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Originally Posted by GA Russell
I'll be interested to see if any backlist titles make the top ten.
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I wouldn't be surprised if there are a number of them. For example JK Rowlings would relent and offer the Harry Potter books, I bet they'd hit it pretty quickly.
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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
Wow this is really a tough room.
I think we're missing the much more important point: having a dedicated ebook bestseller list gathered and endorsed by the New York Times is a significant milestone in the evolution of ebooks from "an excuse to buy a new gadget" to a mainstream reading experience. It marks the shift from device to content.
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Exactly right. Regardless of other factors and how the behind the scenes calculations work, for most average people they'll see this as a sign that maybe those electronic book thingies have something to them.