Can you control if a book makes the bestseller list?
Can you control if a book even sells?
Sorry to say, but no. Oh, sure, you may game the system a bit, but that only leads to short term gains (if there are any at all). In fact, the time wasted trying to game the system could be best put toward putting more words onto the page.
Words on the page. This is the only thing you can control. Or you may call it "butt in chair time." Although I don't like that phrase because one can waste enough time sitting in a chair.
Put time toward getting words on the page. THAT is the only thing you can control.
(Okay, not quite the only thing, but close enough. If you're an indie author, you may change your cover or other search terms, but in the end it comes down to putting words on the page.)
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