"If you take a look at the website more closely, you will find that Packt books are rarely on the top. Your comment is actually well reflected in the ranking."
Rarely on top but still a high ranking relatively speaking(2-4 etc.)
"You had a problem with the Dusty Phillips book ranking on top of Powerful Python."
I didn't have any problem with this book and even mentioned I hadn't read it. I simply used it as an example of a book that had another perhaps more popular retail outlet than Amazon, that's all.
Rarely on top but still a high ranking relatively speaking(2-4 etc.)
If you look at the beginner book section, the kid's section and the application walkthrough section, there are almost no Packt books there. In the reference book section, the Packt book ranks last among 6 listed books.
In the individual topical sections, there are on an average 5 books listed per topic, so 3-4 is a pretty low rank.
The only two exceptions are the ML book by Sebastian Raschka and the high performance book by Gabriele Lanaro which are ranked in the 2nd position. Both of these are outstanding books in their own domain and deserve their spot.
I see your point about Powerful Python having another retail outlet, but I think the same is true for all the other books because they too have other retail outlets.
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Rarely on top but still a high ranking relatively speaking(2-4 etc.)
I didn't have any problem with this book and even mentioned I hadn't read it. I simply used it as an example of a book that had another perhaps more popular retail outlet than Amazon, that's all.
If you look at the beginner book section, the kid's section and the application walkthrough section, there are almost no Packt books there. In the reference book section, the Packt book ranks last among 6 listed books.
In the individual topical sections, there are on an average 5 books listed per topic, so 3-4 is a pretty low rank.
The only two exceptions are the ML book by Sebastian Raschka and the high performance book by Gabriele Lanaro which are ranked in the 2nd position. Both of these are outstanding books in their own domain and deserve their spot.
I see your point about Powerful Python having another retail outlet, but I think the same is true for all the other books because they too have other retail outlets.