2 million somewhere into the top 50,000, the highest the book has been on that chart. That's out of more than 8 million books listed, which... Continue Reading →
Paul J. Hoffman 