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Originally Posted by Fbone
I sampled all of them (romances) and it's obvious the planted reviews built up momentum to land on the list. One author received reciprocal support from other indie authors further adding to the total.
Quality is subjective, of course, but ...  |
Considering the (lack of) quality of a lot of the BPH NYT "bestsellers" and the ways some of those titles get on the list I woudn't be making looking to deprecate the event solely on quality issues.
Wherever the titles come from, however they racked up the numbers, they made it to the list: If making it to the NYT is a metric that matters to you, traditional publishing is no longer the only road to get there.
When would-be authors sit down to do their due dilligence (circa 2012) on how to bring their "great american novel" to market they now have to weigh a lot of options that the Morrisons of the world never had to consider. Pretty soon doing trade studies on a spreadsheet will be part of the pre-publishing process, maybe by hiring an accountant along with an IP lawyer.
The next milestone I'm looking for is a new-publishing title hitting number one on the NYT list. I figure it'll happen by next summer. (Just a WAG, of course.
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