Amazon Book Research Helper

Adds at-a-glance information to the top of Amazon book listings to reduce scrolling. Shows if the book was self published, rank, rating, reviews, age in weeks, review/age ratio, page/word count, and can be expanded to show rank in all categories.
What is Amazon Book Research Helper?
Amazon Book Research Helper is a Firefox add-on that provides at-a-glance information on Amazon book listings. It reduces scrolling by showing if the book is self-published, provides details such as rank, rating, reviews, age in weeks, and reviews-per-week ratio. It also displays page count, estimated word count, file size for Kindle books, and author's rank in all categories.

Add-on stats

Users: 23 ▼ -1
Version: 1.3.1 (Last updated: 2023-12-31)
Creation date: 2016-12-27
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Host permissions:
  • *://*.amazon.com/*
  • *://*.amazon.ca/*
  • *://*.amazon.com.au/*
  • *://*.amazon.co.uk/*
  • https://www.tckpublishing.com/amazon-book-sales-calculator/*
  • https://kindlepreneur.com/amazon-kdp-sales-rank-calculator/*
  • https://www.bklnk.com/*
Size: 4.35M
URLs: Website

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Add-on summary

Adds at-a-glance information to the top of Amazon book listings to reduce scrolling.

  • Shows "Self Published" if the book was self published
  • Shows rank, rating, reviews, age in weeks, and reviews-per-week ratio
  • Shows page count and estimated word count
  • Shows file size for Kindle books
  • Shows rank using Chris Fox's "tiers"
  • Quick links to sales calculators for additional sales data and price and rank history
  • Can expand to show author's rank in all categories

This extension is open-source: https://github.com/statico/amazon-research-helper

Add-on safety

Risk impact

Amazon Book Research Helper requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Amazon Book Research Helper is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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