Re: VIII - Palmistry books TOP 100 - listed by 'Amazon Sales Rank'!

**Liliana** Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:22 am

Martijn (admin) wrote:

Are your favourite hand reading books included in the rankings?

Hey Martjin,

Not as an expert but only as a student I am very happy to see books that I very much like them, included in the rankings:
Johnny Fincham - Spellbinding Power of Palmistry
William G. Benham - The Benham Book of Palmistry
Richard Unger - Life prints
Ronelle Coburn - Destiny at your fingertips
Ghanshyam S. Birla - Destiny in The Palm of Your Hand
Edward D. Campbell - The Encyclopedia of Palmistry
Frank Clifford - Palmistry For Today

Liliana

**Martijn (admin)** Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:41 am

Hello Lilliana, thank you for sharing your 'favourites' list!!

Thumb up

**asif amin** Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:34 am

Dear Martijin and Lynn,

Please share your experience and opinion about " The complete encyclopedia of practical palmistry" by Marcel Broekman, published by Granada Publishing Limited in 1981 in New Delhi - India.

I bought this above mentioned book today.

**Martijn (admin)** Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:25 pm

Hi Asif,

First of all I want to not that I am not really familiar with Broekman's work.

But I would like to report that Ed Campbell mentiones in 'The Encyclopedia of Palmistry' a quote from Broekman's book. But unfortunately, that quote indicates to me that one can not rely on Broekman's writings.

Let me explain this by presenting the passage from Ed's book where he mentions Broekman's work. Ed Campbell writes on page 73:

"... In addition to these groups, we have a curious observer, Marcel Broekman, who found 'a whorl in the print of the skin' 'under each finger'. He proposes that the apex of this whorl indicates whether the mount is centered or displaced. Strong qualities are found in mounts where the apex is centrally located. Later we discuss whorls, but they are, as commonly conceived, most likely to be found in fingerprints. Whorls are seldom seen under the fingers. Was Broekman finding whorls indicated by the incomplete pattern of skin ridges above the triradii? Perhaps he sees triradii as whorls. Because of the rarity of whorls as commonly understood under the fingers, his observation is obscure."

I understand what Ed describes here... and I am 100% sure that Broekman's claim that a whorl can be found 'under each finger'... an example of pure speculation by a non-expert.

I can not support the work of authors who describe things that not true.

PS. Broekman's was listed in the previous version of Amazon Palmistry books TOP 100, but his ranking dropped to position 102 - and there for it is for the time being no longer listed in the ranking of the first 100 books.

**asif amin** Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:52 pm

Thanks Martjin for your precious opinion.
Thanks!

Following contents of "The complete encyclopedia of practical palmistry" by Marcel Broekman.

Part 01

Major Hand Determination
Examining the Life Line
The Life line,age determination by age guage
The Life line,Straight, Broken
The Life line,Chained
The Life line,Islands on
The Life line,breaks in
The Life line,breaks in Minor Hand
The Life line,event markings
The Life line,lines sweeping up
The Life line,lines sweeping down
The Life line,lines crossing
The Life line,dots on
The Life line,squares on
The Life line,chained
The Life line,island on
The Life line,breaks in
The Life line,Miscellaneous marks
The Head Line
The Head Line,examining
The Head Line,smooth, unbroken
The Head Line,chained
The Head Line,Islands on
The Head Line,breaks in
The Head Line,abnormal
The Heart Line
The Fate Line,examining
The Fate Line,age markings
The Fate Line,origin of
The Fate Line,Straight, unbroken
The Fate Line,breaks in
The Fate Line,doubling of
The Fate Line,branches from
The Fate Line,branches to
The Fate Line,marking on
The Fate Line,absence of
The Fate Line,termination of
The Sun Line,examining
The Health Line
The Health Line,absence of
The Health Line,deformation of
The Affection Line
Companion Lines
Divorce
Affection LineMarking on
Affection Lines,Multiple
Companion markings to events
The Thumbs, event markings
Illnesses
The Cross
The Grille
The Triangle
The Square
The event meaning of areas,Jupiter
The event meaning of areas,Saturn
The event meaning of areas,Apollo
The event meaning of areas,Mercury
The event meaning of areas,Mars
The event meaning of areas,Venus
The event meaning of areas,Luna

Part 02

The Thumbs
The Fingers, Length
The Fingers, Relative length
The Fingers, Knotted
Fingertips, shape
Nails
Fingertips, width
Finger Phalanges, relatives length
Fingers, Position
Hand shape
The Mounts, character marking
Hand Lines, character markings
Hands, good and bad
Character marking,life line
Character marking,Head line
Character marking,Heart line
Character marking,Fate Line
Character marking,Sun Line
minor character lines
The Mounts, special markings
The Mounts, negative markings
The Mounts, horizontal lines on
horizontal lines on Venus
The Croix Mystique
The Grille
Tassel endings
Illnesses
Combinations of lines and markings

Part 03

Advice to the reader
Abnormal mentality
Achievement
Compatibility
Energy
Future events
Happiness
Haelth
Homosexuality
Logic
Love
Negative Markings
Occupations
Success
Wisdom
Sample readings

**asif amin** Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:58 pm

Broekman's was listed in the previous version of Amazon Palmistry books TOP 100, but his ranking dropped to position 102 - and there for it is for the time being no longer listed in the ranking of the first 100 books.

Presently, the author and book name is not present in any category of Amazon Sales.

**Martijn (admin)** Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:56 pm

Hi Asif,

The book is present + featured with a rank at amazon.com, see:
The Complete Encyclopedia of Practical Palmistry - Marcel Broekman

(Amazon Bestsellers Rank today: #2,878,204 in Books)

PS. But you will probably never find Broekman's book in the TOP 100 at Amazon.com, because that always based on the daily rankings... but these fluctuaty very much from day to dayI Therefore I don't use the 'daily ranks'.

I am using another website (titlez.com) where I monitor the 90 day average rankings of the Amazon rank - but that info is never available via Amazon.com, that is why my TOP 100 project is actually much more reliable than the daily rankings of Amazon!

I hope this now make sense?

wave

**asif amin** Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:37 pm

Thanks Martijin

I am used to checking your website ( handresearch.com) almost on daily basis for updates.

**Martijn (admin)** Wed Dec 22, 2010 6:30 pm

Asif, very nice to hear that you keep searching on my website for more info!

Thanks for your enthousiasm & support!

Thanks!

**jeanette** Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:11 pm

Hi Lynn,
Could you tell me the information again about the F.B I. book on fingerprints. I am exhausted looking on the forum trying to find it. Thanks.
Jeanette.

**Martijn (admin)** Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:44 pm

Hi Jeanette,

Lynn is a few days away, so I present you the link to Google books where you can enjoy the full book online: The Science of Fingerprints [FBI]

PS. Not sure, is this the answer that you were looking for?

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**Martijn (admin)** Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:43 pm

Amazon has recently changed the name of it's 'Amazon Sales Rank' measure into the new 'Amazon Bestsellers Rank'.

And it appears that they introduced this change early in february 2011... but unfortunately it appears that TitleZ.com is currently no longer able to deliver the data that I used to update the Palmistry TOP 100 books project.

Now I am not sure that I will be able to present again a likewise quality update... Hopeless

Lunes Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:06 pm

Hello Martijn,
very good quality update and informations.
Perhaps we have to do our own updates,too.
What do you think about `Das Handlese Handbuch`from Werner Koch, 2003, Windpferd?
Greetings
Lunes

**Martijn (admin)** Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:38 pm

Thanks Lunes!

Thanks!

PS. Sorry, I am not familiar with the work of Werner Koch.

**Martijn (admin)** Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:45 pm

... I found an alternative for TitleZ.com:

http://www.novelrank.com/user/martijnvanmensvoort?domain=com&sort=salesrank

PS. I have just added the books of the first 10 authors in last update of the Palmistry books TOP 100; notice: the 'salesrank' probably fluctuate from day to day... so I will have to wait for a while before I can start updating the TOP 100 again.

**Martijn (admin)** Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:48 am

... Wow, this new tracking-system brings new opportunities:

We can now even see how many copies of the books have been solved since I have started tracking them!

And... this looks like a 'top of the pyramid takes it all' situation:

2 books have been sold during the past 6 hours:
- 2 for the current TOP 100 no.2. (Dennis Fairchild's book)
- 1 for the current TOP 100 no.3 (Richard Unger's book)

Also, nice to see that my account provides an overview of the 'current rankings' (based on today's statistics)... but my TOP 100 project will continue to provide the most reliable info: based on rankings during timespan.

In the comming days/weeks I will continue to add authors & titles to my novelrank.com account, and after all significant authors & titles are included... it will not take long to present a new update for the Amazon TOP 100 project on my website:
http://www.handresearch.com/book/palmistry-top-100-amazon-books.htm

(All books of the TOP 20 authors at my website are now included in the new tracking system!)

**Martijn (admin)** Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:49 pm

... I love this new Novelrank-tracking system:

It even allows us to monitor how many books are sold via other Amazon domains like for example: amazon.co.uk - for example:

During the past day only 1 book of Johnny Fincham was sold via Amazon.com, see:
http://www.novelrank.com/user/martijnvanmensvoort?domain=com&sort=salesrank

However, via Amazon.co.uk up to 6 books of him were sold, see:
http://www.novelrank.com/user/martijnvanmensvoort?domain=co.uk&sort=salesrank

PS. I assume that everybody can see the rankings...?

**Lynn** Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:28 am

Yes I can see them fine.
But I'm not sure what it is showing me. When it says for example, June sales 0
Is it counting only since you started the page a couple of days ago? ie I guess sales before 21st June are not recorded?

**Martijn (admin)** Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:46 am

Lynn wrote:Yes I can see them fine.
But I'm not sure what it is showing me. When it says for example, June sales 0
Is it counting only since you started the page a couple of days ago? ie I guess sales before 21st June are not recorded?

Hi Lynn, thanks for your feedback!

Yes, that's correct: the 'sales' reflect only the activity since I included the title in my account. Some of these book are only listed for a couple of hours, but it is interesting to see that even after a few hours it is quite obvious that most of the 'sales' relate to books which are high listed in the ranking at my website.

Have you tried to put your mouse on a title?
(A box will show up displaying even more details!)

**Martijn (admin)** Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:05 am

... The preperations for the new TOP 100 run smoothly:

Over 100 titles are now being monitored (including all TOP 60 authors from the last update - others will be includded soon):
http://www.novelrank.com/user/martijnvanmensvoort?domain=com&sort=salesrank
http://www.novelrank.com/user/martijn?domain=com&sort=salesrank

thinking

Interesting... after observing the rankings during the past day, it has become obvious for me how the Amazon 'Sales Rank' works:

Only the 'Average Rank' for each book provides reliable info (after being monitored for at least a few days) - because the (daily) 'Sales Rank' becomes highly INFLATED if a 'sale' is made for a book that is not very popular at all.

For example: 1 'sale' can make a book jump from position 1.000.000 to position 100.000 - but the 'Average Rank' will only slightly improve due to one 'sale' (after the 'Average Rank' has stabilized after being montiored for at least a few days, etc).

rajan pande Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:02 am

jeanette wrote:Hi Mastif,
I have The Benham Book of Palmistry and I strongly recommend it, it is really good. However I do not recommend Edward Campbell's Encyclopedia of Palmistry.
Regards,
Jeanette.

Jeanette
Today I have Joined the Forum and got most sought Information.I am kingergarden level student in the fascinating world of Hand Reading and hope to have more guiudence from all of you there in near future.
rajan-India

**jeanette** Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:46 pm

Hi Rajan,
I am thinking it is very difficult recommending books. What I like and what others do is a very different thing indeed. I think on the forum you eventually tune into people who you sense have similar minds. My opinion still is the Benham book is a very good book and recommend it, but there are always books which turn up and were unknown to me and are really, just not good, but to me great and an example is I recently got Andrew Fitzherbert's Hand Psychology and just love it. Anyway good luck and hope you find the books that will help you but remember you will get all the help and advice you need on this forum and don't hesitate to ask.

**asif amin** Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:04 pm

Hi Martijin and Lynn,

Today, I bought " Everybody's guide to Palmistry" by Sri Krishan Das published by a Sterling Paperback in 1988, India.

What is your opinion about that book have you ever read it.

**Martijn (admin)** Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:36 pm

Sorry Asif... I never heard about this author.

Smile

**Martijn (admin)** Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:06 am

... After almost 4 weeks, the 'dynamics' become obviously:

http://www.novelrank.com/user/martijnvanmensvoort?domain=com&sort=salesrank
http://www.novelrank.com/user/martijn?domain=com&sort=salesrank

Via the first link one can see that over half of the books (50 titles) with a lower average Amazon Salesrank have been sold, while the only four of the books (4 titles) with a higher average Amazon Salesrank have been sold (only 2 titles have been sold so far in the first 2 weeks of this month).

(I will soon add a few more books into these pages, and afterwards it won't take long before I can present a new ranking based on average Amazon Salesrank)

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