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GA Russell · 02-05-2011, 11:09 PM

I may be out of line here, but I think that Scott is right. If you want to know what the best selling books in the US are, just go to Amazon.

I think that the purpose of the NYT list is that the readers of the NYT want to see what people just like themselves are reading.

Remember too that there is a promotional aspect. When the publishing industry got tired of seeing Harry Potter at #1 for so many weeks in a row, the NYT just decided to delete it from the list, and create a new list just for it.

02-05-2011, 11:09 PM	#16
GA Russell Riders win Banjo Bowl Posts: 7,699 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	I may be out of line here, but I think that Scott is right. If you want to know what the best selling books in the US are, just go to Amazon. I think that the purpose of the NYT list is that the readers of the NYT want to see what people just like themselves are reading. Remember too that there is a promotional aspect. When the publishing industry got tired of seeing Harry Potter at #1 for so many weeks in a row, the NYT just decided to delete it from the list, and create a new list just for it.