Why Pre-order?

You see authors urging you to pre-order their next release.  Why should you go to that trouble?  Why not just wait for the book to get to your nearest book store?  There is a very good reason authors want us to pre-order.  All of those pre-orders count as first day and first week sales.  Publishers look very closely at first day sales.  They are also the sales that help put a book on the bestseller list.  If you love an authors’ books and know you are going to buy the next one coming out go ahead and pre-order.   It is a extra way to support your favorite authors.